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Last month we went on a magical journey to the wonderful world of summertime play. My recollections and those offered by various readers could easily provide enough material for a book about our great adventures in and around Flin Flon.

A severe storm on July 6 left several residences in Bakers Narrows Provincial Park without landline telephone service for more than two weeks. It was the evening of July 23 when phone service was restored to Jane Robillard’s house at Bakers Narrows.

While operations at Hudbay’s Reed mine have ceased, the mine stands as a unique model of environmental stewardship. On-site work to demolish the mine is already underway, and will continue over the coming month.

A fire has destroyed a major supply stop on Highway 39. The Ponton Service Station is now considered a complete loss after a fire tore through the gas station and convenience store on July 28.

After five years of operation, Hudbay’s Reed Mine is closed. The Reed Mine, one of three mines majority-owned and operated by Hudbay in northern Manitoba, ceased production at the end of July.

Canadian Kraft Paper (CKP) plans to restart herbicide spraying operations near Flin Flon. The company, based in The Pas, will spray the herbicide glyphosate in multiple areas where CKP conducted logging operations in the past.

Editor's note: In the print version of this story, "Violent crime up among youth" in the Aug. 1 issue of The Reminder, statistics relating to crime severity in Manitoba are incorrectly attributed to Flin Flon. The Reminder regrets the error.

The dog days of summer have left the Flin Flon/Creighton and Area SPCA shelter full, with no room for more dogs or cats. “We are definitely full, for both cats and dogs. We’re at our capacity,” said Erica Husberg, SPCA president.

Members of the RCMP and Winnipeg Police Service made arrests relating to drugs in three separate incidents in Manitoba earlier this month. On July 19, a 21-year-old man from Flin Flon was arrested after an incident in Winnipeg.

Two area residents have been arrested as a result of hateful and threatening language against residents of First Nations communities on social media.