Talk:Flin Flon

tourist destination

I think it is somewhat of a stretch to consider Flin Flon even a 'moderate tourist destination". I don't know many people around Manitoba(specifically Winnipeg), that plan a vacation in Flin Flon, or many people that have even been there. Maybe we could add, "of the region" or "in Northern Manitoba" to the end of the sentence to better reflect the truth.207.161.47.99 22:31, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I think the "tourist destination" would refer to the hunting/fishing available in the area, mayinly from Americans--Kelapstick 02:26, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

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I fail to see the connection between Flin Flon and marijuana production in Saskatoon. RedWolf 03:10, Sep 16, 2004 (UTC)

The government marijuana grow-op is in a mine under Flin Flon. —Michael Z. 03:43, 2004 Oct 19 (UTC)

Flin Flon officially has city status. See [1] and [2]. —Michael Z. 03:43, 2004 Oct 19 (UTC)

Should this page be moved to Flin Flon, Manitoba/Saskatchewan like Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan? Qutezuce 06:46, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I think not. Only a very small portion of Flin Flon Actually stardles the border (less than 10%, I believe) unlike Llodminster which stradles the boundary pretty close to 50/50 doesn't it? So while it may be accurate to call it Flin Flon, Manitoba/Saskatchewan, this would be one of the few places in the world where it would be. I tried Googling it as "Flin Flon Manitoba/Saskatchewan" with only 55 hits. I can tell you, the neither the government of Saskatchewan nor the City of Flin Flon and its residents promote Flin Flon as a city in Saskatchewan. I lived there for 30 years, and my family has been living there for over 60. Even though property taxes of residents on the Sask side of the border may be paid to Sask, the revenues are simply paid back to the city for municipal services, and residents there are billed by the city for infrastructure services like water and garbage.Weaponofmassinstruction 23:42, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

However, creating Flin Flon, Manitoba/Saskatchewan and having it redirect here might be a good idea...?Weaponofmassinstruction 04:39, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Thats fine. I wasn't necessarily promoted the idea of moving the page, I just wanted to bring up the issue on the discussion page to see why it is more associated with Manitoba. Qutezuce 05:22, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

The only stupid questions are the ones we never ask. Weaponofmassinstruction 22:26, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

SF names

What about Tarzana, California? Also an SF hero, well, nearly SF. --Wtshymanski 18:49, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was move. -- tariqabjotu 01:18, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

Flin Flon, Manitoba → Flin Flon – Flin Flon already redirects to Flin Flon, Manitoba. There are no other uses in Wikipedia. The city is actually partly in Saskatchewan. Usgnus 20:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

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• Support. There is no need for disambiguation here. And the proposed move is consistent with the guideline at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (settlements)#Canada. Skeezix1000 21:03, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Support Use common (unqualified) name since there are no ambiguity issues. --Polaron | Talk 21:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Support per the move of Saskatoon. -Royalguard11^{TalkMy Desk} 21:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Support per nom. --Edgelord 17:48, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Support no brainer. --Serge 08:43, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose. Every other settlement in Manitoba has Manitoba appended. The Gazetteer of Canada (search page at [3]) gives 8 place names with Flin Flon in them, in both Saskatchewan and Manitoba. --Wtshymanski 13:56, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
  • The link is broken. --Usgnus 14:46, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Fixed it - link to search page, not result. Lloydminster is much more symmetrically represented in the gazetteer. --Wtshymanski 15:37, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
  • There are only two results for "Flin Flon" -- one is the city in Manitoba and one is the unincorporated community in Saskatchewan adjacent to the city. Functionally, it is a single area. --Polaron | Talk 15:41, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
    • There's two search engines; one shows 8 locations, the one in the current link shows 6. This article says it's about the city, which the Government of Canada says is in Manitoba. (Thankfully this site says there's no such place as Ottawa-Hull, either...which is reassuring.) --Wtshymanski 15:54, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
      • But only two use Flin Flon alone, and they both refer to the city that is mostly in Manitoba, and partly in Saskatachewan. The others are Flin Flon Junction, Flin Flon Creek (twice), and Flin Flon Lake.
  • As for your first argument, see Talk:Winnipeg, Manitoba. --Usgnus 16:01, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Do people actually say "Flin Flon, Saskatchewan" when they're referring to the part of the town on the other side of the border? Because, unlike the "Lloydminster, Alberta"/"Lloydminster, Saskatchewan" distinction, I've never heard or seen the phrase "Flin Flon, Saskatchewan" in my life. FWIW. Bearcat 06:45, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Having grown up in Flin Flon (age two to twenty-nine) it is my opinion that nobody uses the phrase "Flin Flon, Saskatchewan". If "Flin Flon" already redirects to the current "Flin Flon, Manitoba" page, I can't see a reason to move the page to "Flin Flon". It is noted in the article that a small section of the city lies accross the Saskatchewan border, so a search query for Flin Flon Saskatchewan should direct users to the right place where they will find the answer. As stated above, if every other settlement in Manitoba has Manitoba appended to it, what's the difference? This page doesn't need to move. OpposeWeaponofmassinstruction 17:08, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
• Support no brainer--DaveOinSF 04:40, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose We've got a good convention and there's no reason to make an exception for this city, or any of the half-dozen other cities where this change has been proposed. Surely nobody's claiming this is a "global city"? —wwoods 22:03, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

