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Manitoba Conservative MP Robert Sopuck has announced nearly $217,000 for the construction of new recreational trails and the improvement of existing trails in western and northern Manitoba.

Past and present area residents recently gathered in Weslaco for the latest Flin Flon reunion dinner in Texas. Attendance was down somewhat, but participant Al Mills says everyone seemed to have a good time.

January marked the first session of the firefighter pre-cadet program at Cranberry Portage’s Northern Technical Centre on the Frontier Collegiate Institute campus.

When it comes to preparing its youngest students for grade school, Creighton Community School is on target.

Mounties are scouring the Cranberry Portage area in search of a man who allegedly abducted a teen from a Saskatchewan reserve. Police believe Jonas Budd, 43, fled on foot into the bush “in the area of Cranberry Portage” this morning.

RCMP are investigating after an armed man with a bandana over his face tried to rob a Creighton business. At about 5:30 pm on Saturday, Feb. 7, police received a call of an attempted robbery at a business on the 300 block of Main Street.

Saskatchewan and its teachers have accepted terms of settlement for a new provincial collective bargaining agreement.

Safety officials partially suspended operations at Hudbay’s Lalor mine last week after a piece of loose ground fell and struck a worker.

A summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the week of Feb. 9 to 15: Monday, Feb. 9 • Report of vehicle in the ditch on Third Avenue that was impeding traffic. Police attended and had the vehicle towed.

eHealth Saskatchewan has released the top 20 baby names in the province for 2014.