Christmas isn’t cancelled
In the Beaver’s opinion piece of Dec. 10, 2020, the editor wrote of how this year’s Christmas is going to be very different from other years. He said that many…
Letters to the Editor
Local family physicians pen open letter to MPP Randy Hillier
Dear Mr. Hillier: As a physician who both lives and works in this region, I must express my dismay at your recent attendance at rallies protesting the use of public…
Glaringly inaccurate Parliamentary petition
I find it disturbing that Mr. Sloan, our MP would forward a petition to Parliament full of so many factual errors. Mr. Sloan, or as he states Ms Baribeau, complains…
Local MD urges patients to make vaccine decisions based on scientific data, not misinformation
I read the letter to the editor by Danny Andru in the last edition of the Napanee Beaver and commend him on speaking out against the anti-vaccine misinformation being propagated…
Canadians should trust doctors, not politicians, on health science
It’s not surprising that Hastings-Lennox and Addington MP Derek Sloan would act as the voice of anti mask and anti vaccine groups. Many of these individuals are selfish, care only…
News of a vaccine offers a light at the end of the tunnel
The world gave a sigh of relief knowing vaccines for this dreaded COVID-19 virus has been approved and found to be safe and effective. The light at the end of…
Ontario needs same travel restrictions as Atlantic provinces
Why has Ontario not implemented restrictions on travel into the province along the lines of those in the Atlantic provinces? Anyone wishing to visit any of the four provinces must…
Derek Sloan: Why I voted against Bill C-6
On October 28th, 2020, I was among a small number of Parliamentarians to vote against the government-led Bill C-6, which seeks to criminalize several actions in relation to the provision…
Letter to the Editor: Dr. Moore praises community’s efforts to fight COVID-19, looks ahead to vaccine
The people in our KFL&A community have given an extraordinary effort to keep COVID-19 from spreading and the KFL&A Board of Health and Dr. Kieran Moore want to express our…
Thank you to those who shared their stories of life with autism
I would like to express my gratitude first to you Adam Prudhomme for your excellent weekly editorials. Secondly, I want to thank Mandy Stapley of the Lennox and Addington Community…