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Letter to the Editor – Girls’ Hockey
Dear Editor, Uxbridge council has decided, without public consultation, to delay the opening of the Uxbridge community centre. This...
Colleen Green
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Letter to the Editor – Chuck Willes
I write regarding the remembrance of Ross James, in the August 27th issue, and Chuck Willes in the Real Estate ad on page 3, in the...
Colleen Green
Sep 10, 20201 min read
Letter to the Editor – Operation Scugog
We at Operation Scugog certainly appreciate the community’s kindness and financial support received at our foodbank during the COVID-19...
Colleen Green
Sep 10, 20201 min read
Letter to the editor
I wish to convey with utmost urgency my dismay with our provinces leader. What has happened in many long-term care homes across the...
Colleen Green
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Letters to the Editor: Scugog Fire Fighters sound the alarm over decreasing response capabilities
Dear Editor, Scugog’s full-time firefighters say that a number of devastating fires in recent weeks are blunt evidence the town needs to...
Colleen Green
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Letters to the Editor
Thank you to the members of the Greenbank community who showed such tremendous support for the Greenbank Public School graduating class...
Colleen Green
Jul 9, 20201 min read
Letter to the Editor
Hi Everyone, Maamawi Collective is so pleased to have received positive comments from Uxbridge Township residents, regarding our...
Colleen Green
Jul 2, 20201 min read
Government of Ontario can’t keep ignoring appeal for funding municipal governments: CUPE Ontario
With municipalities still facing immense financial impacts, due to the crisis, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario is...
Colleen Green
Jun 25, 20202 min read


Lieutenant Governor’s Canada Day message
Happy Canada Day, Ontario! Today is a day worthy of celebration, even as, in common with citizens around the globe, we continue to face a...
Colleen Green
Jun 25, 20202 min read
lETTER TO THE eDITOR: bLACK lIVES mATTER
Starting on Saturday June 13th community members will be organizing a protest and stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. We will be...
Colleen Green
Jun 11, 20201 min read
Letter to the editor: June 11th, 2020
Dear Editor Once again, residents along Riverview Drive and Simcoe Street are feeling the effects of construction. Last fall, when the...
Colleen Green
Jun 11, 20202 min read
Durham Region is celebrating Canada Day in a different way
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Colleen Green
Jun 4, 20202 min read
Letter to the Editor: Thank Dan Cearns
Dear Editor Just wanted to send a quick note to thank Dan Cearns for writing the article, in the April 30th, 2020 Standard issue,...
Colleen Green
May 21, 20202 min read
Editorial: Are you winning?
Editorial: Are you winning? by The Standard | May 21st, 2020 Podcast https://thestandardnewspaper.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Editorial...
Colleen Green
May 21, 20206 min read
Letter to the Editor: High pay raises and high taxes
To the Editor The pay raises the senior administrators at Scugog Township awarded themselves, in 2018 & 2019, far exceeded the cost of...
Colleen Green
May 14, 20201 min read
Letter to the Editor
I am writing to voice my opinion that we should not be giving a big bailout to the oil companies in Alberta, but rather to the workers...
Colleen Green
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Letter to the editor
As a citizen of Ontario and an environmental scientist, I am very concerned about the across-the-board suspension of Ontario’s...
Colleen Green
Apr 23, 20201 min read
Don’t Get Past-over!
At this time of year, we are commemorating Passover, the time when God set the Jewish people free from cruel enslavement by the...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20203 min read
Letter to the Editor: Diabetes Association Donation Box
I went out and took a new photo of the Diabetes Association Donation box this morning. I wished I had taken one last night after cleaning...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20201 min read
Letter to the Editor: Durham Transit Driver
Dear Editor I am a Transit Driver here in Durham Region. Recently I was entering the Oshawa Centre when I noticed a sign at the entrance...
Colleen Green
Apr 9, 20201 min read
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