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Complaints about Hydro outages unwarranted

Posted May 23, 2013 By Bob Johnson

Dear Editor, It seems there is at least one person in the area who is still not pleased with Hydro's efforts to restore power during the ice storm. He claims that "facts are facts" but there is nothing correct in his so-called facts about the outage....

Global governance is sorely lacking

Posted May 23, 2013 By Paul Whittaker

Dear Editor, The Bangladesh tragedy is a symptom of the ongoing corporate push for greater profits. It is not an isolated incident and it is a global problem. Three cents per T-shirt is about as low as it gets currently, surpassing Haiti where western...

Congratulations Mr. Kramp

Posted May 23, 2013 By Chris Faiers

Dear Editor, This is my letter to my Conservative MP, Daryl Kramp. Congratulations on showing some backbone recently by standing up to Mr. Harper's ongoing smear campaigns. It took guts to stand up to a power tripping tinpot like Stephen, and you...

Lessons not learned

Posted May 23, 2013 By P.H. (Phil) Etter, Belleville

Dear Editor, History teaches us that a characteristic weakness of the human race is the welldemonstrated inability or blatant refusal to learn from the lessons of history. Many of the ramifications of the senate scandal have surfaced in the media...

An older and wiser Nawaz Sharif?

Posted May 23, 2013 By Gwynne Dyer

EMC Editorial -The first time Nawaz Sharif became prime minister of Pakistan was almost a quarter-century ago. His second term was ended fourteen years ago by a military coup that drove him into exile. Now he's back, a good deal older, but is he any...

An interpretation of Hydro One's new billing

Posted May 23, 2013 By Wyley Canuck,

Dear Editor, Did you get your letter telling you about "important changes to your Hydro One Account?" Did you read it? Did you understand that Ontario Hydro REALLY REALLY needs the money? They never once said: "You rotten buggers have been taking advantage...

Show us some transparency

Posted May 23, 2013 By Terry Bush

EMC Editorial -It's been quite a week for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. There he was in New York on Thursday scolding the world for its dwindling support of Israel, a peculiar stance to take in a week where that country decided that four settler outposts...

Deputy-mayor spanks Brighton citizens, Letter To The Editor

Posted May 23, 2013 By Roger Mcmurray

Dear Editor, With the advent of spring, neighbourhood garage sales spring up like flowers from the cold and frozen earth. An article in the May 20 Toronto Star (Page 3) written by Carola Vyhnak discusses the recent fallout resulting from the imposition...