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Creighton artist Katie Kozak is coming back after spending a month in B.C. at the Sointula Art Shed. There, she combed the beaches of Malcolm Island, a small island just north of Vancouver Island, for supplies to create sculptures and art.

The Northern Health Region (NHR) is taking steps to combat a syphilis outbreak. Around 100 cases have already been reported in the region in 2019, while only 10 cases were reported in the entire year of 2014.

While the artists are away, the contractors will paint. That’s what happened to the NorVA Centre during the recent Denare Beach artist’s retreat.

The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce will head up north for two days this October to tour the town and get a taste of local flavours. The stop is the first of three in a series of Economic Development Tours showcasing northern Manitoba.

A junior miner has announced the purchase of two claims about 10 kilometres north of Flin Flon.

Eggs-tra, eggs-tra, read all about it – the Joe Brain Petting Zoo has a tasty way of raising some spare cash, even if Facebook seems to have an issue with this year’s installment.

Organizers for the Flin Flon Aboriginal Friendship Centre’s Community Youth Resource Centre (CYRC) are making plans for their annual summer cultural camp later this month.

Police in Creighton have seen certain issues ebb and flow, but the overall numbers for crime declined earlier this summer. Creighton RCMP Sgt.

Flin Flon Arts Council cultural coordinator Crystal Kolt has gone for a walk –a long, long, long walk. Kolt has headed out on the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage through western Europe undertaken by hundreds of thousands of people each year.

A group of Saskatchewan MLAs will head back to Regina with some stories about northern health care challenges.