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It may not have been typical, but Leslie Beck and Bill Hanson took their oaths of office for Flin Flon’s city council last week - from the comfort of their own homes.

The Flin Flon School Division (FFSD) is planning to hold a town hall meeting this month about the possible effects of Bill 64 - a provincial bill that would bring sweeping changes to education and administration across the province.

As of this week, about 64 per cent of people eligible in the health district covering Flin Flon have had a COVID-19 vaccine dose - and several clinics are coming in the next month to boost those numbers even higher.

Stay home when you can, stick to essentials, get a vaccine and help stop the spread - that's the message from the mayors of Creighton, Denare Beach and Flin Flon.

Hudbay is seeing another spike in COVID-19 cases - and this time, it’s local.

FFSD plans to go remote from May 25-June 9 after spike in local school COVID-19 cases

Manitoba Highway 6 has reopened and electricity has been restored to northern Saskatchewan communities after a pair of major forest fires earlier this week.

Shoppers, employees may have been exposed May 14, 15, 16

A summary of calls to police from May 9-15, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: May 9 Report of an intoxicated person refusing to leave a residence after being asked to. Police attended and found the person still on scene, still refusing to go.

Three of the Flin Flon/Creighton area's five schools reported COVID-19 cases May 20, leading to class changes and several groups isolating.