A lot was said this past year. Here is a look back as some of the more memorable quotes from Flin Flon and area.
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“We’ve got lots of ore to mine in Snow Lake. We don’t have lots of ore in Flin Flon, so again we’re turning the focus here as hard as we can.”
– Brad Lantz, vice-president of Hudbay’s Manitoba operations, announcing a renewed exploration focus on Flin Flon
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“We’re very happy to be here today with this exciting moment in Flin Flon’s history.”
– Committee member Brenda Russell, prior to the sealing of a time capsule marking Flin Flon’s 80th anniversary
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“When you’re the principal, you never know what the day is going to bring.”
– Brent Bedford, on taking over as principal of Hapnot Collegiate
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“Basically we’re letting people walk through other people’s yards and I think it’s creating, basically, a crime zone for those areas.”
– Coun. Bill Hanson, announcing his hope that the city will remove the wooden walkways that run in between homes between Hapnot and Callinan streets
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“When I knew them, they were just a bunch of guys playing together.”
– Flin Flon’s Jeanne Fell, 83, recalling how she met The Beatles before they were famous
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“We need to become a very vocal voice for the business community within our community and also within our surrounding communities and also in the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.”
– Tom Therien, on assuming the presidency of the Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce
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“The next phase of work will involve much more detailed technical and social studies and will see an enhanced level of engagement within our own community and with our neighbours.”
– Creighton Mayor Bruce Fidler, after his community advanced to the next phase in the site-selection process to potentially host a nuclear waste repository
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“You’re trying to put your head around the fact that you’re at the Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center, and that you’re in New York.”
– Crystal Kolt, director of the Flin Flon Community Choir, describing the choir’s performance in that facility in that city
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“I’d like to see more people utilizing the Legion.”
– Newly acclaimed Royal Canadian Legion president Bob Penner, on a key goal for his term
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“That is a legacy that will live on forever.”
– Lions District Governor Lloyd McCabe, congratulating members of the Flin Flon Lions Club on their 60th anniversary
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“The Board accepts the City’s rationale for the proposed (fee) and is of the view that the proposed (fee) should be approved.”
– Manitoba Municipal Board chair William Barlow, in a written decision approving Flin Flon’s plan to boost taxes on low-end homes and lower them on the high end
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“We danced like teenagers.”
– Flin Flon’s Iris Rideout, on how she and husband George celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary
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“How would you feel if the city decided, ‘let’s put a meter on your toilet and once you get to a certain number (of flushes), then you’re going to pay’?”
– Channing resident Donna Law, speaking to city council’s plan to limit taxpayer-funded pumpouts in the subdivision
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“I never drink, I never smoke, but I swear sometimes.”
– Area pioneer Babe McCullum, 86 but looking 66, jokingly explaining her longevity
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“That’s out of a lot of people’s price range.”
– Creighton’s Perry Riehl, responding to town council’s plan to sell new lots on Collins Street for $60,000 each
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“I have a hard time watching my own stuff, to be honest. I’m always picking out things that I could have changed or done better.”
– Flin Flon native Penny Gummerson, now a writer for the hit CBC-TV show Arctic Air
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“The issue is not about consultation and impact benefits, it is about consent and ownership. Hudbay is well aware of our legal rights and our intentions to defend them.”
– Arlen Dumas, chief of Pukatawagan’s Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, demanding the company leave what he calls traditional aboriginal territory
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“We want $300 per cottage for firefighting and the simple fact is that once people agree that it’s worth $300 for firefighting, then we’ll have an agreement. Until then, we don’t have one.”
– Mayor George Fontaine, after city council ended taxpayer-subsidized fire service for cottage subdivisions
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“For a lot of us, the future is quite ambiguous.”
– Valedictorian Luke Holubec, addressing his fellow graduates of Hapnot Collegiate
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“It will reduce response times, and reducing response times saves lives. The faster you can get to somebody who’s been in an accident or has a heart attack or another health crisis, the greater the chance of them preserving their life and quality of life.”
– Premier Greg Selinger, opening Flin Flon’s new EMS station
Hudbay’s Brad Lantz (left) shakes hands with Kory Eastman, then president of the Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce, following a candid speech to the chamber in April.
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