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Some City of Flin Flon services are going to get slightly more expensive to use this year.

The Hapnot Kweens curling squad hit the ice at the Manitoba high school curling championships last weekend, playing a trio of games against tough southern competition.

That's more like it. The Bombers wore down Melfort Wednesday night, picking up a 3-0 win on the road against the Mustangs.

The Bombers' southern road swing - and their nine-game winning streak - came to an end Saturday with a 4-2 loss to Estevan.

The Bombers' success on the southern swing continued Friday, with the club getting their ninth straight win, beating Weyburn 4-2.

Two communities in the region are gearing up to host their annual winter festivals later this month, both on the same weekend.

This year’s second annual Jimmy Custer Memorial Dog Race has been postponed, with organizers saying the mild winter has made Amisk Lake potentially unsafe to race on.

In the run-up to its annual Women’s Memorial March Feb. 14, the Women’s Resource Centre is planning a week-long series of events to raise awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Make it eight straight - the Bombers ran roughshod over last-place Notre Dame Wednesday, beating the Hounds 5-1.

The battle has been won. Almost eight months after her kidneys initially failed and she needed to move away from home for life-saving medical care, Maureen McBratney is coming home, able to get the dialysis she needs.