Local News

City council has not taken a position on the notion of an all-weather road to connect Flin Flon and the remote reserve of Pukatawagan.

Frontier Collegiate Institute will host an all-candidates meeting this Friday, April 15 in advance of the Manitoba provincial election, which takes place next Tuesday, April 19.

A Winnipeg construction firm has secured a $25-million contract to build the new Flin Flon General Hospital emergency department, the latest milestone in a project that promises state-of-the-art crisis care for the region.

A condensed summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the period of Monday, March 28 to Sunday, April 3, as provided by the RCMP: Monday, March 28 • Report of medication allegedly stolen from a residence.

“We have the infrastructure in the Flin Flon Greenstone Belt and are working to ensure it is sustained.” ROB WINTON VICE PRESIDENT, MANITOBA BUSINESS UNIT HUDBAY (DISCUSSING THE COMPANY’S FUTURE PLANS)

Welfare rates in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake area have climbed nearly 30 per cent over the past four years, a Reminder analysis reveals. Government figures show a monthly average of 561.

Bomber fans Maureen McBratney and niece Gianna Watt, 10, cheered on the Maroon and White with rally towels at the Whitney Forum this week. The towels, given away to eager fans, bear the now-familiar rallying cry of “Don’t Mess With The Moose Leg.

One of the most innovative housing projects in Flin Flon history is complete. After five months of construction, the chapel of the former St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church is now a high-end apartment.

Amid questions over the future of mining and processing in Flin Flon comes some encouraging statements from the head of Hudbay’s Manitoba operations.

A Flin Flon man who received five years in prison for taking a perceived intruder’s life with a sword has chosen not to appeal his sentence. Mitchell Whitbread, 28, had until this week to appeal.