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Education officials are assuring high-schoolers they will have enough room for their vehicles as a mystery building eats up much of the Hapnot Collegiate student parking lot.

The Flin Flon Fire Dept.’s new training mannequin has a name: Fred! Katelin Harmon of Ecole McIsaac School (seated on the mannequin) submitted the moniker in a name-the-mannequin contest held at McIsaac and Ruth Betts.

Public discourse over drunkenness and panhandling in Flin Flon’s downtown core has never been so heightened. But for all of the conversation this problem is generating, very few lasting solutions have been placed on the table.

Winter weights took effect yesterday for truckers operating in Saskatchewan. Laws allow for truckers to carry heavier loads during the colder winter months, resulting in fewer trips and cost savings.

F rontier Collegiate Campus in Cranberry Portage has received funding to replace aged dormitories and to continue their strategic development of technical vocational education.

Dec. 1, 2013 marks World AIDS Day. In Canada, it is a day dedicated to remembering those who have passed on and to raising awareness about AIDS and the spreading of the HIV virus.

Members of the Flin Flon Community Choir performed Handel’s Messiah at St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church over the weekend. This weekend, more than 60 choir members are in New York City to perform Messiah with several other choirs from around the world.

Crews removed mounds of snow from the intersection of Third Ave. and Boam St. Wednesday morning – and the white stuff was still coming down! photo by JONATHON NAYLOR

The Manitoba government says it’s ready to clear 19,000 kilometres of provincial roads during an already snowy winter season.

Manitoba MLAs passed a motion Tuesday urging Ottawa to begin consultations with provinces with the aim of abolishing the Senate.