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In the debate over fire protection for cottagers near Flin Flon, the Town of The Pas is often mentioned. The Pas maintains four agreements with outside cottagers who, depending on their location, pay between $50 and $75 a year for fire protection.

The Reminder and CFAR 590 will proudly welcome Santa Claus to town on Nov. 22 with the annual parade. The Santa Claus Parade of Lights will take off on the Friday evening down Main Street and then Church Street.

Child-safety advocates want Flin Flon taxi drivers to pass a criminal record check before getting behind the wheel.

Ruth Betts Community School has had a visitor the past two weeks. A Flin Flon Fire Dept. training dummy has sat in the library, with students invited to submit their ideas as to what he should be named.

Lantz offers wide-ranging update on company

The Creighton Fire Dept. responded to this week’s garage blaze at Schist Lake, but residents of cottage country cannot always count on the town to dispatch firefighters.

Iraq’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, is making a plea to the U.S. Iraq is what Maliki describes as a “vibrant democracy.” He says he’s fighting terrorism. Al Qaeda terrorists are in Iraq killing the Iraqi people, he explains.

The number of new cases of HIV in Saskatchewan continues to decline. Provincially, there were 177 new HIV cases in 2012, a five per cent decrease from 2011.

A pair of petroleum-related events in Canada has reinvigorated the public debate over the movement of petrochemicals such as oil and liquefied natural gas. On Oct.

Local artist Theresa Wride proudly displays her batik ‘turtle’ created at the weekend Batik workshop at the NorVA Centre. During November, the work of local artists will be featured at the NorVA gallery. SUBMITTED PHOTO