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Buses to help workers avoid picket-induced lineups and reports of falling production at 777 mine are among the latest developments from the partial strike at Hudbay.

Canadians often worry about losing their national identity, but such concerns are nothing new for Aboriginal people.

Two Flin Flon students really know their Canadian heritage. Gradey Bedford and Chloe Reitlo were two of seven local students to participate in the Red River Heritage Fair earlier this month in Winnipeg.

Members of Hudbay's largest union have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a possible strike if displeased with the company's final offer. United Steelworkers Local 7106 held strike mandate votes in Flin Flon on Tuesday and Snow Lake on Wednesday.

Nearly 25 area authors have collaborated on a book of short stories and poems. The Flin Flon Writers’ Guild will release Words on the Rocks later this year. “The idea is to get a taste for local writers,” said author Alex McGilvery.

Five nurses who work for the Nischawayasihk Personal Care Home on the northern Manitoba reserve of Nelson House went on strike last week. Sandi Mowat, president of the Manitoba Nurses Union, says the strike is over wages.

Northern Manitoba-born rock icon Tom Cochrane is one of 12 accomplished individuals who will receive the province’s highest honour this summer. Cochrane will accept the Order of Manitoba at a ceremony in July, Lt.-Gov. Philip Lee has announced.

More nurses are working in Manitoba now than ever before, says the provincial government. The province says the number of nurses in Manitoba has reached an all-time high of 17,806.

Jen Gira (second from left) was the winner of local artist Tim Dubreuil’s painting in a raffle for the Breast Cancer Pledge Right North. Ride organizers Paulette Wotton (far left) and Lisa Rogers presented Gira with her prize last week.

An autopsy indicates that 11-year-old Teresa Robinson of Garden Hill First Nation, whose body was found May 11 after she had been reported missing, died as a result of homicide and was not mauled by a bear, as some had speculated.