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The Pallister government’s inaugural throne speech promises a stronger northern economy and more say for municipalities in how infrastructure dollars are spent.

A gull stands atop a rock at the Hapnot Lake Wildlife Sanctuary. Spring weather has brought our fine-feathered friends back to the lake, where eager children have been spotted feeding the birds bread crumbs.

In the wake of a devastating wildfire in Fort McMurray, and concerning conditions that have already resulted in two large blazes in southeastern Manitoba, provincial fire program manager Gary Friesen said late last week that northern fire conditions

“I can’t explain the feeling of going into your house and just picking things...thinking, what do you need? And knowing that you might not see these things again.

A provincial plan to reduce barriers for physically disabled Manitobans will not back the Flin Flon School Division into a fiscal corner, trustees heard this week.

As Fort McMurray residents fled the smoke and flames overtaking their city last week, a Flin Flon native was headed directly into the fire zone.

Colleen Arnold Colleen Arnold still remembers the warmth and kindness she and her family felt upon moving to Flin Flon in 1999.

Northern Manitoba deserves a stronger voice at the provincial government table. That’s the sentiment behind the Declaration of Common Values for the Sustainable Development of the Boreal in Northern Manitoba, now known simply as Northern Values.

New Flin Flon MLA Tom Lindsey has been given two portfolios in the NDP shadow cabinet. This week saw Lindsey named opposition critic for Labour and Mineral Resources as well as Sports, Culture and Heritage.

Flin Flon school trustees received a crash course on the legalities of using copyrighted material as a teaching aid.