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The provincial government expects no meaningful changes in how Flin Flon ER doctors are paid following a media-driven controversy around physician earnings.

Denare Beach is pumping nearly $900,000 into capital projects without asking taxpayers for another cent. Village council’s 2014 budget, approved earlier this year, holds the mill rate steady while funding paving and other infrastructure upgrades.

City council takes no issue with the growing presence of roadside advertising signs throughout Flin Flon. “Technically we’re okay with it as long as [the signs] are within the regulations,” Mayor George Fontaine said.

• A small fare increase for Flin Flon public transit riders has been formally approved. City council voted last week to boost the daily adult fare from $1.50 to $2 and the senior/ student fare from $1.25 to $1.50.

Eleven calls kept Flin Flon firefighters busy throughout July, city council learned last week.

The Flin Flon Motorcyclists’ Association continues to help new bikers hit the open road. FFMA again sponsored cash prizes for students in a motorcycle training course held recently in the parking lot of the former Extra Foods building.

The Flin Flon Bombers have picked up an assist from taxpayers. City council voted last week to sponsor the team to the tune of $7,500, in the form of reduced ice rental fees, this coming season.

When Teagan Quinn’s friends decided to memorialize him, they opted for an unmistakably Flin Flonian method. Quinn, a Flin Flon native, was just 19 when his life came to a tragic and accidental end this week.

A report on the state of hospital emergency departments in Flin Flon and The Pas has outlined concerns in areas affecting everything from patient care to workplace culture to safety.

But city fares well against northern neighbours