Although as of last night’s Flin Flon City Council meeting they hadn’t been officially notified the Federal and Manitoba Governments have announced the city will receive funding from the New Building Canada Plan’s Small Communities Fund.  The funding is to be used to replace heating plant number three that distributes drinking water and provides heating for waterline freezing protection as well as lift station number 16. The release states both the heating plant and lift station provide services to approximately 141 homes and 94 businesses in the downtown area.  The total estimated cost of the project is five million dollars with total eligible costs 3.96 million cost shared a third each by the Federal, Provincial and local governments.