They stole a playground from kids. Seriously.
Morning from The Rock — here's what's happening in Flin Flon. I saw this story about a playset getting ripped off a preschool playground down in Headingley, near Winnipeg, and it just hit me. Who does that? Like, what kind of person wakes up, looks at a bunch of swings and slides meant for little kids, and thinks, "Yeah, I'm gonna take that"? It's one thing to swipe a candy bar, but a whole playground? That's a new low, even for a city.
### What This Means for Flin Flon
You know, up here, we don't have a lot of frills. Our playgrounds, like the one up by Ross Lake or the little park near Hapnot Collegiate, they're community hubs. They're where kids learn to climb, make friends, and just be kids. If someone tried to pull a stunt like that here, I guarantee you, the entire town would be out looking for it.
* **Community Watch:** We're a small town. Everyone knows everyone, and people look out for each other. * **Trust:** There's a level of trust here you just don't find everywhere. We leave our doors unlocked; our kids play outside without constant supervision. * **Resources:** We pool resources. If a playground here needed replacing, the Flin Flon Arts Council, Hudbay, and local volunteers would get it done, not let it get stolen.
It's a stark reminder of how different things are in a big city versus a place like Flin Flon, where our community is built on trust and looking out for one another. You can't just drive a truck up to a park on Main Street or over by Phantom Lake and expect to get away with something like that. The granite rock we're built on is hard, but our community is even harder to break.
Cole Chicken, Morning Wire, Flin Flon.
You know, Keith and the crew would have a field day with this kind of nonsense. Catch their take live at mornings.live.