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Northern Manitoba is now the province’s hub of COVID-19 cases - and the Flin Flon district now has 17 active cases. In the space of about two weeks, Flin Flon went from having only one active case of COVID-19 Jan. 7 to 17 and increasing as of Jan.

A 44-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly robbing a Main Street bank last week. The incident took place Jan. 14, when shortly after 1 p.m., Flin Flon RCMP received a call of a robbery at the RBC Royal Bank.

Grade 7-12 students in Flin Flon will be able to head back to class as of next week. The mandatory two-week post-holiday break remote learning period for students from Grades 7-12 ended at the final school bell Jan.

With possible changes to Manitoba's provincial restrictions on the horizon, the provincial government is looking for the public to chip in on how to reopen safely.

Five new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the Flin Flon/Snow Lake/Cranberry Portage/Sherridon health district, part of a continuing surge of the disease in the north.

A summary of calls to police from Dec. 27-Jan. 2, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: Dec. 27 Report of an intoxicated person having been medically cleared from the hospital but hanging around bothering people.

COVID-19 is continuing to ravage parts of northern Manitoba. More than half of the province's new COVID-19 diagnoses came from the Northern Health Region (NHR) Thursday - a total of 139 new cases.

Shots available on an appointment basis for select groups

Freezing rain, over 10 centimetres of snow and gusts of wind causing blowing snow - weather for northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan looks nasty over the next 24 hours.

The Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) is investigating a Pukatawagan RCMP officer for allegedly intentionally running over a dog with a police vehicle while on duty.