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More than a dozen new cases of COVID-19 have been reported today in Saskatchewan, bringing the total of reported cases province-wide to 66. Fourteen new confirmed cases were reported by the provincial government March 23.

The government has a new way for Manitobans to support each other during the COVID-19 outbreak. During an update March 23, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister announced the launch of helpnextdoormb.ca.

A new outbreak means a new approach for Flin Flon’s city council, relying on technology to keep meeting as scheduled despite the COVID-19 outbreak.

Despite only testing people returning from international travel, Manitoba officials are confident the spread of COVID-19 is minimal in Manitoba.

Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer announced a new way to help people track COVID-19 within the province. Dr.

Born in England Aug. 31, 1900, Cyril Steventon would come to Flin Flon in 1930 and begin to work in the mechanical department of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting, having come from the Winnipeg office of the company.

A summary of calls to police made from March 8-14, as submitted by Flin Flon RCMP: March 8 Report of an intoxicated person not dressed for the weather at a local hotel, stating they could not get home.

Jill Arpin knew something was wrong with her body. The Snow Laker had a family history of breast cancer, but couldn’t convince her doctors to let her get tested - until she met Dr. Michael Haldorson.

Testing now being done from provincial lab, results no longer to be sent out of province

Manitoba health officials announced another presumptive or confirmed case of COVID-19 in the province March 21 - a unidentified woman living in Winnipeg.