Opinion

"Northern Manitoba deserves the attention of this government, and the longer that this government goes without investing significantly in the north, northern families and communities will continue to struggle to make ends meet."

The idea of shipping large quantities of crude oil out though Churchill has been moribund for more than eight years, dating back to the summer of 2014, when former owner OmniTrax abandoned plans to test the market for oil shipments by sending a trial run of 330,000 barrels,

"Over the last few years, dozens of positions have been cut. Even after cutting these positions, there is a 47 per cent vacancy rate in northern highway maintenance with 127 positions unfilled."

The re-election of Thompson's mayor and all four incumbent councillors who ran in Oct. 26 election seems to indicate that those who bothered to vote were not in the market for substantial change.

Inflation between funding application for a new Thompson pool being submitted and it being approved last spring means cost estimates fall short of what's needed.

A three-block section of the Juniper neighbourhood has not had any working streetlights since the middle of May.

Most UCN graduates are the first in their family to obtain post-secondary credentials.

This National Newspaper Week it's important to recognize your champions of the truth.

It isn't always easy to feel grateful during tough times, but it isn't impossible.

Letter-writer says community of Thompson gave him the chance to find redemption following a long battle with mental illness.