Letters to the Editor To the editor: Thank you for your recent coverage of the commercial marijuana operation in BLR. The last we heard back in 2018 was that BLR, after some public consultation, was not going to be a retail seller of marijuana. So you can imagine the surprise …
Letters to the Editor Letter to Editor: “White Silence is Violence” – protest sign in Minneapolis, May 31, 2020. I am a white woman, a citizen. I stand with the victims of police brutality and racism all over the world, and here in the Ottawa Valley. Because it happens here …
Letters to the Editor Today is Earth Day, born fifty years ago as an opportunity to celebrate all the progress we’ve made in protecting the environment. I received an email today from a friend who used to give save-the-planet workshops with me in Ottawa schools, a dreamer taking action to make …
Letters to the Editor Hello Current: I am very curious and concerned about the impact COVID-19 will have on Barry’s Bay and its community this summer and potentially into the Fall months. I know there are many municipalities in Northern Ontario and Quebec cottage country implementing their own measures to …
Letters to the Editor The Current prints this letter from a seasonal resident of Madawaska Valley who expresses concerns about local municipal response to the pandemic. Dear Editor, My husband and I care very much about our Madawaska Valley community – our friends and neighbours and family – so we …
Letters to the Editor The Current has received the following letter from a reader: Don’t Hesitate, Your Food Bank Is Here Going to a food bank for the first time may not be an easy thing. Asking for help never is. This may be the first time you realized …
Editor’s note: The Current recently published a letter from David Hunter, President of Combermere Lodge Limited. Click HERE to read that letter. The Current has now received the following response from Friends of the Madawaska Watershed. Dear Editor, Friends of the Madawaska Watershed (MW Friends) is disappointed in the response …
The Current has received this letter to the editor from David Hunter of Combermere Lodge Limited (shown above speaking at the Aug.29 2019 public meeting) Dear Editor Combermere Lodge Limited (CLL) is the proponent for the Chippawa Shores project. We read with interest your article of March 25th, 2020 regarding the …
Dear editor, If you think that I’ve got an axe to grind in the school labour dispute because I’ve got kids in school, you’re right. I’ve also got an axe to grind because I keep hearing about kids dropping out because they can’t get the basic courses needed to graduate …
Dear Editor, Came across your paper on the internet by accident (now on my bookmarks). Love some of your articles and old photos. I am interested to see more history of the area and residents. Currently, I am trying to put together articles on “Cybulski’s”. Wonder if you would be …
The Current prints this open letter to Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP John Yakabuski from Christian Sell, President OSSTF District 28 (shown above speaking at a labour rally in Pembroke in September 2019). I recently noticed your ad in a local newspaper wishing us a happy new year and also asking if …
I hope Council will update the Vision and Mission statements, recognize the climate emergency along with the other Canadian communities, consider environmental impact in all decision making, make it clear to all that “environmental leadership is us”, and enlist the help of all ratepayers to fight the good fight. This is an opportunity to build partnerships between Council and property owners. We face a big challenge and a team approach is needed. Please tell us how we can help. My grandkids are counting on you!
To whom it may concern: The village of Barry’s Bay has been without a laundromat for quite some time so we were quite happy to see a new one open recently on Bay Street. We went in to have a look around and welcome the new owner to our town. …
It seems that leadership in the battle against climate change and environmental degradation will have to come from the grassroots level. For some of our elected officials, leadership in this battle plays second fiddle to political expediency. On August 22, Watersheds Canada will be in the Barry’s Bay area in …
The Editor: Ottawa Valley landowners recently expressed concern over the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) policy encouraging better cutting practices on private land throughout the townships. Unfortunately, “conservation” has become a dirty word in much of rural Canada. To many woodlot owners it implies “constraints on personal …
