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A checkpoint has gone up between Flin Flon and Creighton, set up by the Saskatchewan government as part of recent northern public health orders. The checkpoint, located at the Phantom Lake Road between Creighton and Flin Flon, was put up May 5.

Saskatchewan has another 20 cases of COVID-19, with all but two of them coming from in and around La Loche. The new numbers were released by the provincial government May 5, with a total of 171 active cases continuing province-wide.

For the first time in two weeks, Manitoba health officials have reported a death due to COVID-19. The seventh person to die from the effects of the virus in the province was a man in his 70s in the Southern Health/Sante Sud region.

Campsite bookings begin May 6 in north, long list of conditions will apply

Manitoba’s public health orders surrounding COVID-19 may spell the end of a number of notable Flin Flon summer events this year.

Deschambault Lake RCMP ended the party early for a pair of alleged bootleggers last week, finding nearly two dozen bottles of whisky and other alcohol inside cars coming into town.

Reopen Saskatchewan plan still in effect for most of province

On a day when some Manitoba businesses began to open up, no new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the province. Officials announced over 600 tests were conducted by the province May 3, pushing the total number of tests over 27,000.

Reopening moving ahead as planned, exceptions for Lloydminster, La Loche: province

Manitoba's COVID-19 situation appears to be dying down. One new case of the disease was reported by provincial authorities, along with one recovered person - and no new cases have been reported in the north since April 7.