You man want to read the good convention again. According to the city naming conventions page and I quote Places which either have unique names or are unquestionably the most significant place sharing their name, such as Quebec City or Toronto, can have undisambiguated titles. This means that you will need to find a Flin Flon that is of equal notability to this one. Finally I don't believe in any way that having a good naming convention should prevent a page move due to an exception that the convention itself supports. --My old username 00:02, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

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It would be nice if the people who agitated for this change would each clean up a few of the 50+ redirect links that have now been created. --Wtshymanski 16:08, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Pot farm date

See the Health Canada Web site [4]- Prairie Plant Systems was awarded the contract in 2000, not 2002 as some anon wanted it. --Wtshymanski 15:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Start Class Rating

   * Should include an city infobox {{Infobox City}}
   * Could add a street map like: with the right coordinates for Flin Flon{{geolinks-Canada-streetscale|52.140278|-106.571389}} which gives quite a few various maps.
   * Develop these categories if possible:
   * History
         o major historical events that occurred in city
   * Law and government
         o Mayor or City Executive-- current, previous executives
         o representative body?
  * Geography and Climate
        o Physical geography (area, unique features)
        o Major Parks
        o Transportation how to arrive, presently and historically
   * Demographics
         o city population template follows with the right entries for Flin Flon
  {{Canada_CP_2006|pop=206,900|popDelta=+1.6%|landArea=176.6|popDensity=1,326.8|medianAge=34.3|medianAgeM=33.1|medianAgeF=35.5|privateDwell=84,281|medianHHIncome=41,991}}
         o racial/ethnic makeup
         o religious makeup
  * Economy
        o Major industries/products
        o taxes
        o Shopping centres
  * Sites of interest
  * Education
        o Public
        o Private
        o Colleges and universities
  * Sports teams
  * Notable natives

SriMesh|talk Julia 01:26, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Strengths

• Has map
• Has picture images included
• Has already developed many sections suggested at WikiProject Cities
• Has updated to 2006 census information :-)

SriMesh|talk Julia 01:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

• Has Infobox now--Kelapstick 03:20, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Reminder

One of the most useful (though of course far from essential) attributes for a Wikipedia editor, apart from large amounts of free time and an Internet connection, is some knowledge of the subject matter of the article he's working on. Thompson is 270 km east-north-east of Flin Flon, and INCO is a company unrelated to HBM&S. I also have a completely personal preference that, if there's a picture in the article and related text, the text and picture appear in the same screen. An encyclopedia is not a photo album and the illustrations are meant to explain, amplify and complement the text, not fill up space. And why does this article now link to 7000 different templates? --Wtshymanski (talk) 15:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Employers

I hate to say it and i dont have the numbers but walmart is in the top five —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.3.62.133 (talk) 06:09, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Time zones and sales tax

What is the status of the Saskatchewan side of the city with regards to time zones and sales tax? Is it a similar situation to Lloydminster where Alberta's time zone and sales tax rules stretch a small way into Saskatchewan to allow consistency for the entire city and immediate suburbs, only in this case with Manitoba? (Saskatchewan, for example, does not observe Daylight Savings Time, so which time zone does Flin Flon, Sask. follow and what about nearby Creighton?) 136.159.160.5 (talk) 18:38, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Climate

I wonder if the early record temperatures are sourced in Fahrenheit, given that all of the record lows and many of the record highs are within a tenth of a degree of being a whole number when measured in Fahrenheit, but not in Celsius. This is often a telltale sign of a Fahrenheit source that has been normalized to Celsius, with the back-conversion to F being slightly off because the scales dont match up perfectly. As for why the highs are not all like this, I can only suggest that, like nearby The Pas, this city has warmed up tremendously in just the last thirty years. —Soap— 16:30, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

City map

The map shown is only the MB portion, and does not include the SK part of the city. That should ideally be added if possible. Nwebster84 (talk) 20:14, 12 September 2024 (UTC)