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Letters to the Editor


LETTER: Learn what you can do to protect Greenbelt at town hall

LETTER: Learn what you can do to protect Greenbelt at town hall

'Let's not regret what we didn't do while we still could,' writes member of Climate Action Newmarket-Aurora about May 11 event
LETTER: Action needed to protect birds around Lake Simcoe

LETTER: Action needed to protect birds around Lake Simcoe

The theme this year for World Migratory Bird Day on May 13 is Water — Sustaining Bird Life
LETTER: Watch for farm vehicles on roads as planting season begins

LETTER: Watch for farm vehicles on roads as planting season begins

With farm vehicles becoming larger, it's even more important for motorists to focus on road safety as machines move from farm to farm, field to field
LETTER: Many citizens dispute monastery is long-term care facility

LETTER: Many citizens dispute monastery is long-term care facility

Protecting the Oak Ridges Moraine means limiting what can be built on it, says letter writer protesting proposal by the owners of Marylake Monastery to build large-scale long-term care facility on the site
LETTER: Real goal should be to replace lawns with gardens

LETTER: Real goal should be to replace lawns with gardens

#NoMowMay is a token gesture and expert's remark about the ‘snappy’ hashtag reeks of cynicism, says letter writer
LETTER: Twinning of GO line fraught with unresolved issues

LETTER: Twinning of GO line fraught with unresolved issues

'Why not encourage businesses to locate in the 905 areas instead of encouraging tens of thousands of workers to travel from the 905 areas to Toronto?' questions letter writer
LETTER: Hospice volunteers make a meaningful impact every day

LETTER: Hospice volunteers make a meaningful impact every day

During National Volunteer Week April 16 to 22, 'awesome volunteers' at Margaret Bahen Hospice and Doane House Hospice are being celebrated
LETTER: St. Andrew's Church supports Loft Street Outreach

LETTER: St. Andrew's Church supports Loft Street Outreach

St. Andrew’s is among the Newmarket churches that reach out into the community in love and service, says Rev. Royal
LETTER: Dear MPP, I'm not feeling respected, or even heard

LETTER: Dear MPP, I'm not feeling respected, or even heard

'How can your government claim to respect taxpayers when it ... refuses to meet the demand for housing in a way that preserves biodiversity and promotes greener infrastructure, transportation and building codes?' letter writer asks MPP Mulroney
LETTER: Use 407 golden corridor to profitably save Greenbelt

LETTER: Use 407 golden corridor to profitably save Greenbelt

Rather than build controversial Highway 413, there's a solution using Highway 407 that would preserve Greenbelt lands, reduce sprawl, improve the transit network, and add billions to provincial coffers, letter writer says