Abuse threatens access to nature

Editor: There is a stretch of trail south of 30th Sideroad in Mulmur that should be a beautiful place to walk through the woods, appreciate a piece of local history and, for much of the year, enjoy a beautiful waterfall. Instead, what you increasingly see is...

Acclamations do not reflect a healthy democracy

Editor: As of Aug.11, four of the five wards in Clearview Township have only one candidate running for council. If that continues until the deadline of Aug. 21, all current candidates in Wards 1,2,3 and 4 will be acclaimed. Only Ward 5 currently has a race, with three...

When does temporary stop being temporary?

In June 2024, Clearview Township purchased a portable washroom trailer for the Village Green. It was presented as a temporary solution to relieve pressure on the Station on the Green while a long-term solution could be explored.Two years later, I must ask: How...

New jails will not make us safer

Editor: I would like to respond to the ad that has been on the back page of The Echo for the past couple of weeks: A safer Ontario means building new jails. I cannot on any level understand how this will encourage caring and safe environments in our...

Beer cans littering our rural roads

Editor: We live on a moderately busy Clearview Township road near Nottawa. We regularly walk our concession (about 1.5 km) where we continually encounter beer/ cocktail cans along the roadside. We cannot in good conscience pass them by so we pick them up. This spring,...

Distasteful depiction of Trump

Editor: The recent poem published on Friday, July 3 issue of The Creemore Echo is profoundly distasteful in its depiction of the president of the United States of America. I believe it was entirely inappropriate. We need to widen the lens of responsibility rather...