In the Community

Would you spend $42 on a commemorative Town of Flin Flon coin from 1967? Or $5 on vintage Flin Flon Hotel matchbook? How about $28 for your own “Straight Outta Flin Flon” t-shirt? Those are among the Flin Flon-related deals (?) now available on eBay,

Some members of the Flin Flon Community Choir are getting ready for a transatlantic trip. The choir recently received an invitation to perform during an event at the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona, Spain.

It’s fair to say that Vincent Murphy-Dodds has lived many lives. At various points during his 70-plus years, he’s been a radio and television host, an auctioneer, an entrepreneur, marketing manager and a producer.

This time last year, Ore Samples didn’t exist. Now, the Creighton-based writers’ series is up and running, and will be getting some help from the Saskatchewan government.

It’s been nearly two decades since Antje Steller first left Flin Flon, but it still feels like her second home. Stellar, a German, first came to Flin Flon as a 16-year-old Rotary Exchange student in 1997. She recently paid a return visit.

We’ve all heard the expression, “Where did the time go?” Perhaps a few Flin Flonners can stretch their memories back 60 years (yikes!) to 1956.

At 54, Josiah Flintabattey Flonatin sure knows how to throw a party. On Sunday, Aug.

Alvera Koop is the new volunteer coordinator with the Northern Health Region. Koop took over last week from Brenda Veitch, who retired in late July after 15 years on the job.

A local youth employment program is wrapping up after a successful summer. The Flin Flon Manitoba Youth Job Centre, based in the Barrow Provincial Building, helps youth gain work experience.

It’s 11 am on a Wednesday morning, and a classroom at St. Ann’s Church is a hubbub of activity. Thirteen kids ages 6 to 11 are carving designs into clay circles, creating their own unique Olympic-style medals.