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Let’s appreciate our home star
For me, the best part of the total eclipse my wife and I viewed from Pointe-des-Cascades park in Quebec was the diamond ring effect when the sun suddenly burst out from behind the edge of the moon at the end of totality.
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It was like a full orchestral symphony suddenly started up with a great crescendo the instant the “diamond” appeared. Almost like the universe was saying to us, “Appreciate your home star. You wouldn’t be here otherwise!” The crescendo from the main theme from Star Wars rang through my brain at that instant.
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Tom Harris, Ottawa
Thanks, Loblaws, for helping us see the eclipse
Because of the risks, I was not going to look at the eclipse. However, as I walked out the door of the Loblaws store at Carlingwood Shopping Centre at 3:25 p.m. Monday, some of the staff were offering shoppers a chance to peek at the event with proper glasses. They guided us to the right spot and gave us time to look. I was in awe. It was wonderful . They were so kind. I will always remember this day.
Thank you, thank you, kind staff at Loblaws, Carlingwood for this treat to local shoppers.
Ruth Brydon, Ottawa
Ford’s bagful of silly policy
Re: Ontario premier tells LCBO to bring back paper bags in stores, Sept. 5.
Premier Doug Ford has “ordered” the LCBO to reverse its decision to get rid of paper bags. Reusable bags have “been a thing” for many, many years. My car trunk is full of them. If people can afford the high cost of liquor, they can certainly afford the pittance it would cost to buy a bag. Or, they could use one of the many they already have in the trunk of their car, on the bench at their front door, in the back seat etc.
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There is a much-used expression about having one’s head stuck in the sand. Perhaps Ford’s head has been stuck in a reusable bag! It boggles my mind.
Melody Andeel, Orléans
If you buy booze, you can afford a bag
Has Premier Doug Ford gone completely off his stick? The idea that an extra one-time charge for a reusable bag is a financial burden for anyone who can afford booze is ludicrous.
John Yandon, Nepean
The cost of not fighting climate change
Climate change is all around us, yet we hear: Axe the tax. The tax is nothing compared to the cost of ignoring climate change: the associated mass flooding, forest fires, cooling during heat waves and increased food costs after crop failures from droughts.
When defending against an enemy, the question is not: Can we afford it? or Let the market decide how to finance it. Yet, with climate change, we ask those questions and answer them with nonsense such as as Axe the Tax.
Jorge Sorger, Ottawa
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