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Nearly 30,000 northerners with both vaccine doses, almost three-quarters of eligible people with at least one

Canada Day plans in Flin Flon, Creighton, Denare Beach and northern Saskatchewan are going to see some change this week.

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries (MLL) has announced an employee at the Flin Flon Liquor Mart has tested positive for COVID-19.

Hudbay’s Lalor mine is back up to operation after a worker died underground earlier this month.

Flin Flon’s biggest celebration of LGBTQ+ people will go ahead starting later this week with a new slate of events. This year, Flin Flon Pride will include five main events, most of which will be held either virtually or remotely.

Flin Flon and the surrounding area is under a heat warning, along with much of western Canada. A heat wave is expected to hit the area this week, with highs of 35 degrees Celsius expected.

Creighton RCMP are looking for information after a series of break-ins reported in Denare Beach over the past week. A total of nine break-ins have been reported in the area between June 23-28, mostly targeting cabins and garages.

Starting today, everybody age 12 and up in Manitoba and Saskatchewan will be able to get their second COVID-19 vaccine dose.

A summary of calls to police from June 13-19, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: June 13 Report of an intoxicated person who had been medically cleared from the hospital, but was still intoxicated. Police attended and drove the person to a sober friend.

After a long second and third wave of COVID-19, Manitoba will finally begin to ease some public health orders starting Saturday.