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  Flin Flon, Manitoba - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is located at 54° 46′ N, 101° 51′ W. Flin Flon was founded in the late 1920s by mining firms eager to exploit the large copper and zinc supplies in the region.
Like Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, Flin Flon also straddles a provincial border, in this case, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, though only a small section of the city is located in the former province.
Flin Flon gained international notoriety in 2002 when the Canadian government awarded a four-year contract to a Saskatoon company to produce medicinal marijuana.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Flin_Flon%2C_Manitoba   (367 words)

  
 Flin Flon
The City of Flin Flon, which is built on the rocks, is a thriving mining community and a vacationer’s destination nestled in the middle of nature’s magnificence.
The community of Flin Flon was formed in 1929 and was incorporated as a municipality in 1933.
Flin Flon became a town in 1946 and was granted the status of city in 1970.
www.norman-rha.mb.ca /FlinFlon.htm   (322 words)

  
 Flin Flon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Flin Flon, Man, City, pop 6000 in Man, 267 in Sask (2001c); 6572 in Man, 289 in Sask (1996c); 7119 in Man, 330 in Sask (1991c); 7243 in Man, 348 in Sask (1986c); area 13.88 km
Flin Flon was developed initially in an unplanned manner near the mine and plant.
Flin Flon is still dependent on mining, with tourism also of importance.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002862   (332 words)

  
 Flin Flon, Manitoba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flin Flon was founded in 1927 by the firm Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting which exploited the large copper and zinc supplies in the region.
Flin Flon gained international notoriety in 2002 when the Government of Canada awarded a four-year contract to a Saskatoon based company for the production of Medicinal Marijuana.
The entire operation is several hundred meters under Flin Flon for security and climate control reasons.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flin_Flon,_Manitoba   (542 words)

  
 Flin Flon Airport Zoning Regulations
The airport reference point shown on Flin Flon Airport Zoning Plan No. E.2710 dated January 17, 1989, is a point located on the centre line of runway 18-36 distant 762.0 m from the end of runway 18.
PART IV The strip associated with runway 18-36, shown on Flin Flon Airport Zoning Plan No. E.2710 dated January 17, 1989, is 150 m in width, 75 m being on each side of the centre line of the runway, and 1 644 m in length.
PART VI The boundary of the outer limits of lands, shown on Flin Flon Airport Zoning Plan No. E.2710 dated January 17, 1989, is a circle with a radius of 4 000 m centered on the airport reference point.
laws.justice.gc.ca /en/A-2/SOR-92-69/text.html   (585 words)

  
 ECN: Flin Flon School Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Flin Flon is a one hour air flight from Winnipeg and is serviced by two flights daily.
Flin Flon is at the hub of tourism in North Western Manitoba.
The Flin Flon School Division believes that the purpose of the schools in the Division shall be the development of each individual to his/her highest potential and the preservation and extension of the democratic way of life.
www.educationcanada.com /browse.phtml?sid=mb&eid=265&a=eip&lang=eng   (231 words)

  
 Flin Flon + Plus/Minus + The Forms - PopMatters Concert Review
Flin Flon did little to unseat these impressions, but they added the essential fascination with Joy Division's rhythm section to complete the '80s revival picture.
Flin Flon never transcends their fetishization of the Young Marble Giants sound, despite choosing to play in slightly faster tempos with livelier drumming.
Flin Flon's music would be incomprehensible without a knowledge of the influences to which they are so faithful.
www.popmatters.com /music/concerts/f/flin-flon-030219.shtml   (879 words)

  
 Flin Flon Campus Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Flin Flon Regional Centre is located in the picturesque City of Flin Flon, Manitoba, a major mining community located in northwestern Manitoba, adjacent to the Saskatchewan and Manitoba border.
Flin Flon is approximately 800 kilometers (480 miles) northwest of Manitoba's capital city of Winnipeg.
The Flin Flon Regional Centre has a small classroom setting with experienced instructors who are able to instruct on a more personal level.
www.ucn.mb.ca /locations/flinflon.html   (178 words)

  
 Canadian Championships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Youth hockey in Flin Flon flourished back in the 1950's and1960's and former and current Bomber players of that era were the role models that every hockey-playing youngster looked up to.
Flin Flonners might easily draw a comparison with "The Rinx" as a facility that was modeled after Pinkie Davie's Community Club Program - where everyone had an opportunity to participate in a sport.
My summers in Flin Flon with my family and my sister Naomi's family are truly some of the most memorable activities that we do as a family.
www.canadianhockey.ca /e/championships/rbc/2001/bombers.html   (1361 words)

  
 Flin Flon - Destination Guide - Hotel Near   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At the northern end of Hwy 10, about 60km from Cranberry Portage, the mining township of FLIN FLON, on the Saskatchewan border, gouges copper, gold, lead and zinc from a massive seam that was discovered in 1914.
A stark, rough-looking town, full of precipitously steep streets, where the houses are built on sheer rock in a barren landscape, Flin Flon takes its unusual name from the hero of an obscure dime-novel entitled The Sunless City, which one of the first prospectors was reading at the time of the discovery.
The mine was due to shut down in 2004, a move that would have meant the end of Flin Flon, but in the summer of 2000 the biggest industrial investment in Manitoba, some $400 million from mining companies, ensured the mine's and the town's future.
www.hotelnear.com /3923/3994/Canada-Flin_Flon.html   (409 words)

