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Brandon Bobcats coaches Rainer Shira and Diego Rodriguez led soccer skills sessions for six teams from the Phantom Lake Soccer Club last weekend.

With the metals market mired in a slump, most mining executives are waiting for the arrows on their price charts to climb upward before pursuing new projects.

Hudbay’s corporate management has spoken of plans to place Flin Flon processing assets on hold following the eventual closure of two area mines, but the head of Manitoba operations says there is a “grey area” at play.

Filmmaker John Dougherty argues he has held Hudbay to account with his latest documentary, but his ambitions go far beyond that.

Sabrina Clarke (left) and Sadie Eyres lit candles at Pioneer Square in memory of the 49 people who lost their lives in a mass shooting in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday, June 12.

Flin Flon is about to gain another tool in the campaign against lead-footed drivers. Citizens on Patrol Program (COPP) is purchasing an electronic speed-monitoring sign that will alternate between 10 locations across the community.

Most Manitobans believe internet and cell phone plan prices will rise and data caps imposed if Bell Canada’s proposed takeover of MTS proceeds, according to a poll.

They’re baaack – but armyworms are nowhere near the ever-present nuisance they were a year ago. And bears in cottage country? They’re being spotted with the usual frequency.

A condensed summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the period of Tuesday, May 31 to Monday, June 6, as provided by the RCMP: Tuesday, May 31 • Report of a male passed out on a walking path.

They’re often unsightly, rusted out and inoperable. Now city hall is looking to rid Flin Flon of derelict vehicles. “There’s quite a few through the whole community,” said Mayor Cal Huntley.