Dear editor, Fort Frances has an outstanding fastball team (the Sight & Sound Wolves) who play in the Rainy River District Fastball League with heir home games taking place on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at Vanjura Stadium. This is a shout out to everyone who loves the game of baseball […]
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.
Mr. Editor, This past Sunday, the Borderland Ensemble conducted an hour-long concert in the kiosk at Lions Park at the corner of Shevlin and Second Street. Their repertoire was easily listening, Maritime, folk, among many other favourites. A crowd assembled to listen to the group and enjoyed it. The Lions […]
Dear editor: Canada Day certainly ended in a blaze of glory! That is, if you were watching the fireworks display from any of the amazing vantage points along the riverbank near the Harbourage in Fort Frances. It was an absolutely breathtaking event! I am continually amazed by the effort put […]
Dear editor: This is a letter from a very concerned and scared citizen. This is a reminder to those idiots who drive vehicles. Just because you don’t look for people on bikes doesn’t mean we are not there. On Monday, I was going down Portage Avenue by Suds & Tubs. […]
Dear editor: Once again, the “Relay for Life” was a great success. I want to thank all of my volunteers, as well as the Fun in the Sun queen contestants, who helped with the luminaries. It’s a big job and I couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks, also, to […]
Dear editor: What are the advantages of the two different election systems? 1. The first-past-the-post system has the advantage of quick response to the parties as to not vote for them again and give then a smarting hit. Those of us old enough will remember how far the PC party […]
Dear editor: I attended the recent “Relay for Life” as a volunteer selling luminaries. There was a group of youth volunteers who took responsibility for the assembly of the luminaries from start to finish, as well as the placing of the luminaries around the track in alphabetical order. They spent […]
Dear editor: I keep reading the complaints in the Times about how the Canadian Customs is holding up the American camp owners and fishermen at the border because of earlier offences, such as drunk driving when an individual was younger. It seems these offences stay on your record. Well, they […]
Dear sir: Not being a politician, not ever having joined a political party, and most of all never having been in politics, I have to ask this question: Does anyone out there actually know what ‘political correctness’ is? I mean, if we were to take the lead by example from those […]
Dear editor, Celiac disease is becoming recognized in the district as a debilitating health problem including both children and adults. Celiac disease, now known to be hereditary, is caused by a gluten antigen in various grains, mostly wheat. Now the headline news today is a weight reduction prescription, used extensively […]
Dear sir: It is reported that Veteran Affairs Minister Greg Thompson has referred to a promise made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as a “silly promise”. In a letter dated June 28, 2005, Harper said: “A Conservative government would immediately extend the Veterans Independence Program services to widows of all […]
To the editor: Can the people who took our mommy’s bike please bring it back. We ride our bikes to get ice cream and go to the park and to go swimming, now we can’t do anything fun. Mommy’s bike is mostly red, with black and white and silver. It […]
