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Controversy appears to have dogged the Manitoba government’s discharge of tailings-laced water near Sherridon right to the bitter end. The province completed a 10-day partial discharge of Camp Lake into the much larger Kississing Lake on June 13.

Tom Heine pours water into a hanging flower pot along Main Street on Wednesday afternoon. Heine volunteers his time to water the flowers, which add colour and décor to the core area.

A 19-year-old woman faces charges in the death of a male in Pukatawagan. Leah Castel of Pukatawagan has been charged with second-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. She was scheduled to appear in court this week.

The City of Flin Flon has waited a year for permission to raise utility bills when it already had the authority to boost rates on a smaller scale, a regulatory spokesman says.

Bruce Fidler is inclined to seek a fifth term as Creighton mayor, but he’s at least a month away from announcing a firm decision. “I’m still thinking about it,” he said Monday when asked whether he will run for re-election this October.

Police took one male into custody Monday following a suspected homicide in Pukatawagan. RCMP on the northern Manitoba reserve said they were notified of two injured males at the local nursing station at about 4:35 am Monday.

A potential ban on plastic shopping bags was the focus of discussion at last week’s Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Rob Winton has been replaced as head of Hudbay’s Manitoba operations. Andre Lauzon, who currently works as technical director, mining, base metals, for nickel miner Vale in Sudbury, Ontario, will succeed Winton effective Aug. 1.

The Manitoba PC government says the wheels are in motion for its Yes! North initiative designed to strengthen northern Manitoba’s economy.

It was perhaps prophetic that the sun shone brightly on Creighton Community School graduates as they linked arms and marched down Main Street. By all accounts, after all, bright futures await these 33 young men and women.