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Suicide continues to be the second-leading cause of death and injury among children and young teens in Flin Flon.

Northern Manitoba’s newest RCMP member sure has a nose for solving crime. Arthur, a dark, brawny German shepherd, is the latest police dog dedicated to the Flin Flon-The Pas region.

Area cabin owners are urged to reject a City of Flin Flon proposal that would cost year-round cottagers $650 a year in exchange for fire protection and a guarantee they won’t join Flin Flon.

The Flin Flon area is one of the healthiest regions in a surprisingly unhealthy northern Manitoba.

Few people have been as touched by Lou Gehrig’s disease as Don Zollen.

With class back in session, the Technical Vocational Institute is helping to usher in a new school year in Flin Flon.

A summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the week of Aug. 25 to Aug. 31: Monday, August 25 • Failure to remain at an accident scene at the Flintoba Shopping Centre parking lot.

A public inquest into the fatal police shooting of a man in Prince Albert will be held next week. Ryan Natomagan-Nelson, 26, died on July 9, 2013, in an altercation with the Prince Albert Police Service.

The Manitoba government has identified the province’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) this year. The individual is a male in his 30s from the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, who experienced neurological symptoms.

Manitoba has had 15 years of academic decline in reading, math and science. Once near the Canadian average, Manitoba now sits second last out of the provinces. A study recently released by the C. D.