  
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Last night, Anne McLellan's assistant, Farah Mohamed, said the report was completely wrong, and that the Flin Flon plants were to be used for lab testing and to germinate a further crop.
The unsubstantiated burning report was the latest in a series of political developments surrounding the marijuana, which was grown in an abandoned mine by a company called Prairie Plants Systems.
Ballard said the only thing wrong with the Flin Flon dope is the politics that control it.
www.mapinc.org /newstcl/v02/n2118/a05.html   (390 words)

  
 Canadian Championships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Flin Flon is blessed with a multitude of facilities necessary to host a hockey tournament of this magnitude - all within a few minutes walking distance of each other - including the Whitney Forum (hockey and curling complex), Flin Flon General Hospital, and the Flin Flon Community Center.
As part of an ongoing program to upgrade the facility the City of Flin Flon has expended $490,000.00 to expand the Bomber dressing room, add two dressing rooms and renovate the 4 existing dressing rooms into 2 larger rooms.
The Flin Flon General Hospital is a fully modern facility that services the needs of Flin Flon and its surrounding communities.
www.canadianhockey.ca /e/championships/rbc/2001/facilities.html   (323 words)

  
 Wood, water-and weed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Flin Flon's contribution might very well make Canada a hewer of wood, drawer of water, and grower of weed.
Flin Flon is so small it defies the three-M principle that characterizes most other North American communities: It has neither mall, movie theatre nor McDonalds.
The head of Flin Flon's RCMP detachment, a native son come home to police the streets he grew up on, said he has not a whit of concern.
www.friendlystranger.com /info/medicinal_01/wood3.htm   (2981 words)

  
 Bows, Flin Flon: 2/13/00   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There is a spot-on, meticulous precision to Flin Flon's music; in some respects, it resembles the sound (if not the anti-pop sensibilities) of the band Shellac.
This album, like the prior Flin Flon record (a-ok), may come as something of a disappointment for those who are expecting the lush pop of Air Miami, and it is possible that Robinson may never make an album as good as that again; but Robinson's songwriting always makes for worthwhile listening.
The pop joys of Flin Flon may be a bit more sublimated than in Air Miami's music, but they are still there.
www.unc.edu /~chague/MUSIC/bows_flinflon.html   (398 words)

  
 Flin Flon, MB - Manitoba Hospitals - FSN Hospitals - United States and Canada Hospital Directory.
Flin Flon, MB - Manitoba Hospitals brought to you by FSN Hospitals, a directory of hospitals in the United States and Canada.
This Flin Flon Manitoba Hospitals web page was made possible by the advertising sponsorship of the hospitals listed, along with thousands of other hospitals.
If you are aware of a Flin Flon, MB - Manitoba hospital that is not listed in the FSN Hospitals online hospital directory, please help us by providing the Flin Flon, MB - Manitoba hospital's information on the suggest a hospital form.
www.fsnhospitals.com /Canada/Manitoba/Flin_Flon   (389 words)

  
 About Flin Flon Credit Union
Flin Flon Credit Union (originally called the Alpha Credit Union Society Limited) was incorporated on January 10, 1940 with its office in a private home.
On February 26, 1959 the name was changed to the Flin Flon Credit Union Society Limited and remained with this name until July of 1970 when all Credit Unions in Manitoba dropped the Society.
Flin Flon Credit Union is governed by the Credit Union and Caisses Populaires Act of Manitoba as well as Federal and Provincial laws.
www.flinfloncu.mb.ca /community/info.asp   (240 words)

  
 Flin Flon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The City of Flin Flon is located 743 kilometers northwest of Winnipeg and is situated along the border of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Access to Flin Flon is along paved Highway 10 and Highway 106.
Flin Flon is a mining community and was settled and built on the rich deposits of zinc, copper, silver, and gold found in the region.
www.mmfthepas.com /page.asp?page_id=38   (162 words)

  
 Flin Flon, Manitoba -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Flin Flon, Manitoba -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Like (additional info and facts about Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan) Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, Flin Flon also straddles a provincial border, in this case, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, although only a small section of the city is located in the latter province.
Flin Flon gained international notoriety in 2002 when the Government of Canada awarded a four-year contract to a Saskatoon company for the production of (additional info and facts about Medicinal Marijuana) Medicinal Marijuana.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fl/flin_flon,_manitoba.htm   (518 words)

