Dear sir: Last Wednesday night, we were thrilled to attend a great performance, “The Comeback King Show,” featuring Daylin James as “Elvis.” Hats off to the skate park committee for bringing in such an excellent performance. We are very fortunate to have the Townshend Theatre, which allows our community to […]
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 Mike: On Saturday, Oct. 28, the Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association was honoured with the Accessibility Award during the 11th-annual Chamber of Commerce business awards. This is a truly exciting award for us. Accessibility to a mental health organization means so much more than bricks […]
Dear editor: Fellow citizens of Rainy River District, this note is not to collect “brownie points” towards future situations with law enforcement. It is merely to present the facts as I saw and heard them. I am so relieved to have witnessed completely unbiased, professional, and non-threatening actions taken by […]
To the editor: I came to this district in 1948. I had a job with my brother at Nestor Falls, where he had a tourist business. He got his meat from a store in Barwick, both to sell and eat. I was surprised that the tourists liked the meat a […]
Dear Mr. Editor: Several years ago, my grandfather fell off the tractor he was driving and was trapped between it and the discs behind. He had an artificial leg and was unable to free himself or to stop the tractor. For three hours he was dragged around the field, which […]
Dear Mike: When I heard that Todd Hamilton was not elected in Monday’s municipal election, I was absolutely shocked. The people who did not vote for Todd surely were swayed by all the inane rhetoric which Mr. Bedard and others had expounded during the campaign. Had they and others allowed […]
Dear editor: I wrote the following letter to Doug McRory, provincial apiarist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in Guelph: For more than 20 years, I have been proud to serve as a bee inspector under the Food Inspection Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture […]
Dear editor: This past Remembrance Day weekend, as we honoured those who fulfilled the purpose of government to defend and protect, the situation in Barwick was especially appalling. The people in this area know Paul Peters, the cleanliness of Sunrise Meat, and the sense of peace that is always there, […]
Dear sir: We at Cloverleaf Grocery are very proud to sell Sunrise Meat products. Paul, Susan, and their staff are honest, hard-working people who take great pride in their business. Their products are, by far, the best quality we have in our meat case. We are proud to sell it […]
Dear editor: Hello to the people in Rainy River District. I want to help people understand what’s happening in our district. To do that, I need you to do this little exercise for me. Tonight when you sit down at the dinner table, I need you to look at that […]
Dear editor: I am deeply saddened by the situation surrounding the shutdown of Sunrise Meat in Barwick but inspired by the residents of Rainy River District. My chosen career path is agriculture, for which I attended the University of Manitoba to obtain a degree. I came to Rainy River District […]
Editor: For many years, I had the privilege of knowing Gus Lindberg as a friend and, in matters of minor hockey, a mentor. Long after I left Fort Frances, he would still keep in touch, coming to Alberta where we watched hockey here or in Calgary. He never forgot his […]
