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Some teenage boys grow their hair long to be rebellious, but Noel Scott had a much more meaningful reason than that. Noel, 13, sat down in a stylist’s chair this week to have his 12- to 13-inch blonde locks chopped off to make a cancer wig.

Flin Flon-born singer-songwriter Carley Belfry, 22, released her debut EP, the four-song Storybook , earlier this year. The Reminder caught up with the North Vancouver resident for details. Reminder: Your debut EP is out. Congratulations.

Hapnot Collegiate students Branson Powell and Eve Cooper played jambays at a school Christmas concert this week. Few empty seats were available as parents, siblings and friends delighted in the musical talents of Hapnot’s choir and band students.

“One lady was 60 years old, a great-grandma,” Ewing recalls. “She wanted to show her family that it’s never too late to start working. She got into a training program, got her certification and she’s still employed to this day.

After the emergence of rumours over the last month, OmniTrax Canada has confirmed that it intends to sell the Hudson Bay Railway as well as the Port of Churchill, citing a lack of return on investment.

This weekend will see local theatre troupe Ham Sandwich perform Harvey , an offbeat comedy of errors featuring an invisible rabbit, a happy-go-lucky bachelor and a sanitarium.

Three northern Manitoba women are among 26 missing and murdered aboriginal people from the province being featured on advertisements on Winnipeg buses. It’s part of Project Devote, an RCMP and Winnipeg Police Service initiative.

“I’m forever indebted for the opportunity that’s been afforded me running a company with such a long and proud history.” DAVID GAROFALO OUTGOING PRESIDENT AND CEO, HUDBAY

Pettersen wishes successor well but 'absolutely not' supportive of transition to new candidate

If they ever write a book about the long and winding history of Hudbay, David Garofalo is sure to garner a chapter or two.