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Hostel offers break from street for area homeless

It may still be summer vacation, but school’s never out at the Flin Flon Heritage Project. The online consortium of local history has been adding decades’ worth of Hapnot Collegiate yearbooks in virtual form.

MTS Allstream turned up its 4G LTE wireless network in Flin Flon yesterday. The upgrade will allow customers to tap into the full capacity of their smartphones with data speeds up to seven times faster than the previous HSPA-plus technology.

A veteran city councillor is cautioning off-road vehicle drivers amid complaints of ATVs and side-by-sides veering off their permitted routes.

Flin Flon RCMP are urging residents to lock their car doors as unknown perpetrators rummage through and steal from parked vehicles. For the week ended this past Sunday, Aug.

A cancer survivor who relied on medicinal marijuana during treatment is the new PR man for a company that could bring therapeutic-pot production back to the Flin Flon area.

Creighton RCMP are investigating after a quad and six outboard motors were stolen from Mari Lake over the weekend. The thefts occurred sometime between Friday, Aug. 22 and Saturday, Aug. 23. Police have no suspects.

At least 60 per cent of Creightonites taking part: contractor

A summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP detachment Aug. 18 to 24: Monday, Aug. 18 • 911 hang-up call on Hapnot Street; determined to be false. • Family Order complaint on Hapnot Street. Tuesday, Aug.

It’s official: Hudbay and Augusta Resource Corp. have entered into an amalgamation agreement. Monday’s announcement will make Augusta an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Hudbay.