Dear sir: Last week when returning home from the Falls, I stopped suddenly and really looked at the mill wall promoting Northwestern Ontario and was quite impressed until I came to the one representing Fort Frances. Now, we all know our great walkway and appreciate it very much, but looking […]
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: On the weekend of Jan. 15, my hockey team ventured west to Fort Frances from Thunder Bay to participate in an Emo tournament. The weather was cold, but the treatment we received was most certainly not. On Saturday, we lunched at Kettle’s Restaurant. Despite our behaviour (which can […]
Dear sir: This letter is in regards to the parking issues raised by Family and Children’s Services and 1578289 Ontario Ltd. The development stages of their complex should have had visitor parking worked into their overall plan. What did F.A.C.S. do at their old location? They certainly didn’t have 40 […]
Dear sir: I wish to compliment Diane, the driver of the handi-van, for the way she managed the incident last Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 26) when we found ourselves in the handi-van atop a snowbank on Second Street East. Yours truly, Sybil Mowe
Dear sir: Larry and Shane Armstrong made my autistic son’s Christmas. When my son, Kirk, asked me for a skating rink, I told him “it was impossible!” Then one day while at Wal-Mart, I saw a rink liner and then I thought that maybe it wasn’t so “impossible.” I casually […]
Dear Mike: The Eighth Street trails are in the best condition they have ever been in since they were first carved out of the bush north of Rainycrest in 1967-68. Over the years, many volunteers have worked to improve them so that people of all ages could walk somewhere in […]
Dear sir: Amalgamate: v-to combine, unite (Webster’s Dictionary) Amalgamate: verb-combine or unite to form one organization or structure (Oxford University Press Dictionary) When the City of Thunder Bay was created in 1970, it was born out of an amalgamation of two cities, one township, and parts of two other municipalities. […]
Dear sir: One headline in last week’s Times, “True meaning of Christmas missing,” struck a nerve with me. It saddens me that every time we’re attending a Christmas program in one of our local public schools, you hear and see everything else but the true Christmas story. Could there be […]
Dear editor: In the Jan. 5th issue of the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, Liberal MPP Michael Gravelle was quoted as follows: “A CT scanner in Thunder Bay is classified as a non-profit facility, but it will be allowed to perform some for-profit service.” Somewhat as being partially a virgin, I […]
Dear sir: The board has been asked to clarify certain issues related to the operations and management of Rainycrest Home for the Aged. Hopefully, the following clarifies matters and satisfies the concerns forwarded. The newly-constituted board took over responsibility for the home at its first meeting Dec. 16, 2003. At […]
Dear sir: The Aha! idea comes to me once in a while. Our young people need instruction in parenting. There is a shortage of day care. As such, could it be possible to combine the two and use our high schools for day care? Under supervision, the students will take […]
Dear sir: Many of us were saddened to see and hear about the events that took place on Dec. 26. The earthquake and subsequent tsunamis in Asia is the largest natural disaster ever witnessed by us. I sat glued to the television and watched, with a sense of shock, as […]
