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After a successful Dessert Theatre earlier this month, the Creighton Community School Drama group travelled to Winnipeg to attend the Manitoba Theatre for Young People.

Manitoba has launched a program to encourage people to become homegrown tourists and visit attractions all over the province. This summer people may visit a participating Eco Explore site to learn about the environment and the provincial ecology.

Bikers from Flin Flon, Creighton and beyond rallied together for the annual Run to the Border poker run, toy run and annual Biker’s Social this past weekend.

This “little” guy was looking for his mom on the Easterville road last week when a motorist travelling to Flin Flon spotted him on the side of the road. It was estimated the bear cub had been in the same general area for at least 40 minutes.

A death in Thompson being investigated by the Brandon Police Service involves a 19-year-old man who was found dead outside a residence where Thompson RCMP were responding to an emergency call.

North Sask Seniors Whist tournament, May 4: Bertha Manns and Irene Toner, first, 144; Fern Kozk and Vasti Lamb, second, 140; Julie Chambers and Amby Brecht, third, 133; Mary Vandergucht and Ruby Lenderbeck, low, 117 Ladies’ Spades, May 7: Angie Pears

The Reminder pledged to give $10 from each ad in its cancer awareness feature in April to the Canadian Cancer Society’s Daffodil Month campaign.

Police are searching for two people who have gone missing from Thompson — one last week and the other a dozen years ago.

Hudbay’s final offer to its largest union includes raises totaling $4 an hour over three years, a 15 per cent increase depending on current wage, sources say.

O ne by one, the tips trickle in. “That’s my grandpa,” one person writes. “I’ll check but I think this is my Uncle Harry,” says another.