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Scheduled flights between Flin Flon and Saskatoon took off Monday as Missinippi Air began offering thrice-weekly service between the two communities. A celebratory inaugural flight took place last Friday, Feb. 27.

Bill Fulford may not have the most high-profile position within the City of Flin Flon , but he certainly has one of the most important. City council on Tuesday welcomed Fulford as the new municipal workplace health and safety contractor.

Creighton is out of the running to store Canada’s nuclear waste, ending one of the most promising – and controversial – economic development proposals in the history of the region.

Hudbay machinists are challenging the co mp any’s contention that they earn a co mp etitive wage, the latest exchange in tense bargaining that already includes talk of a strike.

Water pressure, seniors’ housing and the future of the Aqua Centre were on the agenda as provincial Finance Minister Greg Dewar lent an ear to Flin Flon city council.

A neighbourhood school’s lasting legacy

Canada’s nuclear waste won’t be coming to Creighton. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced Tuesday morning that the geology around the community cannot safely accommodate an underground waste repository.

Northern Rainbow’s End owner Leona Kemp presented Brent Lethbridge of the Northern Health Foundation with a $300 donation last week. The funds will support the new ER to be built at the Flin Flon General Hospital.

Options for cemetery upgrades The City of Flin Flon is taking plans for cemetery improvements to the next level.

RCMP are releasing scant details as they investigate one or more alleged sexual assaults in Flin Flon that date back decades. Last month, Flin Flon RCMP received a report of a sexual assault that took place in the community between 1972 and 1980.