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Flin Flon Mounties are about to gain watchful allies in the fight against crime. Volunteers with the revived Citizens on Patrol (COP) program expect to begin hitting the streets by mid-October.

It took less than five days for Flin Flon’s newest cultural phenomenon to sell out in an effort to raise funds for the new emergency room. Dr. Chaitasi Intwala took centre stage last Thursday evening, Sept.

Flin Flon’s French Immersion program is celebrating a très bien milestone – 30 years of sharing and celebrating the French language. Sylvie Dufour, a vice-principal and teacher at École McIsaac School, introduced the program to the community in 1983.

Saskatchewan’s population kept growing in the second quarter of 2014 (April 1 to July 1), increasing by another 5,281 people to 1,125,410. In the past year (July 1, 2013 to July 1, 2014), the province grew by 19,163 people.

Ground was broken last week on the long-awaited Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan. Located in Saskatoon, the hospital is scheduled for completion in 2017.

Concept intrigues local school administrators

RCMP have formally charged a 24-year-old Norway House man with manslaughter following a death on the northern Manitoba reserve. Christopher Allan Chubb was slated to appear in Thompson Provincial Court yesterday. This past Sunday, Sept.

Advocacy groups are calling on the provincial auditor to investigate Manitoba Hydro’s highly inaccurate cost estimates for the new Bipole III transmission line.

The provincial government is awarding a $1 million subsidy to Manitoba’s Vehicle Technology Centre (VTC).

Flin Flon area residents worried about long waits to see medical specialists are hardly alone. A new poll conducted by Nanos Research asked 1,000 Canadians how concerned they are by six different wait-time scenarios.