Category Archives: Moose Factory Journal

Here’s one of the letters written — with the MPP’s response. ***************************** Sent: April 30, 2007 11:33 AM To: Bisson, Gilles Subject: ONR Botches Customer Service Hi Mr. Bisson, I am sending you this e-mail to file a complaint towards … Continue reading →

No train. It’s been cancelled since Friday, 27 April. It remains cancelled through Saturday, 5 May 2007. I guess we find out on Monday, 7 May 2007, whether or not we get a train. The ONR (Ontario Northland Railway) HAD … Continue reading →

Some time near the end of last week, the train stopped running. About a hundred feet of track got washed out around 30 miles south of Moosonee. Tons of gravel have to be hauled to rebuild the road bed. And … Continue reading →

There is open water up-River — or, ‘way-up’ — ie, south of The Hospital. Nothing seems to be moving anywhere fast. I’m told that there still is lots of ice in The Bay. The ice here in The River has … Continue reading →

And I thought I’d be done chattering about the ice highway. But, first, to catch up. My last post was on Saturday, 27 JAN. The next Tuesday (30 JAN) I took the train to Cochrane. There I lingered for a … Continue reading →