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The Manitoba government announced plans to kick in seven figures of government funds to help investigate the sites of former residential schools. Making the announcement on National Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the province announced it would commit $2.

Saskatchewan is planning to lift all existing COVID-19 health orders, including mask mandates and gathering size limits, as of July 11.

A crosswalk on Flin Flon’s Main Street has received a fresh coat of paint, paying tribute to Indigenous tradition and those lost to Canada’s residential school system.

The Creighton Sportex has seen its fair share of shots over the years, but none quite like this. The arena is now home to a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, which will run daily until June 25.

A worker at Hudbay's Lalor mine has died after an accident underground June 19.

A summary of calls to police from June 6-12, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: June 6 Report of a person who was believed to be deceased. Police attended and learned that the person was just asleep on a porch.

An ill-fated canoe trip on Amisk Lake earlier this week has left one man dead and left five others hospitalized. According to Saskatchewan RCMP, police were called to the south end of Amisk Lake around 7 p.m. local time June 16.

July 1 will have a second meaning in Flin Flon this summer. The City of Flin Flon has proclaimed the day “Colleen McKee Day” this summer, in memory of the former city councillor who passed away last year.

Doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are coming to Creighton this week - including enough for a walk-in clinic for qualifying youths and Saskatchewan residents.

Most northern Manitoba communities are seeing COVID-19 cases either stabilize or drop. The Pas/OCN/Kelsey health district, on the other hand, is soaring, seeing more than 80 new cases come up since in the last week.