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Outbreak at Personal Care Home considered over by province, Flin Flon district at two active cases

Good news for Flin Flon on the COVID-19 front. The health district containing Flin Flon is now down to two active cases of COVID-19 and the outbreak at Flin Flon Personal Care Home is now considered over.

Dec 16, 2020 2:08 PM Read more >

Three active cases remain in Flin Flon district, outbreaks in remote communities continue

The Flin Flon district is down to three active cases of COVID-19, but cases elsewhere in northern Manitoba are seeing spikes.

Dec 14, 2020 1:20 PM Read more >

Six category wins, eight podium finishes for The Reminder at Manitoba paper awards

Manitoba newspaper award winners were announced Friday - and this year, The Reminder cleaned up.

Dec 11, 2020 4:09 PM Read more >

Northern Manitoba shatters one-day case record, Armed Forces arrive in Shamattawa

Before Friday, the most new COVID-19 cases northern Manitoba had reported in one day was 57. That record was more than doubled Friday, as 136 new northern cases were reported by the province Dec. 11.

Dec 11, 2020 1:05 PM Read more >

Flin Flon RCMP Report: Good Samaritan helps drunk person, gets broken leg

A summary of calls to police from Nov. 29-Dec. 5, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: Nov. 29 Report of a noise complaint/COVID-19 breach. Police attended and learned the noise had subsided and the supposed visitor had left.

Dec 11, 2020 10:22 AM Read more >

Northern case numbers surge in Shamattawa, Island Lake districts as leaders call for federal help

Flin Flon district active cases drop down from four to three: provincial data

Dec 10, 2020 2:43 PM Read more >

Unknown holiday humbugs wreck lights, displays

Someone’s a mean one, a real grinch. Several reports of Christmas light displays being vandalized around Flin Flon have come in after last weekend, including stolen property and destroyed items.

Dec 10, 2020 12:08 PM Read more >

City prepares for post-restriction byelection to fill McKee's former seat

The City of Flin Flon is starting to make plans to replace the irreplaceable - whenever it may be possible to do so. Flin Flonners will be returning to the polls at some point in the near future to elect the successor to councillor Colleen McKee.

Dec 10, 2020 12:05 PM Read more >

City councillors pay tribute to McKee

Members of Flin Flon city council paid their own tributes to their fallen colleague.

Dec 10, 2020 11:50 AM Read more >

Northern store reopens in Pelican Narrows after five-year void

A big step forward for Pelican Narrows came late last month. The community’s Northern Store, which had been closed for more than five years, reopened Nov. 28.

Dec 10, 2020 11:49 AM Read more >

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