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A 23-year-old man was stabbed to death in Leaf Rapids and RCMP have arrested a suspect in the case. Leaf Rapids RCMP were called to a home on Mukasew Bay in the community shortly before 10 a.m. Sept. 2, finding a man inside who had been stabbed.

A new Town of Creighton bylaw will change the way some parents drop their kids off at school. The new Town bylaw will amend existing community traffic bylaws to make First Avenue near Creighton Community School a one-way street.

A summary of police calls from August 23-29, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: August 23 Report of a vehicle running into a tree. Police attended and were able to identify the driver, who was impaired.

The latest COVID-19 totals: 20 new cases in Manitoba and a pair of new deaths, 10 new cases in Saskatchewan. Manitoba announced its 15th and 16th people to die from the disease at a press briefing Sept. 3.

So many events around the world have been cancelled due to COVID-19, but organizers in Flin Flon are trying to ensure Culture Days 2020 doesn’t join that list.

A Pukatawagan man has been identified as the victim of Winnipeg’s 32nd homicide this year. Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) general patrol officers were called at about 11:15 a.m.

Manitoba appears to be making progress on active cases of COVID-19, seeing new cases numbers begin to decline. Thirteen new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Manitoba Wednesday, the lowest number reported by the province in days.

Keeping classes separate, coming and going only at designated times and places and changing or cancelling some services altogether - the first day of school in Flin Flon this year is going to be very different.

Not surprisingly, the Pallister government continues to ignore northern Manitoba.

Want to try your luck at filling a spot on Flin Flon’s city council? The byelection for the council’s open spot is back on after a COVID-19 suspension.