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.
Put your knowledge of the local area to the test with The Reminder's latest community quiz. The answers are on page 6. * * * 1. Other than Bobby Clarke, name three Flin Flon Bombers whose retired numbers hang from the rafters at the Whitney Forum. 2. Who founded and spent a lot of his time reporting for The Flin Flon Daily Reminder? a) Bruce Keddie b) Tom Dobson c) Reg Wanless d) Jack Freedman 3. The local Co-op was incorporated in which year? a) 1929 b) 1946 c) 1958 d) 1969 4. During the famous mine strike of 1934, a number of citizens banded together to form a special group to fight against which of the following? a) The right of the mine workers to strike b) Flin Flon's perceived lack of funding from the provincial government c) Low metal prices d) Communism 5. What group was the forerunner to the Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce? (The group changed its name to the Flin Flon Chamber of Commerce in 1948). a) Flin Flon Business Association b) Retail Merchants Association c) Commerce Rights Board d) The Board of Trade 6. Which Flin Flonner has been elected president of the Conservative Association of the Churchill Riding? (The group was born out of the federal merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party.) a) Gordon Mitchell b) Nazir Ahmad c) Craig Kerr d) Tom Therien 7. Then the mayor of Flin Flon, he cut the ribbon to officially open the new Community Hall in 1958. a) Frank Dembinsky b) Jack Freedman c) Ed Yauck d) James Conner 8. Dennis Ballard succeeded Graham Craig as mayor of Flin Flon in 1998. Whom did Craig succeed? a) Nazir Ahmad b) Gordon Mitchell c) Howard Abrahamson d) Bruce Keddie 9. When Flin Flon's Main School opened on September 1, 1932, how many students were expected to enroll? a) 50 b) 150 c) 300 d) 400 10. Statistics from MTS show that Flin Flon had this many phones in 1942. a) 68 b) 268 c) 568 d) 2,068 11. Which of the following communities is closest to Flin Flon? a) Deschambault Lake b) Caribou Creek c) Snow Lake d) La Ronge
