Mona Forsyth - a dedicated news gatherer and reporter for the Snow Lake News

Mona Forsyth, shown in her office above, has been reporting the news in Snow Lake for many years. Just a few minutes before I walked in to her office late in the afternoon of September 5, she had just sent the latest issue of the Snow Lake News to print.

News is a passion with Mona, and if you ever need to know anything about Snow Lake she is certainly the one to ask.

While I was in Snow Lake I met with Mayor Garry Zamzow and councillors Cauline Armsworthy, Brenda Cairns, Grace Chrapun and Dave Mayer. With the closing of the New Brittania Mine a bit more than a year ago, the community has faced challenges.

Today, they have many concerns including the costs of training ambulance workers and delivering ambulance services, the costs of operating their water treatment plant, the development of new lots on Wekusko Lake. Too often the NDP provincial government is not as attentive as it should be to the unique conditions in the north.