At their meeting Tuesday night Flin Flon City Council received a request for Municipal funding to support the planned Pineroot Mural Festival of between three and five thousand dollars.  As Danielle Yungwirth reported to Council in a letter at their last meeting the murals would help enhance our public spaces and make them more appealing for people to visit while promoting the skills of our local artists.

Council has forwarded a resolution to the Association of Manitoba Municipalities as requested at their last meeting by Citizens for Protecting our Northern Waterways. They asked Council for the resolution asking the AMM to lobby government to raise awareness of Zebra Mussels and the damage they can cause to our waterways and water supplies.  Council’s resolution asks the AMM to lobby the federal and provincial governments to increase financial resources to effectively implement the Aquatic Invasive Species Legislation to prevent the spread of Zebra Mussels through public awareness, an expanded government prevention program, increased enforcement and coordination between government departments and agencies.