Dear Mr. Editor, On Tuesday of this past week Ignace a small community of around 1200 people cast votes to see if they would become the willing host community to all of Canada’s nuclear waste, an extremely toxic and dangerous material. So I don’t have the exact figure on how many […]
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Dear editor, A significant disparity around the accessibility of medicines for mental illness exists today, in Canada, a country celebrated for its fair and universal healthcare system. This inequity not only underscores a critical gap in our current healthcare model, but it also highlights the need for an improved mental […]
Re: “Canadian fishing guides and resort owners seek protections for local tourism industry” April 10, 2024 Fort Frances Times Dear editor, Scott Hamilton says they have voiced concerns to the Canadian government for around 25 years, when actually it’s been 31 years. In 1993, the International Mobility Program: Unique Work […]
Dear editor, We can certainly feel helpless when it comes to reducing our environmental footprint and fighting against climate change. Therefore, it is imperative to specifically target and tackle some of their causes. The plastics we commonly use are produced from petroleum and go into the manufacturing of a large […]
Dear editor, In response to “Borderland Pride issues offer to Emo”Quoting from your article;The Pride organization issued a complaint…The letter was critical of Emo council…The letter said, All of this is inexcusable and foolish…The letter said, Your untenable legal position…The letter said, You will agree to…The letter said, You should […]
Dear editor, In reference to the article on the front page of the Times dated April 10 2024. I would like to commend Mr Hamilton for his efforts to get information on the matter in question and encourage all concerned to offer their support. Bill Krag
Dear editor, Its a bird It’s a plane it’s Borderland pride looking after my GLBTQ2+ community 24/7. Borderland Pride correctly issued a formal complaint against the Township of Emo to the human rights tribunal after council voted against a Pride affirming proclamation and flag raising heading for this June. The […]
Dear editor, A Conservative MP Scott Aitchison from Parry Sound Muskoka riding recently held a rally to preach his and Pierre Poilievre’s rhetoric of “axing the tax.” The carbon tax is no doubt a very contentious issue and sorting out what is fact and fiction is not an easy chore. […]
Dear editor, Easter, the time of year when all across the world, Christians celebrate the death of Jesus on the cross where he took all the sins of mankind on Himself and three days later rose from the dead in glorious Resurrection. His work was not completed on the cross. […]
Steven Kaszab
Bradford
Bradford
Dear editor, In 2022 Canadians imported $779.2 Billion of merchandise. That figure increases at 16-19.9% annually. Saying WOW, what a amazing figure? This includes all items we need, want and aspire to, such as fresh greens and fruit, machine parts, automobiles, clothing, toys etc. I point this out because a […]
Dear editor, The biggest insult we have to endure every day as Canadians, is being told we are a democracy, when in fact we are not, and looking at how our dysfunctional colonial political system is dividing and destroying our country has become a depressing reality. Poilievre is busy promoting […]
Dear editor, On March 28, 2022, Greg Rickford, Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry, announced the Ontario government’s first Forest Biomas Action Plan. According to the announcement, the plan was a way to promote economic opportunities, drive economic growth and help secure, for future generations, a strong […]
