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Local Angle: Cottage saga 2.0

Local Angle: Cottage saga 2.0

When it comes to talks between the City of Flin Flon and area cottagers, Mayor Cal Huntley isn’t closing the door on annexation. “It’s not off the table.

My Take on Snow Lake: A memorable evening

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 241 held the 12th Annual Newlywed Game on the evening of Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day.

MP Report: Benefitting Canadian families

Recent legislation enacted by our Conservative government will benefit every Canadian family with children under the age of 18.

Letter to the Editor: Dr. Whitlock responds to insurance concerns, points to nuclear legislation

Dear Editor, Reader Donovan Carter correctly points out that nuclear incidents are typically excluded from homeowner insurance policies, but incorrectly attributes this to wariness on the part of the insurance industry when it comes to nuclear accide

My Take on Snow Lake: Tourney, memorial among town happenings

There are three items that I would like to touch on in this column. The first is news around Snow Lake that the local Minor Hockey Association will host a Squirts tournament on Feb. 28 that will see eight teams take part.

Local Angle: Whom to believe?

Is Churchill MP Niki Ashton on the same page as her boss when it comes to a long-gun registry? It’s a fair question in light of statements by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Ashton’s response to them.

Letter to the Editor: Uninsured dangers of nuclear waste

Dear Editor, As a very active member of the former organization Concerned Citizens of Manitoba in the 1980s, opposed to the disposal of high-level radioactive waste in the province, I stumbled over this issue again this past summer while on vacation

Letter to Editor: Arguments against Conservative northern aspirations

Dear Editor, Now that a provincial election is just over a year away, it appears the Manitoba PCs have suddenly discovered northern Manitoba.

Letter to the Editor: Dr. Whitlock responds to nuclear transport concerns

Dear Editor, Reader Steve Lawrence incorrectly claims that “as far as the transport of nuclear waste, the trucks that carry the waste cannot be built heavy enough to eliminate the exposure of the public to the penetrating gamma radiation” (Letter to

Letter to the Editor: Expanding information on radiation

Dear Editor, Dr. Jeremy Whitlock is quite right that we live in a sea of radiation. The sunlight around me can give me sunburn or even cause cancer, and the sun is 93 million miles away. We have not totally adapted to even this form of radiation.
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