Letters

To all the soccer players and any people using the soccer fields at Centennial Park, please be careful and check the field for holes, and horse manure. There were 2 young ladies riding their horses on the soccer field the other day. They brought...

So good to hear that Meta is removing its news content from Facebook and Instagram in Canada. After years of Facebook sponging off of mainstream media like television channels and newspapers, Canadians can be thankful that Meta is voluntarily...

I just want to say how happy we are to have a wonderful restaurant close to home. The staff are friendly and the food is awesome! The staff is well paid so there is no tipping. The seafood (mussels, scallops, salmon, etc) is cooked just right and...

It's hard to move to a new location where you don't know your way around and you don't know any of the people. At first, I couldn't drive anywhere without my GPS telling me where to go and I didn't know anyone to ask for help. I couldn't even run my...

Your headline about one newspaper for all Ontario, of June 29, does not go far enough. There is a paper for all Ontario, the Globe and Mail. All it needs is for a page insert for the various regions, no different than separate editions for Toronto,...

It’s clear that even with a four-day workweek, great service is still available from North Frontenac Township staff.  Several downed trees were blocking our road on Friday.  One quick call to a helpful township office staffer and someone was...

After reading a letter from Kathleen O’Hara for attacking our local paper and way of voting in South Frontenac calling us all denialist I had to reply to this letter. If people want to call out our newspapers for informing readers that we have...

Regarding the letter in this week’s paper from a visiting friend, about the reports in the Frontenac News of Burn Bans “with no mention of the causes”, I’d say in this instance, the Fires and the Burn Bans were the news. We have to be...

A congratulatory mention to Eva Ball on her recent retirement and she wrote up a note as follows: "Special thank you, Robert & Lucille Ball, for providing me the opportunity of driving a school bus for Ball Bus Lines! Over these past 10 years, I...

I just happened to pick up your June 29 newspaper at a friend’s cottage. I was shocked to read about the “Burn Bans” on the front page by Jeff Green with no mention of the cause of the bans. We are facing an increasingly serious climate crisis...

In a recent study, CBC reported that seven million people, especially those in small communities, are without a family doctor. In Ontario alone the number is two million. On 31 May my doctor retired. I am now a number, as I have felt less than human...

I would like to mention that the article for Addington Highlands noting that a fee was waived for Lions Club Land O’ Lakes stated that "The Lions Club is the only service club in Addington Highlands.“ This is not true as stated. Denbigh Griffith...

Sharbot Lake cottager and cyclist for 20 years, I cannot say enough about the groomed paths available to cyclists and residents alike. The attention and effort (i.e., money) the township expends to maintain these paths speaks to its concern for its...

In response to the recent article regarding "Short-Term Rental issues in South Frontenac", we have similar issues in North Frontenac, with a huge increase in absentee landlord Airbnb cottages. This not only poses a growing problem for neighbours i.e...

Last week, I witnessed SF Council’s lukewarm response to two residents asking for regulation of local short-term rental houses. In a township that requires the registration of dogs, and regulates backyard chicken flocks, there is still no plan to...

In commenting on the Short-Term Rental Story, I send my sympathy to Family Kemp. Sympathy is all they can expect from the Township and the NF News. A Canadian 'sorry'. Frontenac County has set itself up to benefit from Tourism. It spends $18.08 per...

Our healthcare system has been pushed to the brink. This is an emergency, but it's not an accident. The Ford government is systematically under-funding our healthcare system so they can sell off services to the highest bidder. The Perth Emergency...

I want to express my gratitude to the Sharbot Lake community for everything you have done to help send a crew of 14-year-olds on a three-day journey to Montreal. For most of the students attending the trip, this is the first time they have taken a...

The public consultation period for Cavanagh’s application for a massive gravel pit on the Highland Line is only open until June 5. I strenuously object to Cavanagh’s application for this new gravel pit, below the water table and only 30 metres...

(Editors note – Steve and Mary Johnston contacted the BMO complaints department on May 3rd to talk about the pending closure of the Northbrook in the hope of starting a process to reverse the decision. The day immediately following that...

Your article on NFTC was perfect.  Our neighbourhood, Mica Point, Gull, Cedar Haven and Island Drive have been sending letters, e-mails and telephone calls to them for ages, as well as going to their office. There is one thing which I found quite...

Community Living’s Dean Walsh and his dedicated team of employees are to be congratulated on their Shine a Light Campaign and their inclusive message that people with disabilities have the same desires as all of us. A case in point is David Yerxa,...

As a resident of South Frontenac, I am baffled by this area’s obsession with burning stuff. Neighbours in all directions regularly burn stuff in their backyard, in firepits, burn barrels, outdoor furnaces or various homemade incinerators. I’m...

I live on St Georges Lake Rd and I have used NFTC service since 2011. It was never a reliable service but it has gotten worst since amalgamation. I gave up on the phone service quite a few years ago as the static noice on the line was so bad that I...

Nothing depresses me more than a story about Frontenac County. I feel like a Russian man in Manchuria being conscripted to fight and be slaughtered in a war  thousands of kilometers from his home for the dreams of the Russian oligarchs.   Living...

