Local News

Everybody has their own reasons for relishing the holiday season. The Reminder asked local notables: What is your favourite part of Christmas?

Mining. It’s the big business of northern Manitoba – always has been and for the foreseeable future, always will be.

She was in shock. She was numb. She couldn’t believe her luck. Local resident Sophia Rowe recently won $75,000 on a Lucky Lines Multiplier Scratch ‘N Win ticket. “I was really surprised,” she said.

The Rotary Club of Flin Flon is bringing the Rotary Air Show to Flin Flon in 2016.

Manitoba’s opposition mineral resource critic is attempting to make political hay out of the eventual closure of Flin Flon’s 777 mine.

The Town of Creighton has handed out awards to four homeowners in its Light up in the Spirit of Christmas contest. The contest recognizes residents with unique and beautiful seasonal decorations.

Cory Thompson (left) of the Aqua Centre community committee recently accepted a $5,000 donation from the Flin Flon Lions Club, presented on behalf of president Andy Stewart.

With the ink still drying on her latest book, Joyce Harrison is too close to the project to be objective. “I honestly didn’t think it was my best work, but when I sent it out for reviews it got five stars,” says the author. “I think it’s too recent.

The Flin Flon, Creighton and Area SPCA and Brian Huntley were the big winners at the Royal Canadian Legion last week. Huntley won a small Christmas tree bearing $300 worth of lotto tickets. The $2,264 generated by the tree raffle went to the SPCA.

A backhoe dumps fill along a stretch of Highway 10 near the Big Island Drive-in turnoff last week. It was part of the provincial government’s $20-million-plus rebuild of the highway between Flin Flon and Bakers Narrows.