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Because Terry Fox pursued his dream, Wendy Corden will be able to follow hers. The soon-to-be Hapnot Collegiate graduate has received a 2016 Terry Fox Humanitarian Award, a scholarship worth $28,000 over four years.

A condensed summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the period of Monday, June 20 to Sunday, June 26, as provided by the RCMP: Monday, June 20 • An individual reported that someone had been found inside their neighbour’s garage.

Slow demand has prompted Calm Air to ground midday flights between Flin Flon and Winnipeg.

Grade 7 students Emma Davie, Kaydon Jesso and Jayden Harrison (from left) add to a colourful multimedia mural that will be mounted outside Ruth Betts Community School.

The Creighton School Division has adopted a tentative new budget, but not before pointing to provincial funding shortfalls. Trustees voted at their meeting last Wednesday, June 22 to approve a balanced 2016-17 budget containing $6.

The Saskatchewan government is reminding people to lower their chances of contracting West Nile virus. The mosquitoes that carry the virus are typically active from mid-July to the end of August.

The Northern Village of Denare Beach has tabled a balanced budget that increases spending and the base tax, but not the mill rate. In its latest budget, approved earlier this year, village council projects $1.87 million in spending in 2016.

Recycled asphalt is being added to residential back alleys throughout Creighton this month.

Northern Manitoba communities need to be more proactive about creating opportunities for economic development.

Years of hard work and study have paid off for this year’s graduating class at Frontier Collegiate Institute. The Cranberry Portage-based high school’s Class of 2016 was celebrated at a ceremony last Friday, June 24.