Letters

Central Frontenac, along with the Frontenac Municipal Services Corporation, are planning to take water from Sharbot Lake to provide water to the proposed senior citizens home to be located on the old Sharbot Lake public school site. Their plan is to...

Central Frontenac, South Frontenac and Frontenac County have conspired to steal  (reallocate) money that was allocated for seniors housing in North Frontenac for their own benefit; or to indirectly fund the Frontenac Municipal Services Corporation...

It seems that our Prime Minister has decided, most charitably, to funnel 300 million of our dollars through the east of Canada to help individuals with uninsured losses due to the heavy winds experienced there in recent days. How wonderfully...

When I worked at Queen’s University I became friends with Doris McKnight who was working in Cataloguing Department at the old Douglas Library. Her husband was a retired Air Force pilot from her Majesty’s service. Doris came in to work one...

Dear Jeff, I am glad to see articles about the history of our area as our history is one of our strengths. So much of our history has been lost already. So, in reference to the article on the “Murder”, I feel obliged to correct at least one...

I read your article and thought I should point out that the books location of the murder was incorrect.    A few clients had made reference to the location of the murder but the time lines didn't match up so we did some investigating a few years...

Perhaps it is necessary to yet again remind those traveling through Frontenac County and the surrounding area that there are many other ways to dispose of garbage, besides tossing it out a window.  Please refrain from dumping it into our bushes,...

Last week’s editorial was a pretty good recounting of the Mathew Street controversy. However, it summarized the traffic flow issue as a choice between the existing two-way street, and the Township’s one-way-downhill plan with a lane for...

This kind of behavior burns my but! So it takes a civilian to expose this nonsense of this failed plan?? It's a classic example of a wee bureaucrat overstepping his authority. The simple fact it was even presented without public knowledge is a sign...

Before retiring; I was the Senor Project Construction Co-ordinator for the Municipality of the Region of Durham. I agree with Ken's letter!  There are policies and procedures that must be followed.  Whether the Township had $620,000.00 left over...

Central Frontenac Council recently approved a $620,000 reconstruction project for the Sharbot Lake beach area. It could be a planning fiasco. On the face of it, the plan makes sense: fix the storm sewers, pave Mathew Street, maybe add some parking....

We recently had a group of four cyclists staying in our cottage. They were out on the K & P Trail and just about 3 km from home, when one of the riders hit a deep rut and was flung into a very deep ditch full of trees and brush. The volunteer fire...

I would like to thank Wilma Kenny and Helen Parfitt for their outstanding work for the Lakes and Trails Festival - “Historic Sydenham Outdoor Escape Adventure”. I began this adventure with a few friends and we did enjoy all the clues that we...

I am responding to the letter from Bob Teal in last week’s paper. In his letter he mentioned that Mr. Myers told him that there is no money for recreation this year but Mr. Teal noticed there is money for a new rink project this year in the budget...

Calcium chloride, aka "Calcium" has been spread on our unpaved roads as well as the K&P trail. This results in effective dust suppression, which may be a good thing. However, we should all consider that this salt is extremely corrosive, many times...

As I drove north on the Flinton Road the other day, I was horrified to come across a massive snapping turtle, lying with his head and shell cracked open, bleeding all over the middle of the lane. Someone had just run over it (this was on a very...

I must say I am surprised I didn't get any replies about the neglect by our two Townships; Central and Northern Frontenac concerning the Air B&B problems at hand! So I will address the issue from a different perspective! Are your Municipal taxes...

I read in your column on Central Frontenac Council meetings that someone stated that they tried to allow subdivision of large properties in C/F by farmers and land owners and it was rejected by government. I imagine that was a previous government to...

We at the Central Frontenac Railway Heritage Society were very surprised to hear that Central Frontenac Council voted on June 28, without community consultation, to turn Mathew Street in the village of Sharbot Lake into a one-way street. Under this...

I am writing in regards to the Central Frontenac Council Meeting that was reported in the July 7, 2022 News. I am confused as I feel we are getting mixed messages about recreation funds and needs in the area. As the Chairperson for the District #4...

I have been following the Air B&B controversy in both North and Central Frontenac Townships.  As I have work for three different Municipaliies over my working career I have seen the difficulties municipal governments get into by either...

I enjoyed your feature about the Cecropia moth.  Shortly thereafter we had a helicopter spraying around a lake on our property, supposedly for gypsy moths.  I have yet to see a gypsy moth caterpillar this year, or even a tent caterpillar. My...

Unfortunately I am writing to share that we noted 5 of the Green Party of Ontario election signs had been removed from the Ardoch Rd. Sometime Saturday morning between 8 am and 1 pm. How sad that folks in this neighbourhood are threatened by...

Regarding the Editorial that appears in your May 12th issue, and its reference in quotations to the term "freedom convoy", and its reference to the term that was not in quotations, which was Ottawa Occupation. Presumably this verbiage was presented...

I have to admit I was a bit shocked when I received my most recent tax bill. I am uncertain why the taxes are so high from South to Central Frontenac, and I get fewer services?  Where is the justification? Don't get me wrong, while I appreciate...

