The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
A lot gets said in a year. The Reminder has gone through our 2012 articles and selected some of the more memorable quotes of the past year. *** 'Flin Flon, I think, is a good example of a northern community that has somehow, some way managed to combine a number of different things in a way to make for a very pleasant quality of life.' _ former governor general and Manitoba premier Ed Schreyer, who visited the community in May *** 'I think it's shaken everybody here, and it takes a little while to sink in, what has actually transpired.' _ Rod Baynton, co-owner of Bakers Narrows Lodge, after a February fire destroyed the lodge's anchor building *** 'It was so much more than I could have expected. It was really awesome in the literal term.' _ Flin Flon's Crystal Kolt on being inducted into the prestigious Order of Manitoba in July *** 'These are things that we are mandated to do by the government, but honestly I don't think we're screaming loud enough. Because I think what happens is, we're mandated to do these things, we end up doing them, we end up paying for them and we just take it on the chin. And quite frankly I'm tired of taking it on the chin.' _ Coun. Colleen McKee, sharing her feeling that city council should put up more of a fight against costly orders from higher levels of government, at a June council meeting *** 'Within Flin Flon and Snow Lake, exploration success has been the core of really the lifeblood of the company here, and I see that continuing. So the challenge for us is to maintain sustainable mining in this area for many years to come.' _ Brad Lantz, vice-president of Hudbay's Manitoba Business Unit, who in June became the company's highest-ranking Flin Flon-based official *** 'I wanted to be the Santa for the kids who don't have any toys.' _ Kayden Rice, 7, who donated all of his birthday presents to the Salvation Army's Christmas gift program in December *** 'People have to pay for the services they're using and that's where we're going, and that's for everybody.' _ Mayor George Fontaine as city council unveiled new tipping fees at the landfill in June *** 'The variability of the students you work with keeps you on your toes and challenges you to be creative and thoughtful to their needs at all times.' _ Bill Pauley, who retired as principal of Hapnot Collegiate in December, on what he enjoys about working in education
