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    Letters

    Deck the halls
    By admin
    In Letters, Opinion
    Posted March 10, 2023

    Deck the halls

    Editor: I could feel the floor shaking when I read Helen Blackburn’s account of Leonard Hall in the March 3 edition of The Creemore Echo. Maybe Gerry Blackburn was shaking so hard before and [...]

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    “Hello out there, we’re on the air, it’s Hockey Night tonight”
    By Trina Berlo
    In Letters, Opinion
    Posted March 3, 2023

    “Hello out there, we’re on the air, it’s Hockey Night tonight”

    Editor: For two Saturdays in February, Susan and I gave up self-inflicted torture sessions of watching the Toronto Maple Leafs lose to NHL powerhouse teams. Instead, after reading an [...]

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    Short-term rentals negatively impact housing
    By admin
    In Letters, Opinion
    Posted February 24, 2023

    Short-term rentals negatively impact housing

    Editor: In a pre-COVID study, the CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) found that short- term rentals (STRs), such as AirBnB and VRBO, have disrupted housing markets across Canada, as [...]

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    Tax on second homes could fund construction of affordable housing
    By admin
    In Letters, Opinion
    Posted February 24, 2023

    Tax on second homes could fund construction of affordable housing

    Editor: It was interesting to see so much on local housing in last week’s Creemore Echo. It’s sad that this has become an issue. Yet Creemore is not idiosyncratic in the dynamic at play here. [...]

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    Need for tourism improvements at all levels
    By admin
    In Letters, Opinion
    Posted February 24, 2023

    Need for tourism improvements at all levels

    Editor: As a 15-year operator of a multi award winning tourism business in Clearview, I would like to provide some input on what is missing from Clearview Tourism Plan. (Re: “Something missing [...]

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    Gardeners encouraged to donate surplus crops to food bank
    By admin
    In Letters, Opinion
    Posted February 24, 2023

    Gardeners encouraged to donate surplus crops to food bank

    Editor: I would like to thank Helen Blackburn for her “Garden brings health and happiness” letter in the last week’s Echo. For those in the community who do not know Helen, she is well known for [...]

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    Still paving paradise
    By admin
    In Letters, Opinion
    Posted February 24, 2023

    Still paving paradise

    Editor: There are two questions that I cannot seem to get an answer for. 1. What was Ford’s reason for removing 7400 acres of Greenbelt protected land when there already existed many thousands of [...]

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    Garden brings health and happiness
    By admin
    In Letters, Opinion
    Posted February 17, 2023

    Garden brings health and happiness

    Editor: People don’t need me to tell them that inflation is a current problem and that buying food for the family takes a shocking amount of money. Here is a suggestion which will help a little [...]

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    Frivolous budget not appropriate for the times
    By admin
    In Letters, Opinion
    Posted February 17, 2023

    Frivolous budget not appropriate for the times

    Editor: Austerity is a set of political-economic policies that aim to reduce government budget deficits through spending cuts, tax increases, or a combination. As one of four attendees to the [...]

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    26/27 do-nothing option is a win-win solution
    By admin
    In Letters, Opinion
    Posted February 17, 2023

    26/27 do-nothing option is a win-win solution

    Editor: On Dec. 28, the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks formally notified Clearview Township that Sideroad 26/27 (26/27) is now classified as a Schedule C Municipal Class [...]

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