Way to go for all the young adults in our community to take the time and effort to organize the ATV ride to help the Van Heyst family.. although they said the ride was a success I was truly disappointed to read about the OPP interfering with a spot...

Odd that Bob Lloyd in his letter of complaint points the finger at the Liberal government (who have done so much more for the suffering public than any Conservative government in history) when fully 50% of the taxes elevating the cost of...

I agree with Mr. Lloyd's letter that Prime Minister Trudeau is charging too much for gasoline. I also agree that we should vote Mr. Trudeau out. He should be replaced by Doug Ford who has already given us Buck a Beer and free license plates. I have...

Upon reading last week’s letter to the editor (Enough is Enough), I felt compelled to respond. Immigrants are not granted housing subsidies except where a claim of asylum is approved, and that support is time-limited. The rest must fend for...

Your government is making it harder for all seniors to survive. For example, just look at today’s high price you are charging us for fuel to fill our cars and trucks, $185.9 at the pumps this Easter weekend. What a rip off again. Mr. Trudeau, our...

I was taught from a very young age an important thing about money. My father was a young boy going through the great depression in the 1930's. The word debt back in those days was the worst of all four-letter words. It is why so many people suffered...

By the nineties Ontarians had become aware of the virus HIV which changed the way we socialize in Ontario still till this day. Move forward to 2019 and Ontario becomes aware of a virus Covid which has changed the way we socialize in Ontario still to...

Unfortunately, again I am not in favor of this budget.  I would like to offer you my reasoning for coming to this decision. I do not feel this budget is equitable. Although I am grateful that the residents in the Wilkinson area are finally going to...

Traffic traversing the access road to Arden from Highway 7 are faced with a pot-holed and rutted adventure that is not found either north or south of the hamlet. The lack of upgrading from Highway 7 to Arden seems bizarre, particularly given the...

A recent experience of mine has shown why landowners should carefully examine all important documents. In 1974, forty-eight years ago, my family bought a 460-acre woodlot in the Township of North Frontenac. Starting about twenty years ago, maps...

I am ashamed to be Canadian. The freedom convoy was disgusting. For what freedom? Whose freedom were they protesting? This wasn’t a protest, it was a siege demanding to see the Prime Minister while threatening his life – also threatening the...

Now with the presentation of the 2022 North Frontenac budget , if said fast, the amount can be slurred that the sting can be deflected. During discussions once again council chose to accept that a new position was required as the job  of collecting...

While I agree that an embargo on oil from Russia should be part of the sanctions, Ted Dolman states "Canada imports a half a billion dollars in Russian oil, mainly in the eastern provinces". As per Statistics Canada, as reported by cbc.ca/news on...

As per article in March 3rd regarding road repairs. For anyone who hasn't traveled Westport Road, there are potholes that can do serious damage to any vehicle.   If you are not familiar with the road, beware!! In 2021 the township hotpatched...

I have always been a proud “Canadian” but I was ashamed when on TV I viewed our police putting on gas masks, guns at their sides – shoulder to shoulder, forcing tax paying citizens off the streets that they have paid for. I didn’t see any...

As we witness the invasion of Ukraine by Russia the West, the sanctions are a start but we will not hit Russia where it hurts: oil imports. I rarely agree with Jason Kenney, but he has rightly pointed out that Canada imports a half a billion dollars...

The Ottawa folks have now given us the clear distinction between protest and occupation.  The Ottawa protesters/occupiers have forgotten that one of our founding phrases is “peace, order, and good government” and not as some of...

During an exchange in the House of Commons on February 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Conservative MPs sympathetic to the trucker convoy of standing with "people who wave swastikas." This comment came in response to a question from...

Often, in times of stress and personal hardships, the true quality of a leader often comes to the forefront. Queen Elizabeth, aged 95, contracted Covid-19 on February 20. According to official sources, she ‘continued with light duties’ including...

Until recently I was a student at the Canadian Coast Guard College in Sydney, NS, where I studied marine navigation in what is known widely as one of the top nautical institutes in the world. Shortly before Christmas I received word that my request...

We as a community, country and the whole world have been living in fear for two years now. It is time we live in hope and peace. Councilor Sutherland continued the fear for our community with his letter from February 3rd. My response to that letter...

Freedom does not equal lawlessness – The party atmosphere, disregard for law and order and the thuggery being reported among the citizens of Centerville in downtown Ottawa are what got me motivated to join the protest at city hall last Saturday....

This is in response to a letter entitled "Truckers' Protest" written by Mr. Ross Sutherland published in your paper. Well, well, well. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Look who the conspiracy theorist is now. According to Mr. Sutherland,...

There is a certain irony in M.J. Hudson's assertion that South Frontenac councillor, Ross Sutherland acted inappropriately in appending his title to his recent letter, given that the  unelected protesters in Ottawa have been so vociferous in...

Protecting our community from the pandemic has been, as it should have, a priority of South Frontenac Council, including COVID restrictions on employment and following public health guidelines, which I supported; and restrictions on our local...