Dear editor: As candidate for chief in the next Couchiching election, I feel compelled to respond to your recent article in the Fort Frances Times where Chief Chuck McPherson asks, “How much is too much?” concerning expenditures on the Borderland Thunder. While that question is for him and his council […]
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 editor: I attended the meeting where the three candidates in our riding debated issues which were important to the electorate. Mr. Hampton stated right off that he only was in favour of government support for the public schools. Private schools were only for the rich, he stated, who send […]
Dear sir: The provincial government, under Premier Ernie Eves, announced Ontario would provide $17.5 million to further the province’s beef producers. This is in addition to the $35 million our government already has committed—bringing Ontario’s total commitment to $52.5 million. Beef farmers, including those in the Kenora-Rainy River districts, have […]
Barbara “Winnie” Bileski, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances with her family at her side on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2003. She was born in Goldenvale, Sask. on Aug. 11, 1915 to Fred and Mary Chowhan. She married Alex Bileski […]
Dear sir: A few weeks ago, the federal government announced the navy’s first West Coast sub arrives with a $750 million agreement to lease four used subs, with an option to purchase after eight years. A little late getting here. We could have used them to burrow through the desert […]
Dear editor: I am responding to a letter written by Nicole Strachan Miller which appeared in the Fort Frances Times on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Nicole, you looked to the First Nation for monies yourself, otherwise you wouldn’t have had the opportunity to become a lawyer. You don’t even know me […]
Dear editor: Statistics Canada has reported the number of women murdered by their intimate partners increased by 25 percent in 2001. The largest jump was seen in Ontario, which rose from 68 to 86. Jury inquests into the deaths of Arlene May and Gillian Hadley in 1998 and 2000, respectively, […]
Dear sir: I am writing to ask Health and Long-Term Care minister Tony Clement what is delaying the re-opening of Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances? My mother has Alzheimer’s disease and has been in the Continuing Care Unit at La Verendrye Hospital here since June. Unfortunately, this […]
Dear sir: As a taxpayer and a resident of Northwestern Ontario, I am extremely disappointed in the recent response from the leader of the NDP and the MPP for this riding when the issue of the spring bear hunt was presented to the candidates. With all the written requests from […]
Dear editor: I am writing in regards to the comments generated from the article, “Thunder’s fate could lie with election,” which appeared in the Sept. 3 edition of the Fort Frances Times. I am a member of Couchiching First Nation who is proud to see and hear about the things […]
Dear sir: Last Wednesday you published my comments about travel grants. On Friday, I was stopped in the clinic by a very irate patient who had just had a travel grant refused. I will not mention names for reasons of confidentiality. I do have permission, from him and his wife, […]
Dear sir: Well, enough is enough from the “spin doctors” on town council and administration. I cannot believe the things that the current town council and administration have done, and continue to do, which cost us taxpayers significant amounts of money. As a local taxpayer, I have watched in horror […]
