Bluewater CUPE members returning to work

To Parents/Guardians: CUPE members will be returning to work tomorrow, Tuesday, November 8, 2022, as both parties prepare to resume provincial negotiations. We are encouraged by...

Open letter: Bluewater update re CUPE job action

Dear Parents/Guardians: This is an update to the letter to families sent on November 2, 2022 regarding the provincial withdrawal of services by the Canadian...

Imagine it’s 2042 says reader

To Our New Councillors, For the sake of argument, I want you to pretend that it is 2042. You are retired from Council, and a fictitious...

Lies. Mistruths. Deceptions. Smoke Screens. little truth

To the Editor: This letter is one in a series that my husband and I will share as “informative letters”. Some might think this letter...

The public deserves answers says reader

To the Editor: The public deserves answers: 1. Why has council ignored a previous Master Plan stating that the beach was to REMAIN a ‘family orientated’...

The secret to successful projects has always been respectful communication says reader

To the Editor: That is a wonderful letter, Peter Little. I hear your heart.Business owners who have been around for 40 years or so really...

Declaring beach as surplus is madness says reader

To the Editor: Below is a letter that I sent to Town staff, Mayor and Councillors and also spoke at the Open Forum portion of...

What are they trying to protect? asks reader

Dear Editor, As South Bruce voters head to the polls next week, a local activist group is running a full slate of candidates, in an...

Wanted, a new direction in council says reader

The mire gets deeper. On September 26, Saugeen Shores council voted to ask staff to prepare a by-law declaring – as surplus property –...

Surplus land By-law and Municipal Act are not linked says reader

Dear Editor Re. Surplus Land, Port Elgin Beach I am troubled by Town Council’s recent resolution to declare some of the Port Elgin beach lands surplus...

Beach property is not surplus land says reader

To the Editor, Below is a letter sent to all members of council and the clerk of Saugeen Shores;Subject: A matter of great importance for...

Voting at the local level is vitally important says reader

Dear Editor, Twenty candidates have put their names forward for election in our area. Of these candidates, four have been acclaimed. The other sixteen are...

Why did council rush this ’SURPLUS’ by-law? asks reader

To the Editor: Facts: Saugeen Shores Strategic Plan states that the beach is the number one tourist drawing card. Bruce County’s tourism study records...

Why have manners and being polite disappeared? asks reader

To the Editor: Would I want to be a Small Town Politician? Nope, no way. You couldn’t pay me enough to be a politician, small town...