In the Community

Mourners held electronic candles and bowed their heads in silence last week to commemorate one of Canada’s darkest days. A late afternoon vigil on Main St.

Our annual Christmas Flin Flon Luncheon was a definite hit for the 88 guests who attended. It was held on Friday, Dec. 6 at the Ramada Viscount Gort Hotel in Winnipeg.

RCMP in Manitoba are taking a page out of Santa’s book and distributing more than 4,000 lbs. of toys to children throughout the province through the Toys for the North project.

The familiar Nativity scene display recently went up in front of St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church with the help of Richard Kozar (from left), Dan Boily and Doug Gawiak. SUBMITTED PHOTO

RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating a young northern Manitoba woman. Robin Anne Redhead, 19, of Thompson was last spotted in Thompson more than one week ago. Mounties were advised that Redhead was last seen shortly before 11 p.m.

The Saskatchewan government is vowing to help 440 workers being laid off from their PotashCorp jobs in the province.

The Tasmanian Devil tries to steal the spotlight from Santa in this colourful Centre St. yard display. Only 16 more sleeps till the big day! photo by JONATHON NAYLOR

The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.

The drive to Winnipeg and Thompson will become smoother and safer for Flin Flonners and thousands of other northern Manitobans. The Manitoba government yesterday unveiled a five-year, $225-million upgrade plan for Highway 6, also known as PTH 6.

The in motion’s Healthy Community Challenge is back and looking for participants. This year’s challenge will run from Jan. 13 to Feb. 23.