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Flin Flon’s Joey Lies is northern Manitoba’s latest WHL Bantam Draft pick, being picked by the Swift Current Broncos during the April 22 selection.

Two games are done in The Reminder's SJHL playoff simulation. While Battlefords and La Ronge are battling it out, the Bombers seem to be having trouble with a hot goalie.

The first night of The Reminder’s SJHL playoff simulation went to the underdogs. Flin Flon and Melfort squared off at a virtual Whitney Forum Saturday night, while the La Ronge Ice Wolves did the same against the Battlefords North Stars.

The Flin Flon Bombers lost a member of the family last week. Shane Goodrunning, one of the team’s dozens of alumni, was reported dead by the team and by family members April 11.

How does a city council or town council meet in the time of COVID-19? The way most meetings are taking place - through technology.

As COVID-19 spreads throughout the country, including a number of cases in remote areas, several Indigenous communities are taking their own steps to stop the virus from entering.

With the hockey world in stasis due to COVID-19, we now know how a number of former Flin Flon Bombers have fared throughout their college hockey seasons. In the NCAA, the Bombers’ highest scoring alumnus this season was a freshman.

Another award for Flin Flon wrestler Carson Lee? You bet. Carson and brother Hunter were each nominated for honours at the Univ. of Saskatchewan as part of the school’s year-end Major 7 awards.

Last year’s top scorer for the Flin Flon Bombers is heading back east. Forward Cole Rafuse will be playing next season with the USports Acadia Axemen, with the club and the Bombers each announcing Rafuse’s signing March 27.

Playoffs cancelled, Bombers lose shot at league title