Opinion

When this column, Local Angle , first hit the pages of The Reminder , I didn’t know what kind of reception it would receive.

Dear Editor, The flooding in the Quill Lakes wetland complex in Saskatchewan is no longer just the problem of a few farmers – it is soon to become everyone’s problem. Every taxpayer has a stake in this.

Rob Schiefele has an idea worth repeating. Flin Flon, Creighton and Denare Beach have received a combined $1.15 million from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization for their participation in NWMO’s site-selection process.

Local MLA Clarence Pettersen and his executive assistant, Colleen Ford, were in Snow Lake with cheques in hand on the afternoon of Tuesday August 14.

Flin Flon city council “may” have to make difficult decisions about which municipal services stay and which ones go at some unknown point in the future.

Snow Lake’s Mining Museum held its Seniors’ Day on Tuesday, July 28 with 39 of the community’s most precious assets in attendance.

About five years ago, I began hearing residents saying something I hadn’t heard much of before: Flin Flon was no longer a safe community. That was a foreign idea to me.

Dear Editor, Snow Lake is very excited to say that we have made the top 10 finals for a chance to win $25,000 in the Manitobaville contest.

Snow Lake’s town council went in camera to discuss the Personnel/Hiring Committee’s recommendations during the later portion of their July council meeting. The recommendations were with respect to several jobs that had recently been advertised.

I recently got married to a wonderful man. His last name is Dillon. Upon our return from our wedding, a friend dropped off a beautiful cedar sign for our home that read “The Dillons.” As I accepted the gift, I felt both gratitude and surprise.