MAKE HOMEPAGE
Some machines were more equal than others at the third Thompson mud bog, held July 14-15 behind the recreation centre baseball fields, with many trucks needing to be pulled back out the way they came in by their tow straps on the first day of competition, while most quads made it through no problem on Sunday, including this one piloted by Marc Clem, who zoomed across the 160-foot mud pit in a little over eight seconds on his first attempt in the 500 to 700 cc category.
Wednesday June 19, 2013
- $110,000 in nickel plates reported stolen from Vale's Manitoba Operations smelter
- FUNERAL: Jaimelynn Cree Brightnose
- Pimicikamak drowning: Two 3-year-old girls found 'unresponsive' in water at Cross Lake
- Surprised by presentation
- Thompson skateboarders take six top-three spots at Northern Manitoba championships
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
- Forest fires are a fact of life in Northern Manitoba, although the number and severity vary year to year. How prepared do you feel you are to evacuate quickly if the need arose under a disaster management plan scenario?
- Poorly prepared. I’d be running around like a chicken with its head cut off. I know better but I’m complacent
- 87%
- Well prepared. I keep current with Canadian Red Cross evacuation tips at: http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id
- 13%
- Total Votes: 128
Four wheels good, four wheels bad
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