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Flin Flon city council hopes to take a bite out of crime with financial aid for Manitoba Crime Stoppers. Council voted Tuesday to renew its annual support of 10 cents per resident – $563 – for the Winnipeg-based volunteer organization.

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With no arrests made, Mounties continue to investigate a recent armed robbery at the Royal Hotel. Shortly before midnight on Friday, Nov.

A 19-year-old man has been charged in the stabbing death of another man in The Pas. RCMP report that at about 5 am last Friday, Dec. 12, police and paramedics attended an address on Tremauden Avenue in response to a reported stabbing.

Rob Clarke has called on Liberal Senator Lillian Dyck to apologize after reportedly saying the northern Saskatchewan MP is acting like a “white man.

The Creighton school board has named Trustee Janet Clark as chair and Trustee Ray Biberdorf as vice-chair for the 2014-15 school year. The veteran trustees were appointed at last month’s board meeting.

Having signed a lucrative new deal with Hudbay, Callinan Royalties Corp. is both an undervalued company and a takeover target, speculates an article on the investor website Seeking Alpha.

Flin Flon MLA Clarence Pettersen can continue to bring constituents’ concerns to the government even though he is barred from caucus meetings, says a spokesperson for Premier Greg Selinger.

Vandals who broke into École McIsaac School over the weekend may have destroyed some surveillance cameras, but they didn’t eliminate all video evidence.

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