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Manitobans who choose to receive the free flu vaccine this year will now be protected against four different influenza viruses, Health Minister Sharon Blady announced at the official launch of the 2015 influenza immunization campaign last Friday, Oct

Certain health care professionals in northern Manitoba and across the province have approved a strike mandate.

Women now make up 20 per cent of the Rotary Club of Flin Flon. The service organization recently inducted four new members, all women, in Cheryl Hiltz, Elizabeth Andres, Kelsey Horrocks and Colleen Arnold. President Kory Eastman did the honours.

Sherridon has been named the winner of the 2015 Northern Community Clean-Up by the Canadian Beverage Recycling Association (CBCRA) and its Recycle Everywhere program in association with Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba (MMSM).

The Manitoba government is building a six-bed, 9,000-square-foot crisis centre in Thompson for youth with mental health and addictions issues. Thompson MLA and Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Steve Ashton made the $7-million pledge on Oct.

A grader smoothens a mound of rockfill along a new section of Highway 10 being established nearly seven kilometres outside Flin Flon.

Are you a teen between the ages of 11 and 18 and looking to make sense of it all? You know, life? Flin Flon Alliance Church is offering Youth Alpha to help find out what it all means.

As they watch bright orange flames devour what used to be their home, the Johnson family is devastated. They feel alone and uncertain of what to do next or even where they’ll spend the night or eat their next meal.

The provincial government hopes to promote consumption of affordable, healthy foods in northern Manitoba with a new pilot program in 10 remote communities.

With cooperative weather and many volunteers and sponsors, last week’s 2015 Manitoba Provincial Mine Rescue Competition in Flin Flon has been deemed a success.