Dear sir: On June 15, the McGuinty government issued a press release as part of its Northern Prosperity Plan saying it would provide $11,000 to study the feasibility of sinking a ship off Thunder Bay to enhance diving tourism. Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Bill Mauro praised the plan, saying, “Initiatives like […]
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: I would like to congratulate all who participated in the Rivers Day celebrations in body and spirit on June 12. Locally, I believe events were spawned by suggestions made at the local ManOMin conference (sponsored by Rainy River Watershed Program and Rainy River First Nations). There, guest speaker […]
Dear editor: Re your article on Art Berglund’s retirement (June 8). Your report was very in-depth, and you are to be complimented on the thoroughness of it. As one of Art’s cousins, it is good to see that a man can “come back” to his home town, and be recognized […]
Dear editor: Allan Kielczewski seems to be on a “Letter to the Editor” writing campaign (“Missed Point,” April 13, 2005, “My Thoughts,” May 18, 2005, and “Point Missed,” June 1, 2005), yet his letters clearly show he doesn’t do his own homework. You see, if he had done his homework, […]
Dear sir (and the entire community for that matter): Can I please point out that we, as a collective community, can’t seem to hang on to a decent sports reporter for more than a year? Hmmm, maybe it’s because we chase them out of town with our “pitchforks a wavin’” […]
Dear editor: The bandwagon of local smoking bans now steamrolling across the nation has nothing to do with protecting people from the supposed threat of “second-hand” smoke. Indeed, the bans themselves are symptoms of a far more grievous threat, a cancer that has been spreading for decades throughout the body […]
Dear sir: The fish that were served at the Manitou Rapids fish fry last month weren’t caught during the spawning run (“Missed Point,” Letters to the Editor, F.F. Times, June 1, 2005). Walleye tournaments, local recreation and food fishers, the tourist industry, commercial fishing, the consuming public, the timber industry, […]
Dear sir: I would like to thank local residents for participating in the “Big Bike for Stroke 2005.” What an achievement! Some $13,323.74 was raised by your community. Thank you, on behalf of each and every volunteer of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, for this tremendous gift. The success to […]
Dear sir: I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the nominees and the three northwest recipients of the eighth-annual Influential Women of Northern Ontario Awards held in Thunder Bay on June 2. The sheer volume of worthy candidates from such a diverse variety of backgrounds illustrates the […]
Dear sir: We, Doc Halliday’s Cuban Cigar House, rent the back of the building and the parking lot on the east side of the Royal Canadian Legion. And for three years now, we have had to remind the local residents not to park in this lot unless they have a […]
Dear editor: Over the last several months, there has been much interest and debate on the topic of fishing. But let’s discuss some numbers. For every pound of female walleye, 10,000 eggs are produced. From 10,000 eggs, .12 percent survive to adulthood. It takes five years to produce a spawning […]
Dear sir: Without a doubt, border-crossing issues are getting worse every year. Outfitters’ business will be down another 10 percent in 2005. Of course, this is not an isolated issue. We are challenging softwood lumber tariffs and, hopefully, a few dollars out of the millions now flowing to U.S. businesses […]
