Opinion

It is time for Canada to take a very hard look at what we are doing in Afghanistan - now - and why we are there after eight years - a much longer conflict than either the Second World War or First World War.

Have you started bringing your own bags? Corrina Peckford (Jan12Streeter1.jpg): Yeah, we do Jeremy Hayes (Jan12Streeter2.jpg): Yes Alyssa Wain (Jan12Streeter3.jpg): I have to keep them in my car so I don't forget Simon Hess (Jan12Streeter4.

A decade of Northern initiatives

Snow Lake Mayor Garry Zamzow has just published his new photography book titled Nature's Best

Getting national attention on Northern issues highlight of 2009

In Donna Wilson's Dec. 23, 2009 Out & About column, she talked about how the "feeling of Christmas began during the performance (of the Old Fashioned Christmas Concert) and grew more after the show.

To the Editor: I just loved Donna Wilson's Out & About column Dec. 23. My husband Fred and I miss Newfoundland so much andwe were planning a trip this Christmas but couldn't get a flight out as we waited toolate.

Despite the controversy that surrounded Canada's dismal performance at last month's UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, it is important for all of us that greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction issues are kept in the forefront.

To the Editor: NDP MP Niki Ashton is asking people to sign a petition extending the Aboriginal Healing Foundation past its March 31, 2010 closing date. It is to be forwarded to the federal government.

To the Editor: I am writing with regard tothe Vale Incoadvertisement that appeared in the Thompson Citizen and Nickel Belt News the week of Dec. 21, 2009. A variation of this ad was also distributed to residences in Thompson the week of Dec. 28.