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Making good on an earlier promise, Flin Flon city council has drastically chopped the tax bill on vacant, standalone properties. Council voted last week to reimburse owners of such properties 90 per cent of the city’s new special services levy.

A Flin Flon road that never was, never will be. City council voted last week to officially close part of McSheffrey Avenue, located between Boam and Adams streets, having sold it to a homeowner who wanted to build a garage on the land.

Getting immunized against the flu will be easier for Manitobans this year, says Health Minister Erin Selby. Selby says more health-care professionals are able to administer flu vaccines at more locations, including pharmacies.

The Manitoba government has pledged to rebuild school and daycare space destroyed by a recent blaze at Mary Duncan School in The Pas. Premier Greg Selinger made the commitment while visiting The Pas last week.

For the second time in less than a year, Flin Flon city council has backed off plans to outlaw troublesome noise at the trailer court.

A number of issues will be weighing on the minds of Flin Flon voters when they elect a new city council later this month.

The official opposition is accusing the NDP government of failing Manitoba students after results showed the province scored last in assessment for science, reading and math.

Conveyance mishap temporarily halts underground work

Most of Hudbay’s northern Manitoba employees will eventually be from First Nations, predicts CEO David Garofalo. Garofalo made the statement to The Reminder’s Marc Jackson during the recent grand opening of Hudbay’s Lalor mine near Snow Lake.

An independent report on municipal spending across Manitoba reveals a “mixed bag” for Flin Flon taxpayers, says a co-author of the document.