With the loonie again hovering above parity vis-a-vis the U.S. greenback, coupled with higher duty-free exemptions now in place at the border, local businesses have their work cut out trying to convince consumers to spend their money here at home. It isn’t a new problem, of course—and no doubt one […]
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Jacklynne Guimond Dear editor: Thank you, Knox United Church, for “drawing the circle wide” . . . for providing a place where “all are welcome.” Mainline and fundamentalist churches always have viewed the Bible through different lenses. There are, in both camps, those who choose to use Scripture as a […]
John Loewen Dear editor: To all the readers of this fine paper, I would like to express what the sacred Scriptures say about marriage as God instituted it. In Genesis 2:24 we read, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and […]
Mary Waghorn Dear editor: Good day, readers! I would like to comment on a couple of items from the past two weeks. First, there was an article written by summer reporter Sarah Pruys headlined “Churches slowly blessing same-sex unions.” She wrote that Knox United Church had a lesbian couple to […]
Sean Ward Dear editor: I feel compelled to respond to the article about churches slowly blessing same-sex unions (Fort Frances Times, Aug. 15). While it is the last thing in my character to attack anyone, perpetuate hate, and breed disrespect, I feel our generation is owed an explanation for the […]
Dorothy Friesen Dear editor: I am writing in response to the op-ed piece entitled, “Town clears up facts on Point dispute” (Fort Frances Times, Aug. 22). I would like to think that before the Town of Fort Frances decided to spend precious taxpayer dollars on a lengthy, ultimately unwinnable dispute, […]
Jill Flamand Dear editor: I feel that the letter to the editor that the Abraham Gerber family wrote should not have been printed in your paper. I understand that everyone has a right to their own beliefs. And if, as in the Times’ response to me on your FB page, […]
Maybe my pets can read and thus know that I write about them. Maybe when I’m gone to work, they make themselves at home in the living room (where the “Dog Rule” manual states they are not allowed) and read my column in the newspaper—or perhaps they surf my online […]
Queen’s Park resumed this week after its summer break. While much of the upcoming agenda will hinge on the outcome of two Sept. 6 byelections, which will determine if Dalton McGuinty has been successful in obtaining his much sought-after third majority government, I expect much of the attention will be […]
Nothing brings work to a standstill faster than a mom bringing in her newborn baby. Even from the back pressroom, the pressman can hear the cooing the front office staff make. And quickly they reach the front office to compete for time to hold those newborns. And as they grow […]
This past week, I joined New Democrats and Canadians in pausing to remember Jack Layton on the anniversary of his passing just one short year ago. It seems like yesterday. I was shocked to learn of Jack’s second cancer diagnosis in the weeks following the May 2 election, but even […]
Have you heard of Sophia Scholl? Or Traudl Junge? Films have been released, separately, on each of them—a creative depiction of the choices they made and the startling differences in their legacies. They were two young German women at the beginning of World War II, born in 1921 and 1920, […]
