Scott Reid is about to help pass the Conservative's "anti-terrorist" Act, which appears to label the organization and members of the Ontario Landowners as "terrorists". During the OLA's attempt to divide Ontario into two new Provinces (one rural based on "old stock values" and the Anglo-Saxon law, and one urban);… READ MORE

In the February 26, 2015 of The Frontenac News, it was reported that the Hinchinbrooke Recreation Committee had been awarded $10,000 to pay for a play structure at Parham. While I'm sure that this is a worthwhile endeavour, I was surprised to learn that the money was coming from Hydro… READ MORE

There's a song, "Life is like a Mountain Railway". Unfortunately this engineer is not so brave. Grades of any kind leave me breathless. I can no longer walk with my grandchild without 40 feet of hose from an oxygen machine. My days and nights are an almost constant vigil -… READ MORE

An excellent letter was submitted by Jule Koch Brison (Euthanasia, Jule Koch) in your Feb. 12 edition. Are we a Nation of Sheep? Having worked in the health care system (R.T.) and also in a related field for over 40 years, I never heard of, or had a patient or anybody… READ MORE

The dump amnesty load and the cost of maintaining the various Township Halls are budget deliberation footballs every year in Central Frontenac. Taxpayers in Central Frontenac see little enough justification for their property tax bill every year. It should be considered basic common sense to throw the people a bone… READ MORE

I hear and read many complaints about the state of the roads in Central Frontenac Township, but I’d like to put in a good word. I usually take Ducharme Road as the fastest route from my home on Long Lake Road into Sharbot Lake, except in the winter when I have found it too snow-covered and… READ MORE

Re: assisted suicide debate I wish to respond to this past week's letter (Euthanasia, Jule Koch) and a few opinions of my own. I think that my biggest objection was to the writer's comment that "Every day thousands of people face death with courage and are given the highest care… READ MORE

I had to write in to you after reading the letter (Euthanasia) sent last week by Jule Koch Brison. I have to say that my views on this are completely opposite. Anyone who has watched a loved one dying a slow and painful death can only be relieved to see… READ MORE

Your rant in last week's News (Editorial, The Groundhog) was inexcusable. To begin, groundhogs are clearly related to the ground (earth) but have no relationship to hogs. Properly called woodchucks, they are really marmots. Ours is Marmota monax rufescens. Evolutionarily advanced members of the squirrel family who have virtually given… READ MORE

I take great umbrage at the unbridled attack on the lowly groundhog that appeared in last week's Frontenac News Groundhog Editorial. At a time when the government of our country has abandoned the aim of any enhancement to the availability of jobs for an indigenous species of Canada, the editor… READ MORE

February 6 was a black day for Canada when the Supreme Court of Canada decided that murder is the solution to pain and suffering, and struck down the laws against "assisted suicide". Sorry to disappoint the honorable judges, but no amount of suicide, "assisted" or otherwise, will solve the problem… READ MORE

How much do you love your children, your grand children? How much are you willing to do to protect them? The revised sex education curriculum being proposed by Kathleen Wynne & the Liberal majority provincial government is largely cloaked in darkness while the things we are learning are very unnerving… READ MORE

It was quite a morning! Harrowsmith will never be the same. The carnage, the hysterics, and eventually the demise of Harrowsmith Harvey, the once beloved groundhog. It all started at sunrise when Harvey was rudely awakened by an unruly crowd. He thought it was rude to wake him from his… READ MORE

There are so many kinda neat things in the Jan. 29 issue of "the News" that I wanted to comment. Item first: Sharbot Lake must have done something to get the Creator's attention, that He sent us such a professional visionary as Mr. A. Kovacs to rescue and revitalize the… READ MORE

It is not my fault! Teenagers say that frequently. Adults talk around the issue, for instance, reducing the speed limit to 40 km/hr in front of the Granite Ridge High School in Sharbot Lake. Several issues are at play here. The provincial government has outlawed smoking on all school property… READ MORE

As regards our policing contract: Did anyone think to ask Kingston if they might be interested in expanding its force to cover Frontenac County? Perhaps a Frontenac County Police Department based in Kingston might be a less expensive, and perhaps a better, alternative to the OPP. John McEwen READ MORE