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Regional cost sharing and homelessness

The Recycling Centre is changing the schedule for red bag pick-ups from Flin Flon homes. Beginning Mar. 4, the service will be available every Wednesday instead of every other week.

Fairness was the watchword for both supporters and opponents of Flin Flon’s special services levy as city council gathered feedback on the contentious fee. A public hearing last Friday, Feb.

A tense standoff ended Thursday night when police arrested a murder and kidnapping suspect who had been holed up inside a Sturgeon Landing home. Jonas Budd, 43, was taken into custody “without incident” at about 10:30 pm, RCMP said.

A manhunt ended this morning when RCMP located Jonas Budd at a residence in Sturgeon Landing. The RCMP said officers on scene have established a perimeter and are communicating with Budd to ensure the safety of him, the community and all responders.

Mayor Cal Huntley’s Flin Flon roots run as deep as the massive ore bodies that have nourished the community for decades. Both of his grandfathers came to work for HBM&S, now Hudbay, in the 1930s.

It took more than three years for his case to reach trial, but jurors only needed several hours of deliberation to find a Flin Flon man guilty of murder. James Desmarais, 48, was convicted last week of second-degree murder in the Oct.

Flin Flon area residents are weighing in on the national debate over doctor-assisted suicide. The Supreme Court of Canada recently struck down the federal ban on the practice in cases where patients are in severe, terminal suffering.

The Equity and Social Justice group, in conjunction with the Sources of Strength group, has been busy throughout the school spreading random acts of kindness.

Manitoba’s approximately 2,200-kilometre winter road system is now open, allowing large trucks and other vehicles to get needed supplies to remote communities.