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Flin Flon MLA Tom Lindsey (centre) and wife Sharon attended a fundraiser last month for the Frontier School Division Engaged Learners program. With them is Bryan Lundie, who carved the walking stick Lindsey is holding.

“I got the bug early, when I was little, just seeing how [firefighters] worked together. It’s almost like a family – your second family. There’s a very strong bond between them.” CHAD COOPER Flin Flon’s new fire chief

The head of Hudbay’s largest union is deeply concerned over how workforce “bumping” has and will be handled, but the company says it is simply following the terms of the contract.

Break-and-enters are an ongoing issue in Denare Beach, according to Sean McPhee, the new sergeant at the Creighton RCMP detachment.

It’s a growing environmental trend, but should Flin Flon ban single-use plastic shopping bags? At least one city councillor wants to examine the idea. Coun.

Mayor Cal Huntley is reacting favourably to Hudbay’s plans for Flin Flon. As The Reminder reported last week, the company says it plans to retain its Flin Flon metallurgical plant while continuing exploration initiatives in the region.

A worker’s torch ignited propane that had been unknowingly leaking from a propane truck, triggering last week’s explosion at Stittco Energy Ltd., investigators have determined.

Channing’s post office has closed and may not reopen, but not everyone in the subdivision sees that as a bad thing. Residents in the Channing and Wally Heights subdivisions have been informed that their post office closed as of this week.

Like the airwaves through which his radio stations served northern Manitobans, Doug O’Brien was everywhere. He was a businessman, a Rotarian, a chamber of commerce mainstay and a devout member of St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church.

Smooth rhythms flowed through the Hapnot Collegiate gymnasium last Wednesday, May 25 as five ensembles performed at the school’s annual Jazz Night. Students performed 20 songs from various genres throughout the evening.