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“The port itself is a vital link for Canada. It’s something that Canada needs to make sure is in operation. There could be so much more potential there for the future, not just for shipping product out but for bringing product in.

A beloved snake was stolen from the Joe Brain Children’s Petting Zoo over the weekend.

In a recent article about the popularity of Pokemon GO, The Reminder referred to Super K as being in Creighton, SK. This prompted a call from Flin Flon city councillor Karen MacKinnon, who corrected the error: Super K is actually in Flin Flon, SK.

Crime in Flin Flon surged by a fifth last year, with more reported assaults, break-and-enters and vehicle thefts contributing to an offence rate that more than doubled the provincial average, data shows.

Flin Flon will feel the impact of rail service reductions abruptly announced last week by OmniTrax. MLA Tom Lindsey said freight rail service in Flin Flon will be reduced from three days a week to two.

Every year in Manitoba, approximately 900 women are told they have breast cancer, and about 200 women die from the disease.

In May I attended a fundraising event at Frontier School Division in Cranberry Portage for the Engaged Learners program.

A condensed summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the week of Monday, July 18 to Sunday, July 24, as provided by the RCMP: Monday, July 18 • Report of a hit and run to a vehicle, unknown when or where it happened.

Flin Flon resident Ray Berg has seen first-hand the benefits of programming offered by the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society (MSS).

The Flin Flon area will be well represented at the upcoming Manitoba Summer Games. A total of 48 area athletes will head to Steinbach for this year’s games, held August 7 to 13.