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With a back-to-play plan now in place and restrictions beginning to lift for hockey and gatherings, the Flin Flon Bombers are getting ready to bring the boys back.

A summary of police calls from June 27-July 3, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: June 27 Report of intoxicated people at a local hostel who were not welcome anymore. Police attended and arrested and lodged one person.

Blueberry Jam is still supposed to go forward this year, but the 2021 edition of the music festival has been moved to September.

Pelican Narrows RCMP and the Saskatchewan Coroners Service are investigating after a person was found dead at the bridge entering the community.

Manitoba has hit a new high water mark in public vaccinations. More than three-quarters of all eligible Manitobans have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, while more than 50 per cent have received both doses.

The health district covering Flin Flon is down to just one active COVID-19 case and cases throughout the Northern Health Region (NHR) are dropping.

An investigation is underway in Sandy Bay after a woman died while in RCMP custody this week. According to a Saskatchewan RCMP news release, a 44-year-old woman was arrested "in relation to an ongoing investigation" July 4 around 8:20 p.m.

COVID-19 case loads in Manitoba are slowly but surely dropping. For the first time since March, the province is now down below 1,000 active cases of the disease and only 34 net new cases were found Tuesday.

A summary of calls to police from June 20-26, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: June 20 While on patrol, police located an intoxicated person sleeping in an ATM vestibule. The person was arrested and rehomed to cells.

Two men have been arrested following a search warrant at Aspen Grove June 29.