<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I totally agree Greg. We don’t want to become a community like Guelph that has lost its newspaper. There is still an important role for reporters, community information, letters to the editor, and the ensuing conversations that just don’t happen in other mediums.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How best are we to proceed? Is there someone who can draft an initial version of the a letter that we could then help edit?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.<br class=""><div class="">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class="">-------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Kevin Thomason<br class=""><br class="">1115 Cedar Grove Road<br class="">Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 3Z4<br class=""><br class="">Phone: (519) 888-0519<br class="">Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648<br class="">Twitter: @kthomason<br class=""><a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">E-mail: kevinthomason@mac.com</a><br class=""><br class="">-----------------------------------------</div></div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 28, 2020, at 10:41 AM, Greg Michalenko <<a href="mailto:gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca" class="">gcmichalenko@uwaterloo.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I think we're faced with an emergency: Torstar has just been sold for a song to two big time business guys who are taking it private. Torstar owns the Record. I fear that they may view their smaller newspapers, like the Record, as impediments to fattening their personal purses - they are already talking about digitizing the Star. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I'm impressed with how much the Record has improved in the last few months. I think GREN needs to draft a letter to these two big heavyweights to show how important the Record is for keeping us well informed in Waterloo Region.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">We need to act now.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">- Greg </div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><div class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 866.3125px;" class=""><div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>All <<a href="mailto:all-bounces@gren.ca" class="">all-bounces@gren.ca</a>> on behalf of Susan Koswan <<a href="mailto:susankoswan@execulink.com" class="">susankoswan@execulink.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, May 27, 2020 12:39 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Grand River Environmental Network (GREN)<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[All] Susan K's column Green Recovery</font><div class=""> </div></div></div><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div class="PlainText">Hi GRENers,<br class=""><br class="">Hope everyone is staying well and socially distancing. My column this<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">week on pushing for a Green Recovery.<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/2020/05/27/can-a-green-recovery-from-covid-19-achieve-what-climate-inaction-hasnt.html" id="LPlnk652702" previewremoved="true" class="">https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/2020/05/27/can-a-green-recovery-from-covid-19-achieve-what-climate-inaction-hasnt.html</a><div id="LPBorder_GT_15906764997650.47859685943417785" style="margin-bottom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 884px; text-indent: 0px;" class=""><table id="LPContainer_15906764997600.1534662095674153" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" style="width: 795.59375px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(200, 200, 200);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr valign="top" style="border-spacing: 0px;" class=""><td id="TextCell_15906764997620.8634134486923505" colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;" class=""><div id="LPRemovePreviewContainer_15906764997620.7123990328346778" class=""></div><div id="LPTitle_15906764997620.8223308184968982" style="top: 0px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: normal; font-size: 21px; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;" class=""><a id="LPUrlAnchor_15906764997630.16679456997810171" href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion/columnists/2020/05/27/can-a-green-recovery-from-covid-19-achieve-what-climate-inaction-hasnt.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;" class="">Can a green recovery from COVID-19 achieve what climate (in)action hasn’t? | TheRecord.com</a></div><div id="LPMetadata_15906764997640.12148283334305998" style="margin: 10px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;" class=""><a href="http://www.therecord.com/" class="">www.therecord.com</a></div><div id="LPDescription_15906764997650.23538944020488606" style="display: block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;" class="">We do not have to choose between economic recovery and our environment, Susan Koswan writes</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Best,<br class=""><br class="">Susan K<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">All mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:All@gren.ca" class="">All@gren.ca</a><br class=""><a href="http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca" id="LPlnk523348" previewremoved="true" class="">http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca</a><br class=""></div></span></font></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">All mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:All@gren.ca" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">All@gren.ca</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>