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Flin Flon MLA Clarence Pettersen will seek re-election as an independent, announcing his candidacy a day after rocking the legislature with claims that a colleague reneged on a plan to depose Premier Greg Selinger.

City council is deciding whether to allow the Lord’s Bounty Food Bank, Flin Flon Arts Council or possibly both to rent the former hobby shop of the community hall.

A condensed summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the week of Tuesday, March 8 to Monday, March 14, as provided by the RCMP: Tuesday, March 8 • Report of an incomplete 911 call on North Avenue.

A Flin Flon pool party turned scary last week when police say a seven-year-old boy was observed to be unresponsive and floating in the water.

Six calls kept the Flin Flon Fire Dept. busy in February, city council heard Tuesday. The monthly fire chief’s report detailed the following incidents: Feb. 6, 4:44 pm: A call from 911 stated the alarms were activated inside a Boam Street residence.

The Flin Flon Heritage Project is asking for the public’s help in indentifying the Toastmasters club members shown in this photo. Anyone with information is asked to email [email protected].

A state of emergency has been declared in Pimicikamak First Nation at Cross Lake after the staggering incidence of suicide has come to light and triggered calls for action from northern Manitoba to the House of Commons. Since Dec.

A Flin Flon city councillor is urging organizers of Flin Flon’s Hockeyville bid to try again next year. Coun. Karen MacKinnon noted this week that Flin Flon was not among the 10 finalists in the Kraft Hockeyville contest.

Canadian Red Cross officials have been touring northern Manitoba to help brace communities for what may come this summer. “We’re really preparing for an intense fire season this year.

Flin Flon historian Gerry Clark discovered this cartoon, depicting Third Avenue, in his collection.