I thought your editorial regarding Ontario’s Sunshine List (April 13, 2023) offered a strong argument for adapting the Sunshine List to maintain its relevance by better reflecting those positions in the public service that receive the highest...

No matter how you look at the numbers, the Ford government is letting schools fall further behind. School boards across Ontario have been clear: cutting pandemic education funding will mean less support for kids that need it. Ford’s budget cuts...

Porcupine,(March 30) Giant Green Iguanas (April 6).  They all like to help us in some way.  But what about the wonderful opossum?  They eat thousands of ticks and other debris.  They will not bother humans or pets.  They are immune to rabies. ...

South Frontenac Council did not put money in their 2023 budget for doctor recruitment. Mayor Vandewal stated we were not entirely clear what was being asked of us, by the doctors and we did not discuss it as part of the budget. I am asking to loosen...

The porcupine proposal described in the March 30 edition of TFN is simply quite asinine. The township council should change their name to Stoned Miller for obviously some logic altering product was in play. It is a well documented fact that the...

I am writing to you in lieu of the recent ER closures in Perth ON, and the impact it is having on the surrounding Frontenac communities. In 2022, the Perth Regional hospital was forced to close its doors to the ER in response to the ongoing nursing...

Local community members are joining together in front of RBC branches across Canada to support climate action and indigenous rights on April 1st, to emphasise the importance of this issue before RBC’s Annual General Meeting which will be held on...

I would like to respond to North Frontenac Mayor Gerry Lichty's remark that Wolfe Island is "being ungrateful after receiving a new ferry". I wonder how Mayor Lichty would feel if there was only one road to his municipality and the MTO had committed...

It is somewhat tongue in cheek that I applaud the expenditures of over a million dollars to provide gateway and interior wayfinding signage. This will undoubtedly help guide the motoring public to avoid travel on certain roads that are in need of...

Selling the plant Cavanagh Construction proposes to dig up 87 acres down to below the water table around Barber’s Lake in Lanark Highlands. You may have been there when visiting Wheelers Pancake House. If your response is: that’s not in our...

The column in the Feb. 9 issue of the Frontenac News “Denbigh Fire Station My Close” by Craig Bakay really got me going. What is the bureaucratic system attempting to do to our rural communities.? Fact, we cannot afford full time fire fighters....

In reference to Jean Brown’s letter of February 15th, 2023 Suggesting that there is a Sharbot Lake Syndrome (AKA Stockholm Syndrome) seems to be a rather extreme overshot of her stated objective of advocating for repairs to the Arden and Henderson...

Doug Ford is deliberately attempting to destroy the Health Care system in Ontario. He is doing this to promote a private (for profit) system to line the pockets of his ultra rich friends who have supported him with major election funding. The...

I’m proposing that the municipal councillors are suffering a condition I’m calling Sharbot Lake Syndrome- based on the well known and recognized Stockholm Syndrome. The Stockholm syndrome refers to the idea of groups of people being influenced...

Dear Editor:  I implore the Central Frontenac Council to do the Henderson Rd. Re-surfacing project in this year 2023, since it has been shifted and deferred for far too long. Our rate of taxation is 40% higher than that of our neighbours in North...

I have just finished reading the story in January 26/23 Frontenac News entitled Snow Social. I wanted to let Kelly McRobert know that l really enjoyed the writing of the article. The descriptions of events made me feel that l had been present and...

The December 21, 2022 edition of the Frontenac News reported on a plan by Councillors John Inglis and Roy Huetl for the creation of a Climate Change Task Force. Unfortunately, the plan “didn’t get much traction” said the Frontenac News at the...

I am presently of the opinion that you may have missed the mark by a little bit in the above mentioned editorial.  You imply that the Council of the Township of North Frontenac would essentially be flying by their boot straps in making a decision...

It was Christmas Eve and Santa and crew were flying over Centennial Park in Harrowsmith when Santa’s earbuds started to ring. It was a message from Rudolph who told Santa that he thought they had dropped the neon yellow bag of coal for the naughty...

It seems the peasant revolt might be beginning. It would appear that Premier Ford's backroom dealings to reward close supporters with free money from developments on the best farmland on the continent is finally being noticed by true blue Tories....

The federal government has spent over $15B on financial support for the oil and gas industry this year, according to a recent report by Environmental Defence. At the same time, supply uncertainty and skyrocketing gas prices allowed fossil fuel...

Life is about opportunity and choices. So Thanks to Frontenac staffs efforts to hold meetings and provide the opportunity for its readers to meet the candidates for the October 24 2022 election to help make better choices on voting day. AS for the...

Once more I see neighbours tearing out the beaver dam outside our window. The dam busters think only that the dam raises the water level. They may believe that lake levels should be absolutely constant. That would not be normal. Water levels change...

I am a senior in North Frontenac – in North Frontenac, frankly, we are mostly seniors, very attached to our rural lifestyle and to our beautiful landscape, and we want to stay. Unfortunately for rurally isolated seniors, many on very limited...

This year I had the opportunity to attend all four 'meet the candidate evenings' in Central Frontenac. It was very nice to see young new faces join the race. I would like to applaud each of you for putting yourself out there, to try to become a new...