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Manitoba now has the highest per-capita rates of COVID-19 of any Canadian province once again - and the north is beginning to catch up. The province reported 334 net new COVID-19 cases May 18, with 25 of those in the Northern Health Region (NHR).

Once again, Manitoba and northern Manitoba are on different paths on COVID-19. While the province reported almost 500 new cases Friday, only 10 of those were in the north - and the Northern Health Region now has fewer than 200 active cases.

Mixed news on the vaccine eligibility front came for northern Manitoba Friday.

Thirty former Manitoba school superintendents - including ex-leaders of the Flin Flon School Division (FFSD) and Frontier School Division - have signed a letter calling on the province to pull back Bill 64.

According to statistics provided to The Reminder by the Northern Health Region (NHR) this week, more than half of all eligible people in the Flin Flon and The Pas health districts have had at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose.

It’s almost time for some spring cleaning in Flin Flon and Creighton - both communities plan to hold their spring cleanups in the coming weeks.

A summary of calls to police from May 2-8, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: May 2 Report of an impaired driver. Police located the driver a short distance away.

Bill Hanson and Leslie Beck are familiar with the jobs they won back May 12 - and both say they're ready to get to work.

RCMP in Lynn Lake are looking for a missing man who is believed to have been working in northern Manitoba. Police are searching for 33-year-old Robert McMahon, originally from Winnipeg but believed to be working in the Lynn Lake area.

Two new cases reported in Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon district