Monday is election day. It may be the most important municipal election in the twentieth century, not because it’s the last of the millennium, but it’s the first involving a major restructuring of provincial/municipal financial responsibility. Those elected to town councils will face struggles their predecessors didn’t have to face. […]
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Dear sir Last week, a news conference was held at Queen’s Park by Ernie Eves, the minister of finance for the Government of Ontario. Mr. Eves stated that education spending has remained steady for the past two years. He referred to drastic government cuts to education spending as a “myth.” […]
Dear sir: On Nov. 10, during the municipal election, we, the voters of Fort Frances, will be given the opportunity to stop the proliferation of gambling in Fort Frances. We will be asked if we support video lottery terminals (VLTs) and the establishment of a charitable gaming club in our […]
Dear editor: I am researching my family history and would like to ask your readers for their assistance. I am searching for information on my grandmother, Christina Beatrice Mosher, who was born on Feb. 23, 1897 in Fort Frances, Ont. Her mother’s name was Christina Crowe and her father’s name […]
Dear editor: Recent letters to the editor concerning Bill 160 have been written by teachers who have been in the game for a while. I thought the public might be interested to hear what a first-year teacher had to say. I graduated from university this past spring with seven years […]
To the editor, Just a few lines in regards to Arlene Georgeson’s letter in last week’s paper (Oct. 29) about the transit system which was discontinued. Unless you, Arlene, were dependent on the bus for transportation, and unless you had to use it like all the seniors did, you cannot […]
Dear sir: I would like to take a bit of space in your paper to say a few words to the electors. First, I am pleased to see that we are having real elections in Fort Frances. There is some competition for each position. This is good–it means that the […]
In the fall of 1995, we circulated a petition in Fort Frances and Northwestern Ontario. It was directed to the National Parole Board requesting that parole be denied to Neil Scott Soutar, convicted of brutally raping two young women in Fort Frances. At the time, he was the director of […]
Dear sir: The arts, including visual art, dance, drama and music now could be considered extras. The only subjects considered important are language, math and science–because they appear to be the only subjects that get people jobs. I have great fear for our students. There are two things wrong with […]
Dear editor: In the spirit of the season I have composed a little ditty. I’d be obliged if you all would print it. It goes kinda like this . . . Dear Teacher You are Knowledge like a flowing well Toughness like a turtle’s shell More courage than Hercules Your […]
Dear sir: An open letter to the Hon. David Johnson, minister of Education and Training, re: Bill 160–a bill to defraud the students of Ontario of their right to a quality education; a bill designed to concentrate fiscal and decision-making power in the hands of one man based in Toronto. […]
