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“The benefits to reading to your children at an early age are phenomenal,” says Keely Patterson, program coordinator for Read to Me, a free family literacy program in Flin Flon.

Nickel giant Vale will close its smelting and refining operations in Thompson in 2018.

The Flin Flon Bombers won three games last week to go on a four-game winning streak – their longest of the season. The Bombers were not feasting on cellar dwellers, either, but rather picked up their victories by knocking off top teams.

The newly formed Northern Refugee Sponsorship Committee will host a town hall meeting tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 26 to discuss plans to sponsor a refugee family to move to Flin Flon.

Scotiabank employees recently presented a cheque for $352.50 to Flin Flon Arts Council coordinator Crystal Kolt.

Disabled drivers could soon face the same parking time restrictions as other motorists in Flin Flon. At their Tuesday, Nov.

A Flin Flon native continues to establish himself as a high-level firefighter. Lieut. Darrick Graff, a firefighter in Thompson, competed at the 2015 Scott World Firefighter Combat Challenge, held in Montgomery, Alabama, from Oct. 19 to 24.

A junior miner has unveiled “positive” exploration results from a mineral property west of Flin Flon. Foran Mining Corp. said this week it is pleased with initial metallurgical testwork on its Bigstone deposit.

The Saskatchewan government is privatizing 40 government-owned liquor stores across the province, but Creighton is not among them. The province announced the store conversions on Wednesday.

Two people woke up in time to flee a blaze that ravaged a Parkway Boulevard home early Wednesday morning, the Flin Flon Fire Dept. reports.