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Flin Flon and Hudbay firefighters battled a blaze Wednesday at the Crepes N Grapes restaurant on Main Street. Bystanders watched as crews tackled the smoky fire from both the ground and the vantage point of neighbouring buildings.

A milestone in Peru, a change of plans in northern Manitoba and a quarterly loss to start 2015. That’s where things stood for Hudbay as the company summarized its business position last week.

A delay of a company-bound freight train and a formal framework for picketing tradespeople are among the latest developments in the partial strike at Hudbay.

Nearly a dozen replacement workers have effectively arrived at Hudbay, argues IAM Local 1848, but the company says the contractors are part of its business.

F lin Flon city council plans to pump nearly $5 million into capital projects while trimming overall costs with a proposed budget that promises greater efficiency.

Declining enrollment, education spending and class sizes were among the topics covered by Flin Flon School Division Superintendent Blaine Veitch as guest speaker at Tuesday’s Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce meeting.

Band and choir practices are leaving Hapnot Collegiate students with a better understanding of the music they hear, play and make. And it’s all thanks to the Musical Futures movement.

Travis Karcha, son Damien, 2, and daughter Tessyln, 1, enjoyed a calm spring evening at Willowvale Park on Tuesday.

Members of Hudbay’s largest union will vote next week on whether to place the possibility of a strike on the table. United Steelworkers Local 7106 will hold a strike mandate vote in Flin Flon on Tuesday, May 19 and in Snow Lake on Wednesday, May 20.

Hapnot Collegiate student Kari Rutherford on Monday accepted a Manitoba School Boards Association (MSBA) certificate of merit from Flin Flon School Board chairwoman Trish Sattelberger.