Local News

So, here we are, immersed in the dark depths of winter. There is relief to the dreariness though, as I offer an easy and inexpensive way to brighten and lighten the winter-weary days.

Not much is slated to change for the Flin Flon and District Chamber of Commerce this year. Chamber officials chose to keep most of the group’s positions for 2019 similar to the ones from last year at their annual general meeting on Dec. 18.

A stalemate between Hudbay and one of its shareholders over a potential mine purchase in Chile seems to have ended for now. In a press release issued by Hudbay on Dec.

RCMP arrested three men near Pelican Narrows on drug and firearm charges last month. A vehicle was stopped on Highway 135 south of Pelican Narrows by the RCMP Combined Traffic Services Section on Dec. 18.

Some of Wings Over Kississing’s assets have changed hands in a multi-million dollar deal. Exchange Income Corporation (EIC) will acquire Wings’ rotary wing operations focused around the Island Lake region.

Saskatchewan’s top health official headed north last month to hear how the closure of Flin Flon’s birth services may impact Saskatchewan families.

Crime in Creighton and Denare Beach stayed slow over the holidays, according to reports from Creighton RCMP. In total, the detachment answered 90 calls throughout the region.

A new tourism brand for Flin Flon was released in September. Three months after the public unveiling, plans are afoot to see how it can be used and where it will go. A public tourism summit will take place at the Creighton Community Centre on Jan.

Flin Flon has reached the final round of a contest to find western Canada’s top snowmobiling destination. The community took down Hudson Bay, Sask. in the SnoRiders West SledTown ShowDown, entering a final round against Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

A man has been arrested in connection to a double stabbing in Deschambault Lake last month. RCMP were notified on Dec. 29 that two men had been stabbed at a home in Deschambault Lake and were being driven to the community’s medical clinic.