Dear editor: In the courthouse news in last week’s edition of the Times, I read with some disdain that a person with the same name as me had been charged with a criminal offence. This seemed to result in some confusion, as the offender’s birthdate and mine are within two […]
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.
To the editor: Once again, the Canadian public is faced with another federal election, and this election, if polls can be believed, is between the Liberals and the Canadian Alliance. These parties are very different and so are their policies. We will have to choose between the Liberals who, in […]
Dear sir: Well, more changes coming–yippee! The government must really be working or wanting to make it look good. I guided Americans in the ’70s and now, we pass up many six to eight-point bucks looking for the elusive “big ones,” which we didn’t get. But the American hunters were […]
Dear editor: I swore that I would not do this again but I must vent my anger someplace, lest I take out my frustration on the nearest Mike Harris look-alike. Last week, the Harris government discussed a possible 42 percent pay raise for Ontario MPPs, citing a prolonged 10-year drought […]
Dear editor: I am an OAC student at Fort Frances High School and last week I was told, after asking a number of people, that there would not be a Remembrance Day assembly held at the school this year. I was given several reasons for this, the first being that […]
Dear sir: I just have a few comments in regards to the recent televised debate between the candidates for mayor and town council. 1). What has happened to showing a little respect for others? Name-calling is not tolerated from our children–should it be tolerated from a mayor? This is unacceptable […]
Dear editor, I read in complete bewilderment Bob Nault’s article (View from the Hill, Oct. 18, 2000). Mr. Nault has a “problem” with a flat tax proposed by the opposition Canadian Alliance. The Liberals endorsed the seven percent GST. I wonder, does he have a problem with that? Signed, John […]
Dear editor: What are the sworn duties, commitments, and obligations of an MPP to the constituents that elected him? Answer: Represent constituents’ interests in provincial governance at Queen’s Park in Toronto. That is what our provincial tax dollars pay our elected MPPs to do. We now have a federal election–to […]
To the editor: To build or not to build is the question to be asked of the residents of the Township of Alberton in the Nov. 13 election. But we are being asked this question without any information on which to base such an important decision. Cost has been arbitrarily […]
Dear sir: The things people should know about Mr. Allan Bedard, who is running for mayor against Glenn Witherspoon in our town election. I know Mr. Bedard well. I worked very closely with him while he was a union president, and we have been friends when he was a town […]
To the editor: I have been in Fort Frances for about at long as Bill Maki has been away and I have seen many changes, starting in the west end where I live. MacDonald Motors, Sunset Ford, Canadian Tire, all the fast food outlets, Robin’s Donuts, Red Dog Inn, West […]
Dear sir: An alarming percentage of teenagers have contemplated or attempted suicide. Many of these teenagers have severed any contact with the church. Our young people are really suffering and seem lost. This area (Northwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota) has many young people who are abusing drugs and alcohol. The […]
