Opinion

Of the hundreds of headlines that ran in The Reminder last year, one of my favourites was this: ‘Armed’ man was not armed: Mounties.

Doug Elniski, vice-president of human resources for Forbes Brothers Powerline Construction, made an appearance at Snow Lake’s regular council meeting earlier this month. Within his presentation, Elniski noted that Forbes Bros.

The Snow Lake Volunteer Fire Department took possession of a very distinctive and beneficial piece of equipment earlier in the month: a remote rescue vehicle referred to as a “snowbulance.

“Whoa.” The single-word text, sent to me by a friend one morning last March, was clearly designed to elicit a follow-up text.

At the Dec. 15 regular meeting of Snow Lake’s town council, Mayor Kim Stephen accepted a cheque for $7,000 from Greenstone Community Futures director Rupert Klyne.

This year has been a mixed bag for Flin Flon and area. Let’s start with the positive side of the ledger. Entrepreneurs continued to show faith in the community by opening new businesses and revamping existing ones.

It is all about priorities. In my first questions in the new parliament last week I talked about how important it is to address the challenges facing Canadians.

Snow Lake town council closed their Dec. 1 regular meeting in order to move into a public hearing on By-Law 941/15.

Dear Editor, I was perplexed by a number of things in the Dec. 11 Local Angle column (“Anonymoose Amy and the value of reader opinions”). These things all revolve around anonymity and individual responsibility.

Dear Editor, Everybody needs to know the dangers that tinsel and ornaments present to animals and birds. Please take great care to keep these things away from pets and wildlife. That way everyone, two-legged and four, can have a Merry Christmas.