Richard Trudeau was born and raised in Flin Flon, and thanks to more than 40 years working in the mining industry, he’ll retire there.

“If you want to stay in the North, with the outdoors and lakes and all of that, it provides you that opportunity to stay,” he said of work in the mining sector.

Trudeau was a mine manager for Hudbay Minerals Inc. before moving into a human resources role.

His father and grandfather were miners, and his two sons now work in the industry.

“It provides families a good living,” he told the Free Press .

Trudeau was at the Victoria Inn Hotel and Convention Centre in Winnipeg on Monday to welcome attendees to the 2025 Central Canada Mineral Exploration Convention. He chaired the organizing committee for the event, the largest of its kind in central Canada.

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