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Grad update Hapnot Collegiate’s Class of 2015 has chosen a valedictorian, a guest speaker and a couple of songs to celebrate to. The valedictorian is Mackenzie Grove. There is no doubt that she’ll write a great speech.

The Flin Flon School Division reported a higher-than-average accident ratio in the latter half of last year, statistics show. Data presented at Tuesday’s school board meeting shows the division recorded 29.

Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) members have rehired their chief and brought in a new representative for Denare Beach. Chief Peter Beatty won re-election over challengers Darrell McCallum and Karen Bird in Tuesday’s band elections.

On Saturday, April 11, Thereminder.ca published an article under the headline "Hudbay asking about replacement workers." This headline resulted from a clerical error and should never have gone online.

For Andrea Menard, music is therapy. The Flin Flon-born songstress’s upcoming album, Lift , is all about the bright side of life. “We tend to be surrounded with music sometimes that tends to [make us] talk about our pain,” Menard tells Global News .

Flin Flon Seniors Ladies’ Spades, April 7: Pearl Wright, high, 802; Gail Griffiths, second, 779; Angie Persson, third, 778; Denise, low, 512 Men’s Spades, April 7: Geri Kostuchuk, high, 826; Lena Kopachinski, second 795; Fern Kozak, third, 790; Lauri

Highlights from Tuesday’s Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce meeting, held at the Friendship Centre Restaurant: Flinty’s award President Tom Therien invited both chamber members and the general public to next week’s ceremony in honour of Flin

Saskatchewan’s public insurer is reporting a good year overall in 2014. SGI released its financial and operational highlights when the 2014 annual reports for SGI and the Saskatchewan Auto Fund were tabled in the Legislative Assembly this week.