Dear editor: As a Conservative and former navy officer, I recognize that symbolism is important to Canadians, particularly when it is attached to those who give their lives in the service of their country. It was with particular interest that I followed the debate over the lowering of the Canadian […]
Letters
All newspapers encourage letters to the editor and intend to print the opinions of their readers with as few restrictions as possible. The Fort Frances Times is no exception.
Rules governing letters to the editor in the Fort Frances Times are:
All letters must be signed, and the name of the writer will be printed with all letters published.
The writer must submit his/her letter in person and satisfactory identify themselves, or submit a telephone number to be used to verify that the letter was actually written by the person whose name is included on it, delaying publication if necessary to make the verification.
Letter will not be accepted from people outside the local coverage area unless the letters are written on a topic of primarily local interest.
If a letter attacks another individual or group, the Times will allow a response in the same edition.
Letters should not exceed 300 words and may be edited for length and content.
Dear editor: The British Columbia government is legislating the opening of 11 new provincial parks in celebration of Earth Day. The Fort Frances town council is determined to close one of ours down—to what end? (Signed), Wilf Sanders Fort Frances, Ont.
Dear editor: The J.W. Walker School Environmental Club would like to thank all organizations and individuals who registered their Earth Day clean-up with us. Many groups and individuals, who clean up every year on Earth Day, registered their clean-up with us this year. We also were able to encourage and […]
Dear editor: During National Volunteer Week, the Canadian Cancer Society would like to thank each and every one of its many dedicated volunteers in Fort Frances. Volunteers are at the centre of all we do at the Canadian Cancer Society. Without your tireless efforts and support, we would not be […]
Dear editor: Canadian Blood Services would like to thank all those who came to our Fort Frances clinics to donate blood on April 23-24. The need for blood and blood products is always high, and meeting hospital demands is always a challenge for Canadian Blood Services. Your generous support will […]
Dear sir: On behalf of the Kidney Foundation, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who made our March door-to-door canvass a huge success. Through our loyal captains, canvassers, and contributors, we raised 7,113 in our area this year, which covered Fort Frances, Couchiching, Stanjikoming, Blackhawk, […]
Dear editor: We had an opportunity to attend the meeting between the library board, Fort Frances town council, and school board officials regarding the building of a new library. This meeting provided an excellent opportunity to mitigate long-term savings, in a joint venture between the town and the school board, […]
Dear sir: As president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1374, I am very concerned with the approach Greyhound had taken by serving notice to discontinue service to your and other localities in that area. If that statement is correct, I am also somewhat amazed they did not follow procedure as […]
Dear editor: I feel I need to address the citizens of Fort Frances and the patrons of the Fort Frances Public Library concerning numerous rumours and misleading statements that have been circulating throughout the community about the building of the new library. I hope the following Q & A will […]
Dear Mike: About $4,000 was donated in Lin Boileau’s memory to the “Building for the Future” fundraising campaign for a new library building in Fort Frances. Not a building to share with a public school. A library, to Lin, was a place to seek entertainment in the form of a […]
To the editor: I wish to thank your newspaper for the balanced coverage of the April 9 budget meeting of the committee of the whole of council (Daily Bulletin, April 10). Your reporter managed to pull out some significant points and quotations from a meeting that could be described as […]
Dear editor: I’ve sent a slightly longer version of this letter to Mayor Avis and the councillors of Fort Frances because as a former resident of Fort Frances and current cabin owner in Watten Township, I am deeply concerned that the tremendous foresight and vision of the Fort Frances Public […]
