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The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.

The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.

Reading, math and science scores among Manitoba students have been in steady decline for the past 13 years. That’s according to a report from the Program for International Student Assessment. Since 2000, math scores are down by nearly seven per cent.

Paulette Wotton (from left) and sister Lisa Rogers accepted a handmade quilt from Sherri Fox and Audrey Neufeld of the North Star Quilt Guild. The sisters accepted the quilt as a donation towards the Breast Cancer Pledge Ride North.

Further to an article that appeared Wednesday, the Saskatchewan NDP does not favour the provincial government providing funding to schools on reserves, as they are the responsibility of the federal government.

Proposed rules would require Manitoba businesses offering high-cost credit products such as high-cost lines of credit, loans or payday loan-like products to treat consumers fairly so they fully understand the total cost of the loan.

Hudbay announced Wednesday that it is offering an additional US$100 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.50 per cent senior unsecured notes due October 1, 2020. The notes are additional to the US$650 million aggregate principal amount of 9.

Another Flin Flon landmark is about to disappear after city council voted Tuesday to demolish the Willow Park Curling Club. The familiar Spruce Ave. building, abandoned for more than a year, is expected to be torn down in the near future.

F lin Flon school trust ees spend a lot of time hearing about what teachers, parents and taxpayers want. But on Tuesday it was time to glean feedback from perhaps the most important group of all – students.

Accused Flin Flon murderer James Desmarais has been given more time to find a lawyer. On Monday Desmarais had his case adjourned to Jan. 13, 2014, so he could complete appeal to legal aid for counsel to be appointed.