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Perfect weather conditions greeted Saturday’s annual Canoe Races held on Ross Lake.

The Flin Flon Collision soccer team found even more success in Saskatoon. The U12 girls soccer team picked up their second first-place win this month while on the road during the weekend of June 13.

The SJHL’s Yorkton Terriers claimed another big honour this season. The team was named the Sask Sport Inc. May Athlete of the Month Award.

Results from the Flin Flon School Division Middle Years Track and Field Meet for area students held Monday at Queen’s Park: High jump Grade 5 girls: first, Sophie Lengyl (Creighton); second, Sheena Ballantyne (Ruth Betts); third, (tie) Brook Schwartz

A former Flin Flon Bomber captain is moving on with his hockey career. 1993-born forward Cameron Blair has committed to the University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey program for the 2014-15 season.

For most Canadians, mixed martial arts, or MMA, is something we might watch on television in alternating states of shock and awe. For one 24-year old Flin Flonner, however, MMA is much more than a spectator sport.

Team Canada pulled off a win against the US earlier in the week to place first in the Group A of the IIHF World Junior Championships. Canada’s 3-2 win over the Americans on New Year’s Eve left them with 10 points and a move into the top spot.

The Flin Flon Bombers are back on the ice tomorrow for their first game of the new year. The Bombers will welcome the Notre Dame Hounds as they make their 2014 debut.

The McKee brothers posed for a picture – with their backs to the camera – to show off their Baby Ducks jerseys.

Flin Flon Bombers winger Austin Calladine is being showcased as one of the SJHL’s Young Guns. Last week he was profiled on the league website’s “Spotlight on our Young Guns” feature: “For someone who will just turn 18 years old on Dec.