Dear sir: The fish that were served at the Manitou Rapids fish fry last month weren’t caught during the spawning run (“Missed Point,” Letters to the Editor, F.F. Times, June 1, 2005). Walleye tournaments, local recreation and food fishers, the tourist industry, commercial fishing, the consuming public, the timber industry, […]
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Dear sir: I would like to thank local residents for participating in the “Big Bike for Stroke 2005.” What an achievement! Some $13,323.74 was raised by your community. Thank you, on behalf of each and every volunteer of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, for this tremendous gift. The success to […]
Dear sir: I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the nominees and the three northwest recipients of the eighth-annual Influential Women of Northern Ontario Awards held in Thunder Bay on June 2. The sheer volume of worthy candidates from such a diverse variety of backgrounds illustrates the […]
Dear sir: We, Doc Halliday’s Cuban Cigar House, rent the back of the building and the parking lot on the east side of the Royal Canadian Legion. And for three years now, we have had to remind the local residents not to park in this lot unless they have a […]
Dear editor: Over the last several months, there has been much interest and debate on the topic of fishing. But let’s discuss some numbers. For every pound of female walleye, 10,000 eggs are produced. From 10,000 eggs, .12 percent survive to adulthood. It takes five years to produce a spawning […]
Dear sir: Without a doubt, border-crossing issues are getting worse every year. Outfitters’ business will be down another 10 percent in 2005. Of course, this is not an isolated issue. We are challenging softwood lumber tariffs and, hopefully, a few dollars out of the millions now flowing to U.S. businesses […]
Dear editor: We are teachers and coaches at Beaver Brae High School in Kenora and we are writing this of our own accord. Specifically, we are writing to express our disappointment with the May 26 article by Emmanuel Moutsatsos in which he covered the NorWOSSA soccer tournament played in Kenora. […]
