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The Northern Spirit Manor is well on its way to the purchase of a much needed Handivan, at a cost of around $100,000. A volunteer appreciation night was held at the Northern Spirit Manor on June 18.

As part of the donations it makes on a yearly basis, Manitoba Hydro in Thompson has presented a cheque for $2,000 to the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM) in Thompson.

Northern Restorative Justice Inc. (NRJ) held its annual general meeting on June 23 in Thompson.

The City of Thompson has approved a conditional use application that allows a local group of investors known as CMF Holdings to construct a conference centre or convention centre at the old heliport hangar at the Burntwood Sea Plane Base north of Jas

Kane Doran, a 31-year-old Thompson resident, was named deputy fire chief of EMS on June 22 in Thompson. Doran replaces Trevor Morrissey as deputy fire chief, who left to take a management position at the Yorkton Fire Department recently.

The City of Thompson is hoping large commercial property owners will sign advance blanket agreements to allow graffiti to be covered up as soon as it is discovered. The Canadian Mental Health Association Thompson Inc.

Graduates from R. D. Parker Collegiate prepare to walk with their friends and classmates to take their seat at their graduation ceremony, which took place on June 26.

The Thompson RCMP have safely rescued a 36-year-old man from Finland, who was hiking alone in the Orr Lake area and in distress. On June 22 at 2 p.m.

Hearings will take place in Flin Flon, Snow Lake and Thompson to determine the future of intercommunity bus service between the three northern centres.

The manager of the Manitoba Department of Justice's Public Safety Investigations Unit says Thompson does not have a disproportionate number of complaints pursuant to the province's Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act.