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 […]
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 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 […]
Dear sir: In response to Mr. Bourgeault’s letter concerning the new library in last Wednesday’s Times, I want to thank Dave for his ongoing interest in, and support of, the Fort Frances Public Library. The current library building will be offered for sale. This is what other communities have done […]
Dear Mike: Not only was I surprised but absolutely stunned that the Fort Frances Times had no reports relating to the sudden shutdown of the current session of the Ontario legislature on Monday, June 4. Regrettably, Shaw Cable (Ch. 80) telecasts only five hours (daily) from the legislative assembly; therefore, […]
Dear editor: With regard to the article “New school eyed at Robert Moore site,” does that mean they [the Rainy River District School Board] are intending to demolish Robert Moore? That would be a terrible mistake. The construction dates on each of the three sections are a visible reminder of […]
Dear Mike: Several weeks ago, I received a very nice letter requesting monetary assistance to help fund construction of a new library in the Town of Fort Frances. My wife and I are now, and have always been, supporters of the library. I sat on the library board as a […]
Dear editor: Last week on CBC news from Winnipeg, the sports reporter had an item about a young man from Boise, Idaho trying out for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ football team, who is on probation from the U.S. courts for five years for being involved in a car racing incident […]
Dear Mike: Having recently been a patient at La Verendrye General Hospital here in Fort Frances, I have come to know the operation of it well. The “girls,” as they collectively and respectfully refer to themselves, make up the heart of the operation, whose absence would render the hospital mere […]
