Local News

Tire Stewardship Manitoba (TSM) announced Wednesday that the eco-fee for tire recycling charged on the sale of new passenger, light truck, motorcycle, ATV and other small tires sold in the province will be reduced from $4 to $3.75 effective April 1.

Surveying at a diamond property northwest of Flin Flon is showing promise, according to an exploration company that co-owns the prospect.

A Denare Beach man was arrested in Saskatoon this week after police found a range of illegal drugs in his vehicle. At about 8:20 pm on Tuesday, patrol officers noticed the man driving his vehicle erratically.

Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) passenger fares will increase by an average of 4.5 per cent starting this Monday, March 2. The average fare increase per ticket will be $1.65 based on an average one-way trip of 182 kilometres.

Police arrested an armed man in Cranberry Portage Thursday morning. At about 11:32 am, Cranberry Portage RCMP responded to a report of an armed male in a residence.

Hudbay machinists are ready to take a strike vote if concilliation fails, but the head of their union says job action is unlikely.

Hudbay is stepping up its search for ore in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake region. The company plans to spend at least $20 million on exploration in the area this year, a 25 per cent increase over 2014.

After three years of bleeding red ink, Hudbay has finally sutured the wound.

Feb. 13 saw members of the community participate in the 25th Annual Women’s Memorial March. Flanked by local young women and girls, Alicia Taylor, a counsellor at Flin Flon’s Women’s Resource Centre, addressed those gathered.

Areas north of Creighton, La Ronge and Cold Lake are looking at below-average run-off levels this spring. That’s the word from Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency (WSA), whose prediction was recently reported by the StarPhoenix .