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Clarina Taylor lives in Gimli, and received a call from her family in St. Theresa Point asking for help. Her family needed food, due to the high cost of groceries on the remote northern Manitoba reserve.

Clarence Pettersen has won his second battle with cancer. The Flin Flon MLA underwent an MRI two weeks ago. It found that the cancer he had removed from his kidney area last September has not returned. “Everything’s good,” said Pettersen.

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Flin Flon man found guilty in 2011 death

Life with no chance of parole for 15 years. That's the sentence handed down to James Desmarais for the choking death of a young woman at a Flin Flon hotel more than three years ago.

RCMP have charged two male youths in connection with a break and enter last year at the Flin Flon Aqua Centre. The youths, whose names cannot be released, are charged with breaking into the building on Nov. 25, 2014.

The long-coveted notion of an air link between Flin Flon and Saskatoon is about to become a reality. Missinippi Airways will offer thrice-weekly scheduled flights between the two communities starting on March 2.

City should be part of ‘strong north’

Creighton School Division representatives delivered their annual report to town council Wednesday, covering topics ranging from their budget to student marks and graduation rates.

A condensed summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the week of Feb. 2 to Feb. 8: Monday, Feb. 2 • Report of a liquor bottle being thrown through a window of a residence on Hill Street.