Local News

The Manitoba government will purchase 60 new automated weather stations and place them across the province, adding to an existing network to provide additional accurate and detailed weather information.

An environmental group is calling on Hudbay to decontaminate a former mine site outside Flin Flon, but the company says the property was properly decommissioned.

A summary of calls to the Flin Flon RCMP for the period of July 21-27: Monday, July 21 • Report of unexplainable injury to a cat on Milton Street.

Denare Beach and area residents gathered at the Northern Gateway Museum last weekend to remember a former RCMP officer.

The Flin Flon Aqua Centre has received not only a facelift, but a new face to go along with it. The building itself has seen a fresh coat of paint and some new fixtures.

A First Nation near The Pas is refusing to let radioactive waste pass through its lands, another blow to Creighton’s potential bid to store the contentious material.

After a three-year run as Canada’s most violent city, according to annual federal statistics, Thompson has improved marginally to be only the country’s second most violent city. North Battleford, SK, is now Canada’s most violent city.

Recycling in the Flin Flon area just got a lot more convenient. The Flin Flon and District Environmental Council along with the City of Flin Flon have placed a recycling trailer in the parking lot of the former Extra Foods building.

A single-vehicle collision near Snow Lake has claimed the life of a Flin Flon man. This past Saturday, July 26, just after 11 a.m., Snow Lake RCMP responded to a report of an accident on Highway 392, at the Snow Creek bridge.

Manitoba provincial park Explorer Passes are now available at more locations than ever before, with the addition of Manitoba Liquor Marts to the list of retailers offering the annual park passes for sale.