Dear editor: Kudos to the organizers of the “Métis Community Festival” held on Saturday at Sunny Cove Camp. The Métis Fiddler Quartet are outstanding musicians and jiggers. Novice and experienced jiggers enjoyed participating. The cultural activities, meanwhile, were varied and fun, with good participation. The displays were educational. Last but […]
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 would like to respond to last week’s column by local MPP Sarah Campbell entitled “Beware of energy retailers.” In short, the article is rife with falsehoods, factually-incorrect statements, and clearly indicates that Ms. Campbell has a complete lack of knowledge of Ontario’s energy sector. The first statement […]
Dear editor: A big thank you to the kind gentleman who cut and cleared the storm-damaged trees on the Weller Lake road prior to the Labour Day weekend. Mother Nature’s fury left 15 or 20 trees across the road prior to the Cuttle Lake landing. I could negotiate around the […]
Dear Mr. Editor: We are writing this letter to bring awareness about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). FASD is an umbrella term that describes a range of disabilities that occur as a result of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Consumption of alcohol is one of the most dangerous and harmful things […]
Dear editor: I am a visitor to Fort Frances from England. My girlfriend, who is from the town, and I are volunteer English teachers and set to leave to teach in Georgia in Europe. Very annoyingly, my girlfriend’s laptop computer sadly crashed last week and given the short timeframe, we […]
Dear editor: We at the Sister Kennedy Centre are inviting all seniors (55 plus), including the disabled and handicapped, to drop in and enjoy our wonderful facilities. We are a self-supporting, non-denominational group of senior citizens interested in the independent, healthy, recreational, and social activities of all Fort Frances and […]
Dear editor: As I saw the community spirit, in both winning the “Kraft Celebration Tour” and the resounding success of the event here Sunday, I must say I was incredibly proud of our town. But upon seeing the “Rainbow” flag proudly flying in the background during the TSN broadcast of […]
Dear Mike: As part of the “Kraft Celebration Tour” local organizing committee, I’d like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Fort Frances, International Falls, Rainy River District, and Koochiching County for making this event a huge success! Both TSN and Kraft were incredibly impressed with […]
Dear Mike: Thanks to my fellow “lead riders” (Bob Gordon from Kenora and Doug Hutton of Dryden), this year’s “Ride For Memories” from Fort Frances into Dryden on Saturday was a huge success. The ladies at the Fort Frances Legion started us off with a great lunch, then we were […]
Dear Fort Frances: Your sidewalks are in horrid shape! Using spray paint to mark the “dangerous portions” is a joke. When you combine overgrown shrubs/trees that a pedestrian has to dodge, and vehicles parking on the sidewalks forcing people to walk around, it is very discouraging. Please address this issue […]
Dear editor, I just wanted to write a short note to say how much I appreciated the efforts of the Hydro One workers in the Fort Frances area. A couple of weeks ago, a bolt of lightning severely damaged the 80-foot White Spruce tree just outside my house. When I […]
Dear editor: Did you know you can walk into almost any business or government agency across Canada, including a police station, but you can’t walk into a Ministry of Natural Resources office because the doors are locked? Instead, you must call them up and go through an interrogation before you […]
