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  • czar from afar
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    in reply to: wedding pictures #14860
    czar from afar
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    I was at a wedding this summer at Island Lake Lodge (just above Fernie Provincial Park), and the surroundings were magnificent for wedding photos. If your event is in the fall or winter, you may want to check with their office in town if you can schedule a ride up for pictures. They were VERY accomodating in the summer – perhaps less so in the busy winter season.

    in reply to: 2 bedroom (+ extra) home at Riverside #14718
    czar from afar
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    Hello,

    All units are rented for the season.

    I wish each of you a healthy and snowy season.

    in reply to: 2 bedroom (+ extra) home at Riverside #14717
    czar from afar
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    Hi all,

    A recent cancellation has put one of these units back on the market.

    Please let me know if you are interested. I can be reached at steven.iseman@thomson.com or 416-298-5152

    Thanks.

    in reply to: 2 bedroom (+ extra) home at Riverside #14715
    czar from afar
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    This unit is available.

    in reply to: 2 bedroom (+ extra) home at Riverside #14714
    czar from afar
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    Hi all,

    Still available.

    in reply to: 2 bedroom (+ extra) home at Riverside #14713
    czar from afar
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    Still available, starting October 1, 2006,

    Note: rent includes monthly professional house cleaning.

    in reply to: DMO #14687
    czar from afar
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    Ask yourself: who in their right mind wouldn’t want to move to an oasis like Fernie. On a North American scale, are there not thousands or tens of thousands of people for whom Fernie is a uniquely perfect lifestyle match.
    Then why do the number of permanent residents stay pasted at 5,000, or even drop slightly, year after year?
    Employment opportunities.
    My impression, as an outsider and long-time admirer, is that Fernie is an attractive base for coal mining commuters and seasonal service workers. It is also an attractive base to set up small, low-revenue store front shops. It is not a place to start your career (with a few noteable exceptions that I have encountered over the years), and it is an economically risky place to relocate a family.
    If the community does aspire to stabilize or grow its size with more permanent residents, these people need quality jobs. Effective self-promotion seems like a good first step. Your DMO opportunity sure seems on the mark.
    If, on the other hand, you would like to keep things as they are, then stick with your current plan, but hope that nothing else changes (like an influx of big box stores, a string of bad winter seasons, new ski industry competition, an environmental hazard, a turn in coal fortunes, etc.), where change occurs without your control.
    This was the lesson that I learned in Toronto during SARS – an event that we have still not gotten over completely – or Detroit learned during the change of auto inductry fortunes, or New York learned on a business-as-usual day one September, or New Orleans learned when bad climate met bad luck – things will change. Invest in the community to flourish during the good times, while building strength to help manage inevitable changes.
    P.S. Please invest in Fernie so that I can relocate my family there.

    in reply to: 2 bedroom (+ extra) home at Riverside #14696
    czar from afar
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    All true, but I do want to stick to the rules, and I think that A.S. was right. I removed it from my placement.

    I wouldn’t want to antagonize the babysitter.

    See ya.

    in reply to: Need bunkbed #14590
    czar from afar
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    Still looking.

    Thanks.

    in reply to: is there shopping in fernie #14609
    czar from afar
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    What sort of shopping do you have in mind?

    You can outfit yourself with all the provisions and staples that you might need for life and leisure at local stores, and there are full-scale grocery stores.

    For furs, fashion and jewelry you might find limited stock.

    in reply to: Kid’s ski equipment #14598
    czar from afar
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    Thanks Ecko. Sounds like good advice.

    in reply to: Kid’s ski equipment #14595
    czar from afar
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    Hi Gio,

    The package sounds too big for either of my boys.

    Is there a used equipment store in town? Pawnbroker? Miniature cast-offs from the Mogul Smoker?

    Thanks.

    in reply to: Utility bills and taxes for Fernie #14593
    czar from afar
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    By Ontario standards, Fernie property taxes are really high, and the utilities are really cheap.

    in reply to: info fernie #14522
    czar from afar
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    SG,

    Nice post…you are a poet.

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