To the editor: I want to thank Sarah McGinnis of the Fort Frances Times for her interest in the Character for Backus/AB initiative here in International Falls. One major correction I need to make is that our group of business and community leaders is not prepared to foot the annual […]
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Dear editor: This letter is to expand information released in the Fort Frances Times on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 titled “Ambulance concerns focus of meeting.” The statement regarding qualified staffing levels, “we’re doing ok” doesn’t tell the complete story, we are not doing ok. As of June 1, this year, […]
Dear sir: On Saturday, Sept. 7, the Therapeutic Riding Association will be holding its annual “Freedom Ride.” This fundraising event helps to offset the cost and upkeep of the horses needed to provide physically-challenged people the opportunity to go riding. Not only does horseback riding encourage positive socialization, it stimulates […]
It’s hard to believe that another year has passed—and the eighth-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is now upon us. Especially with memories of Steve and Kent Ballan’s dramatic victory over Doug and Zach McBride last July still so fresh in our minds. But, yes, it has been a year, […]
Dear sir: About two years ago, I wrote my first letter to the editor. I had just recently moved to Fort Frances from Rice Lake, Wis. I am a Canadian from Thunder Bay, Ont. and sometimes not very proud of it. The reason I wrote the first letter was because […]
Dear sir: On Saturday, July 20, the North Western Group of Ontario Land Surveyors met in Emo for their summer meeting. The group was very impressed by the surroundings and what the area has to offer. Owing to the distances which some people have to travel to get to these […]
Dear editor: I normally enjoy reading the stock car articles in the district newspapers but one in particular has convinced me that someone has to set the record straight! In the Fort Frances Times of Wednesday, July 17, written by “Staff,” it says, “Plagued by several delays” and “took some […]
Dear editor: I’ve read Allan Kielczewski’s letter with indifference to the rhetoric. As a subscriber to the Globe and Mail, I have become slightly better acquainted with the general non-native public’s concern over aboriginal issues. The problem with any non-native solution is that it won’t fit, however well-meaning or educated […]
