Local News

In launching his bid for a second term as Flin Flon MLA, Clarence Pettersen sees virtue in his newfound lack of party affiliation. Tuesday marked his last day as an NDP MLA.

Creighton school trustees are bracing for a potentially challenging budget.

Flin Flonners could be heading to the polls this June to fill a vacancy on city council. Mark Kolt, chief administrative officer for the city, said this week that a date in early June was being considered for the by-election.

Churchill-Keewatinook Aski MP Niki Ashton isn’t saying whether she wants Tom Mulcair to stay on as leader of the federal New Democrats. Mulcair faces a leadership review next month.

The Town of Creighton is taking what it calls a proactive approach to extending the life of its landfill. In the past, non-residents had accessed the landfill and disposed of their household waste at no charge.

The Flin Flon Bombers dropped the first game of their quarter-final series with the Weyburn Red Wings on Friday, losing 4-1.

Gently used art supplies and other recreational equipment are being collected to send to the youth in Cross Lake as the northern Manitoba community grapples with an epidemic of suicides.

The Reminder was a five-time winner at the Saskatchewan Weekly News-paper Association’s (SWNA) 2016 Better Newspapers Competition. Editions from 2015 were submitted for consideration .

“I took the ticket to the store clerk to make sure I was seeing it right. Then all hell broke loose!” BILL McLEAN FLIN FLON RESIDENT (Describing finding out he won $100,000 on Lotto 6/49)

Flin Flon RCMP have released four people without charge after receiving an apparently unfounded report that one of them was carrying a firearm. Shortly after 6 pm last Thursday, March 10, police were notified of a male who allegedly had a gun.