Local News

Friends’ movie poster recreations a social media hit

Maureen Blackmon’s swim coach taught her how to manoeuvre far more than the blue-tinged waters of the Flin Flon Aqua Centre.

A selection of northern news briefs

Flin Flon and Snow Lake will share in nearly $900,000 worth of provincial funding for road repairs unveiled by Premier Greg Selinger.

The Golden Vista housing development in Snow Lake has been taking shape. As The Reminder reported earlier this year, there are hopes the project will be completed by the end of the year.

A cornerstone of the City of Flin Flon’s infrastructure renewal program has been pushed into next year. City council had budgeted $400,000 this year to replace the sewer and water pipes beneath Green Street from Oak Avenue to Elm Street.

The City of Flin Flon is rewarding firefighters for their dangerous work. City council has approved a new three-year contract that will see firefighters’ hourly wages rise eight per cent over the life of the deal.

Millions of dollars from Flin Flon’s last remaining mine continue to flow westward under an agreement at the heart of a tense lawsuit. Vancouver-based Callinan Royalties Corp.

The “lawn” arm of the law isn’t stopping dense grass and weeds from overtaking many boulevards across Flin Flon. Despite a bylaw requiring residents to mow boulevards adjacent to their properties, the unsightly problem persists on a widespread scale.

Northern Manitobans will get a chance to weigh in on health care priorities with the establishment of new advisory committees. Effective Sept.