Dear editor:
I was reading a CBC news article about a man from Guelph, Ontario, Mohsin Abbas, who immigrated to Canada in early 2000. Mr. Abbas said that “Canada ‘saved’ him, and he wanted to say ‘Thank you’. His story of coming to Canada as an asylum seeker is an interesting one … you can find it on the CBC website.
Mr. Abbas had learned that “The Tilbury Times”, a136 year old newspaper in Tilbury, Ontario was being shut down by Postmedia. “I know the importance of local journalism”, he said. “It’s our social responsibility.” He traveled to Tilbury, a town of 4800; he knew he had to revive the paper. Now, less than a month later, he is the new editor.
The importance of local journalism should not be lost on any of us. I’m sure it’s a struggle sometimes to source enough information to fill ‘The Bulletin’ every week but I enjoy reading the world news The Bulletin provides. We look forward to reading The Fort Frances Times, front page to back! We appreciate our newspaper carrier who drops off the paper five days a week, even when the temperature is -31 with windchill.
A big Thank You to the staff at The Times office who keep the presses rolling (do they still do it that way?) and the carriers who deliver the news. Local journalism is indeed our social responsibility.
Sandra Brunetta
