Local News

A condensed summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the period of Monday, May 25 to Sunday, May 31: Monday, May 25 • Report of an intoxicated female sitting on Main Street. She was arrested and lodged until sober.

A s a Flin Flon homeowner, Scott Cole is bound by municipal laws requiring he upkeep his property. Now he is wondering who is holding the city to the same account.

Hudbay’s largest union has ratified an offer from the company, averting a work stoppage that would have crippled mining in Flin Flon-Snow Lake and thrust the regional economy into uncertainty.

The Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce raised an estimated $5,000-plus during its radio auction. Broadcast live on CFAR this past Saturday, May 30, the auction sold 115 items to the highest bidders.

Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship says it continues to work with area cottage owners and the City of Flin Flon in hopes of securing a fire service agreement.

The second annual Erin’s Little Troopers’ Road Race was once again successful with nearly $800 in the bank for the Relay for Life.

Firefighters had a wildfire off the Perimeter Highway contained and extinguished by 10 pm Thursday, but the cause of the blaze remained under investigation.

The search for a summer job just got easier. Flin Flon’s Manitoba Youth Job Centre has opened for the season in the Barrow Provincial Building.

Water bombers soared overhead and firefighters charged into the bush to tackle a wildfire just outside Flin Flon this past Sunday, May 31. The three-hectare fire burned near Flin Flon on the Saskatchewan side of the border.

H udbay plans to spend some $5 million over the next two years to increase storage capacity at its tailings pond near Creighton. Each year, the company’s Flin Flon mill produces between one million and 1.