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This week, Dave Gunn visited the students of Hapnot Collegiate’s Grade 12 Intro to Trades Applied Carpentry class with a unique gift: a mini fridge designed to look like an amplifier.

The Flin Flon Fire Dept. responded to 13 calls in October, the latest fire chief’s report notes: Friday, Oct. 2, 5:58 am: A call from 911 stated the fire alarms were activated inside a Hill Street residence.

The head of VMS Ventures is encouraged by the latest mineral exploration results from the Reed Mine property.

A man once employed in Pukatawagan has been arrested on allegations he sexually violated male youths on two Ontario reserves. Casey Ignatious MacDonald, 51, was arrested in Calgary on Oct. 9.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new cabinet has two Flin Flon-Snow Lake connections. Catherine McKenna, the new minister of environment and climate change, is married to Flin Flon native Scott Gilmore.

The Town of Creighton has made a six-figure financial commitment to the new Flin Flon ER. Last Friday, Oct.

Longtime Flin Flonner Queenie Williamson celebrated her 90th birthday on Tuesday, Nov. 3, with granddaughter Kyla Willerton (from left), son William (Bucky) Williamson and daughters Kathleen McDonald, Lindsay Zorn and Louise Willerton on hand.

Hapnot Collegiate students Lalain Bashir and Jess Young, with Doug Gourlay of Northland Ford, celebrate their haul of donated food for the Lord’s Bounty Food Bank.

“Don’t be afraid to veer out of your comfort zone. I have changed jobs on average every three years, and every time it has been intimidating and a steep learning curve. All of these experiences added up, though, to get me where I am now.”

Groups, businesses and individuals still have time to register entries for CADAC’s Ninth Annual Festival of Trees. Organizers have established a “soft” deadline of next Friday, Nov. 13 for entrants to commit to entering an item.