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A summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the period of Jan. 26 to Feb. 1: Monday, Jan. 26 • Report of theft of chocolate bar from Third Avenue business; police spoke with the 12-year-old youth, parent and business owner.

Changes now in effect allow changes to the gender designation on Manitoba birth registrations and certificates without proof of sex-reassignment surgery.

With their party on pace for its worst electoral showing in five decades, Flin Flon and area New Democrats are keeping the faith. “We do not want another Gary Filmon slash-and-burn-style Conservative government,” says Ken Mansell.

Thomas Sierzycki comes across as a restrained, unassuming young man. But beneath his soft-spoken, bespectacled exterior quietly churns the confidence of a genuine mover and shaker.

Allegations of negligence are at the centre of a Flin Flon man’s $36-million lawsuit against the federal government.

Lowest ER contribution a must: NHR

The provincial government is forming a commission that will develop options to create universally accessible early learning and childcare for all Manitobans who need it.

Could the province’s next premier hail from northern Manitoba? According to the Winnipeg Free Press, Thompson MLA Steve Ashton is likely to survive the first ballot at the NDP leadership contest on March 8.

Sgt. Cliff Froehlich has witnessed the results of distracted driving far too many times throughout his 28-year career with the Moose Jaw Police Service.

According to groundhog Winnipeg Willow and groundhog puppet Manitoba Merv, Manitoba can expect an early spring this year. The two Groundhog Day mascots were unable to see their shadows on Monday, Feb. 2, as it was cloudy and overcast.