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Northstars awards banquet

The Norman Northstars handed out their season-end awards following a banquet at Riverlodge Place in Thompson on May 11.

2013 Zone 11 high school badminton playoffs

R.D. Parker Collegiate played host to more than 200 athletes from 20 schools across Northern Manitoba for the Zone 11 badminton playoffs April 26-27. The top two finishers in each of the senior divisions earned a place at provincials May 3-4 in Winnipeg.

2013 Knights of Columbus Indoor Games

On April 26 at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena in the Thompson Regional Community Centre, Knights of Columbus Thompson Council #5961 and the Fourth Degree Sir Albert LaFontaine Assembly #1739 ran their 38th indoor games for La Voie du Nord, Riverside, Juniper, Wapanohk, Deerwood, Westwood and Burntwood elementary school students. The first Knights of ...

Installation of Archbishop Murray Chatlain

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas has its sixth bishop with the installation March 19 of Archbishop Murray Chatlain. The Vicariate Apostolic of Keewatin was erected on March 4, 1910 and Bishop Ovide Charlebois, of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.), was appointed as its first ordinary on Aug. 8, 1910 and installed as vicar ...

Springfest 2013

Bruce Robertson, Hiroshi Koshiyama, and Naomi Guilbert, from the Winnipeg-based Japanese taiko (drum) group Fubuki Daiko, were on stage electrifying the house at the Letkemann Theatre as part of Thompson’s Springfest 2013 on March 9, organized by Chris Sharpe, the city’s culture co-ordinator from the Recreation, Parks and Culture De ...

Munn Cup finals

Atom teams from around the North and as far south as Dauphin met up in Thompson for the 43rd annual Munn Cup on Feb. 15-17. Here's some of the action from the final day.

Norman Northstars advance to second round of playoffs

The Norman Northstars begin the second round of the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League playoffs Feb. 22 against the Winnipeg Wild. They advanced out of the first round of the playoffs by beating the Interlake Lightning 7-4 on Feb. 16 while wearing their road uniforms to win the best-of-three series two games to none.

Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Dog Sled Races

The annual Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak 10-mile sled dog races, in accordance with Ma-Mow-We-Tak Sled Dog Association official rules, took place Feb. 9-10 three miles north of Thompson at the Split Lake junction turn at Provincial Routes 391 and 280, as part of Thompson's month-long Winterfest cultural celebrations. Here, racers head for the ...

Old-Fashioned Christmas Concert 2012

Last Thursday night marked the fourth annual Old-Fashioned Christmas Concert at the Letkemann Theatre, which was packed with more than 500 people. The Nov. 29 concert raised more than $1,400 for Our Home Kikinaw, which is trying to complete a house at 335 Juniper Dr. for Tim Carter, his wife, Laura, and their five children, who currently live ...

Norman Wild play first games of season in Thompson

The Norman Wild played their first to 2012-13 season Manitoba Female AAA Midget Hockey League games in Thompson Oct. 27-28, dropping both to the Pembina Valley Hawks.

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