By Dave Baxter i Local Journalism Initiative reporter The sudden and unexpected shuttering of a northern Manitoba bus service will be a huge loss for northern communities, and leave them far more isolated from the rest of the province, a northern Manitoba mayor said. “It’s just a huge blow to all the communities up here as far as I’m concerned,” Flin Flon Mayor George Fontaine said on Wednesday reacting to the news that the Mahihkan Bus Lines has announced they will cease operations on Sept. 6. Mahihkan Bus Lines, which according to its website is 100% First Nations owned and operated, posted a statement on their Facebook page on Tuesday saying that they will cease operations next week. “Despite our best efforts to sustain our business operations in order to

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