Opinion

Dear Editor, Flin Flon Branch No. 73 of the Royal Canadian Legion extends an open invitation to everyone to participate in this year’s Remembrance Day parade on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

During the afternoon of Oct. 20, Snow Lakers lined up for a glimpse of, and perhaps a chance to touch, the most prized possession in all of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Thank you for the honour to once again represent our North in Parliament. Over the 78 days of the election and over the previous [seven] years, I had the opportunity to visit throughout the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski riding on a regular basis.

Over 150 locals took in the Snow Lake Christian Centre Fellowship’s Annual Fall Supper. In addition to a fine fall meal, attendees were treated to entertainment by 11 adults and 13 youth from their sister church in Newton, Manitoba.

What a relief that Canadians made the right decision in last week’s federal election. Now we’ll have to see how the Liberals repair the damage wrought by Stephen Harper and his Conservatives.

Over the years, countless mayors and municipal politicians have told me that in order to glean financial support out of upper government, you need your local MP or MLA to belong to the governing party.

Several town council members sat down to a meeting with representatives from Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation (MIT) last month in the council chambers.

There were points during Monday night and early Tuesday morning – several of them, in fact – when it was impossible to predict who would be the next MPs of northern Manitoba and northern Saskatchewan.

As her campaign enters its final hours, incumbent Churchill-Keewatinook Aski MP Niki Ashton has lost one of her key selling points – or has she? At the start of the campaign, when the New Democrats were riding high in the polls, Ashton could for the

Dear Editor, This election year there has been a lot of discourse about “voting against” rather than “voting for.” The premise of strategic voting is that we Canadians may have a government that does not represent the majority of voters.