  
 CSA: Environmental Web Sources and Data about Flin Flon Mines Area
Water near an abandoned mine outside Flin Flon has some of the highest levels of metal contamination in Canada and possibly the world, according to a federal government scientist.
In the Flin Flon and Snow Lake areas, Hudson's Bay Mining and Smelting (HBMS) began a mine and mine site rehabilitation program following the shut down of a number of their mines during the 1980s...
Manitoba's Flin Flon smelter has been a chronic cause of environmental concerns and exceeds emission limits for an average of 150 hours per year (Gibson et al., 1997).
www.safeaccess.ca /research/flinflon.htm   (1556 words)

  
 FLIN FLON TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is the intention and purpose of the parties to this Agreement to provide a basis for the parties to improve the professional services rendered to the students of the Flin Flon School Division and to enhance the working relationship between the Division and the members of the Association.
The interest shall be computed on the net pay of the member and shall be computed at a rate equal to the amount of interest paid by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce at Flin Flon, Manitoba on the premium savings accounts as at the 31st day of January of the current calendar year.
Signed and agreed at Flin Flon, Manitoba this __________ day of _______________ 2003, on behalf of the respective offices of the Flin Flon School Division and the Flin Flon Teachers Association.
www.mbteach.org /cbs/agreements/2003/flinf_03/print_html   (5356 words)

  
 The Ongoing Saga of Flin Flon Five
Two small town white boys were thrust into the west end ghetto in September 2000 Out of the chaos and filth of this ghetto was born what will forever be know as the Flin Flon five.
As the idea festered, more songs were written and recorded and are now presented here in all their lo-fi glory, the first recordings of the entity that will be forever know as Flin Flon Five.
Using a mixture of old school effects and the lastest in recording technology the first full EP from Flin Flon Five promises to be an adventure into realms of "music" unlike any ever experinced.
flinflon_five.tripod.com /id1.html   (311 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Flin Flon, Manitoba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties.
The Great Depression was a massive global economic recession (or depression) that ran from 1929 to 1941.
Lloydminster is a Canadian city which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling a provincial border.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Flin-Flon,-Manitoba   (1113 words)

  
 Flin Flon, MB - Manitoba Funeral Homes - FSN Funeral Homes - United States and Canada Funeral Home Directory - ...
Flin Flon, MB - Manitoba Funeral Homes brought to you by FSN Funeral Homes, a directory of funeral homes in the United States and Canada.
This Flin Flon Manitoba Funeral Homes web page is provided courtesy of the advertising sponsorship of the funeral homes listed, along with thousands of other funeral homes.
If you do business with a Flin Flon, MB - Manitoba funeral home who is not listed in our funeral home directory, please help us by providing the Flin Flon, MB - Manitoba funeral home's information on the suggest a funeral home form.
www.fsnfuneralhomes.com /Canada/Manitoba/Flin_Flon   (399 words)

  
 Flin Flon Writers Guild   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Flin Flon Writers Guild is open to anyone interested in the craft of writing.
The Flin Flon Writers Guild was started in 1983 and continues to be an active writing group with members in two provinces and one U. state.
The Flin Flon Writers Guild is currently compiling a list of web resources for writers.
www.geocities.com /Paris/LeftBank/5215   (492 words)

  
 Flin Flon: Boo-Boo: Pitchfork Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Flin Flon's aggressively stiff, Spartan interpretation of New Wave and British post- punk seems the next logical step for Mark Robinson.
But sometimes I think Robinson's obsession with musical precision borders on the unhealthy; every move that Flin Flon makes, every note and drumbeat, is so entirely deliberate that it borders on the fetishistic.
It might be as simple as Flin Flon spending all their time on achieving the right sound, at the expense of the songwriting.
pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/f/flin-flon/boo-boo.shtml   (356 words)

  
 Government Marijuana Crop in Flin Flon Manitoba
The flowering tops or buds of the strain, grown for Health Canada in a vacant mine section in Flin Flon, Man., contain between 20 and 25 per cent THC, the most active ingredient of marijuana, laboratory results show.
But the highly potent Flin Flon strain - one of two official strains that together produced a crop of 244 kilograms last fall - is anemic and tough to grow successfully.
Processing and storage - Dried crop stored at Flin Flon to be bagged in 30-gram foil packs and labelled as necessary.
www.medicalmarihuana.ca /failure.html   (1160 words)

  
 Tourism in Flin Flon MANITOBA Canada - Pagelite Search The Canadian Web Directory
Travellers arriving in Flin Flon via Manitoba's Highway 10 are treated to spectacular scenery in many places as sheer rock rises up alongside...
A thriving mining city located in spectacular Canadian Shield terrain, Flin Flon is as interesting as the origin of its name....
For the naturalist a walking tour of Flin Flon and a walk down the boardwalk are not to be missed.
search.pagelite.ca /canada/MANITOBA/Flin%20Flon/Tourism%20in   (696 words)

  
 Flin Flon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Flin Flon was formed in September of 1997 to record 3 songs.
The sounds of FLIN FLON are primarily bass & drums with a little guitar sparkle thrown in for good measure.
All three members of FLIN FLON are originally from the state of New Jersey.
users.erols.com /teenbeat/ffa.html   (159 words)

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