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Volunteers are needed to help build a home. The Habitat 53° Chapter of Habitat for Humanity continues to build its first home in Flin Flon at 189 Steventon Boulevard.

A blaze that obliterated a northern Manitoba landmark could be forever shrouded in mystery. RCMP say the cause of the fire at Sherridon’s Hotel Cambrian remains undetermined a year and a half later.

John Hinks lights an ice-encased candle at Hillside Cemetery this past Sunday afternoon, Nov. 24. Hundreds of these “Memory Candles” were lit in honour of departed loved ones.

A Cranberry Portage man will spend a little over three years behind bars for sexually assaulting minors in that community. Ryan James Rajczakowski, 21, was sentenced to 46 months in prison last week in Flin Flon Provincial Court.

$400K grant for Creighton projects granted

The Northeast Regional Housing Authority board of directors out of Creighton hosted a special event to honour one of its members for long service.

An upcoming concert involving the Flin Flon Community Choir is receiving attention from a prestigious source. BBC Music Magazine is listing the Dec.

2013 will mark the 20th year the Christmas Gift Program will be available in our community.

Flin Flon city council hopes to take a bite out of crime with financial aide for Manitoba Crime Stoppers. Council voted last week to contribute 10 cents per resident – $563 – to the Winnipeg-based volunteer organization.

Flin Flon’s future health care aides have put out a challenge to all health care workers: get the flu vaccine. Getting vaccinated is exactly what all eight students in UCN’s health care aide course have voluntarily done.