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If you were dreaming of a white Christmas, Flin Flon’s weather last month wasn’t exactly cooperative. The community posted its warmest-ever and driest-ever December last month, breaking several records for heat and lack of snow.

The Bombers will start 2024 in unchartered waters. Never in the team’s near-century-long history have they started a season so dominant - the next test is keeping the momentum going.

The Bombers gave fans a pair of early Christmas gifts Saturday night - a shutout win at home and a nine-strong winning streak.

The Bombers' recent hot streak continued on the road Friday night, beating La Ronge 4-1.

The high school basketball season is underway, with Creighton hosting a pair of exhibition games for a good cause.

The second edition of the Jimmy Custer Memorial Dog Race is in the works, with organizers hoping to grow it beyond last year’s first event.

He’s coming back, a few days early. Santa Claus himself will make an appearance at this year’s Santa Claus Parade of Lights, taking place uptown Dec. 14 at 6 p.m.

The northern Manitoba chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Opasquai Chapter 24, has been hard at work to provide its annual Christmas gift bags to anyone in need this holiday season.

One student has arrived, one will head out - the Rotary student exchange program has brought a new young mind to Flin Flon from abroad, while a Hapnot student will head out on a term of his own.

The hottest team in the SJHL continues to reside in Flin Flon. The Bombers sent Weyburn back south Saturday, beating them 6-2.