Why the Silence?
I am amazed as well as disappointed after looking through the latest issue of your paper. There was no vitriol. There was no alarm. There was nothing! Our beloved Premier had arbitrarily curtailed certain inalienable rights from within the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and, on the surface, it… READ MORE
New South Frontenac Brand
This kind of bureaucratic nonsense drives me crazy. Did Jeff even ask what the entire cost would be?? My guess is too much $$$. A lot of people living in Frontenac are experiencing horrible finacial problems during these hard times. Why, why would the township throw all that money at… READ MORE
Vandals of Verona
In the past 3 weeks someone, probably a truck with knobby tires, has torn up not only our driveway but also spun and cut ruts in our back ballfield, not once but TWICE. I would please ask that if anyone has any information please call 6133742821 and leave a message.… READ MORE
The Path Ahead
By the time this is published, I expect that the third wave will have exceeded the previous two and we will have let crisis dictate our path forward to deal with the corona virus. Opinions, feelings, hunches, will not matter. Dr. Martin Betts, the head of critical care for Scarborough… READ MORE
Re: Questionable Letter
We live in a world of misinformation and disinformation. As thoughtful and thinking citizens of a free society, it is our responsibility to carefully distill any information provided to us and to make our own independent decisions about what is true and what is not. Because we are free, we… READ MORE
Vaccine Hesitancy
This is my reply to Janina's objections to the vaccine being 'unproven'. The vaccines are very good at preventing hospitalisations and deaths – up to 100% in some clinical trials. That should be all we need to know. That's what all the mitigation has been about. It's never been about… READ MORE
Questionable Letter
The uninformed letters last week from Mary DeBassecourt and Carol Pepper serve only to mislead, and worse, contribute to the vaccine fear and hesitancy which will prevent us from ever achieving the level of community immunity that is needed to put this nightmare behind us. Publishing those fact-free opinions is… READ MORE
Roll Up Your Sleeve
The following are my reasons for rolling up my sleeve to get the vaccine: 1. To protect myself and also my family, friends and community. 2. The vaccines have been given to millions of people around the world to stop the spread of this deadly virus. 3. The vaccines have… READ MORE
Vaccine Clinic
I would like to congratulate Mayor Francis Smith and staff of Sharbot Lake Family Health Team, Frontenac Paramedics, Central Frontenac Fire Department and to anyone else I may have missed, for organizing such a well run vaccine clinic on March 15, at the Sharbot Lake Fire Hall. I thank everyone… READ MORE
Re: Climate Change – March 11, 2021
Never have I been moved to write a response to a letter to the editor until reading one about climate change. Let's start with birds, birds, birds – hypothetical questions have best use in planning for and adopting solutions. According to the Audubon society 1 billion birds die each year… READ MORE
Compelled to Question
I deeply value our Frontenac News community paper. I also appreciate the opportunity to speak out frankly on important issues. I am bewildered at the overwhelming eagerness to receive the COVID shot, considering it is an experimental shot that even health officials are cautioning does not provide immunity nor prevent… READ MORE
Covid Nightmare? Not At All!
I want to give a huge thank you to the team at the Sharbot Lake vaccine centre! And also to the doctor's and staff from the Sharbot Lake Medical Centre. I received my covid vaccine earlier this week. The team were organized, professional, friendly and so helpful! I was in… READ MORE
Comic Relief?
In the editorial “60 is the new 80 Where Vaccine is Concerned” I found serious information presented in a humourous way. Is there a certain giddiness about the fact that our area is now receiving vaccines? It’s as if to say, “They (the vaccines) are here now . . .… READ MORE
MOM Restaurant
The closing of MOM Restaurant in Verona is the sad end of an era of support and service to our community. MOM was a gathering place for friends and families; a place for celebrations and support; a place to gather after church; a place for travellers to enjoy great food… READ MORE
Climate Change
Perhaps the Frontenac News feels obliged to present “both sides” of the issue of human-induced climate change, but why do so by publishing a letter like the one from Edward Kennedy in your issue of March 11? Mr. Kennedy complains of “misrepresentation” and then presents us with exaggerated statistics, from… READ MORE
Climate Change
Perhaps the author of the letter headed 'Climate Change' in last week's paper might be kind enough to let us all know the identity of the unnamed "expert", whom he cites as the source for the torrent of questionable and unattributed statistics which form the basis of his climate change… READ MORE