http://www.thompsoncitizen.net Thompson News & Events http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100728/THOMPSON0303/307289983/a-port-in-the-storm-thanks-thompson-rotary-club-for-10000 2010-07-28T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100707/THOMPSON0303/307079985/no-water-meters-stop-the-installers-from-entering-your-home-and-make 2010-07-07T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100707/THOMPSON0303/307079998/third-world-conditions-in-our-own-backyard 2010-07-07T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100623/THOMPSON0303/306239973/mobile-sign-vendor-points-out-city-permit-fee-cost-increased-600-per  
Just a quick response regarding the front page story of last week’s paper.  At first glance, I was pleased to see that the public was being informed about this issue.  But then I realized, to those who don’t already know the issues]]> 2010-06-23T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100618/THOMPSON0303/306189998/navy-man-proud-of-tammy-watson-s-civilian-service-in-afghanistan I am a naval communicator in the Navy. I've been in for 19 years this July, spending a majority of that time posted to Victoria.
  I really enjoyed the article on Tammy Watson in the Nickel Belt News June 4. I'm so proud of Tammy for]]> 2010-06-18T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100616/THOMPSON0303/306169977/community-arts-show-a-success-hardly-says-local-artist  ]]> 2010-06-16T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100609/THOMPSON0303/306099964/what-is-the-school-district-of-mystery-lake-possibly-thinking It has come to my attention that the Mystery Lake School district has implemented a new automated system to alert parents of their child’s absence from school. I do not see a problem with this for the high school. However I was very]]> 2010-06-09T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100609/THOMPSON0303/306099968/it-s-all-politics-letter-writer-argues-when-it-comes-to-organized Politics makes strange bedfellows.  Where does organized labour in stand or should I say sleep when it comes to political affiliation?]]> 2010-06-09T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100526/THOMPSON0303/305269995/atoskiwin-thanks-king-and-brha-for-hospital-bed-donation 2010-05-26T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100519/THOMPSON0303/305199806/fallout-from-pble-s-absence-will-be-felt-by-all-reader-says Thompson, brace yourselves: When the kids go back to school in September, they will be doing so in a city that is to a greater extent, less safe, with the soon-to-be departure of Prairie Bylaw Enforcement.]]> 2010-05-19T10:15-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100519/THOMPSON0303/305199807/a-tribute-to-brian-wilson 2010-05-19T10:15-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100512/THOMPSON0303/305129964/litter-in-thompson-is-a-disgrace-reader-says 2010-05-12T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100428/THOMPSON0303/304289981/community-pride-where-is-it-let-s-live-in-a-community-not-a-dump 2010-04-28T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100428/THOMPSON0303/304289999/eight-year-old-girl-wonders-why-people-throw-away-their-garbage-in Hi. I am eight years old.
I am every mad!
Because people are throwing away their garbage in the bush and on the highways and roads.]]> 2010-04-28T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100414/THOMPSON0303/304149990/way-to-go-dave-and-marcia-carroll 2010-04-14T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100407/THOMPSON0303/304079996/guisti-says-brhas-physician-numbers-dont-add-up I am extremely disappointed with the BRHA's misleading statements in the story “Inkster Liberal MLA circulating petition that cites "serious concerns" about the BRHA in the March 24 Thompson Citizen.]]> 2010-04-07T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100331/THOMPSON0303/303319941/local-artist-hopes-beckmann-s-proposed-aboriginal-arts-centre-won-t  ]]> 2010-03-31T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100331/THOMPSON0303/303319970/vale-inco-defends-its-operation-of-thompson-water-treatment-plant 2010-03-31T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100324/THOMPSON0303/303249959/female-reader-serving-as-civilian-in-afghanistan-disgusted-by-niki I am one of many people who was disgusted by the remark on Facebook: "Niki Ashton is saddened that today, on International Women's Day Canada's women have nothing to celebrate."
Let me say that I am across the world and still have]]> 2010-03-24T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100324/THOMPSON0303/303249960/-surprised-by-editorial-i-make-no-apologies-niki-ashton-says-in I was surprised to read that my 16-word status update on my Facebook page about International Women's Day was the basis for your more than 500-word editorial on March 17.
I expect and encourage an exchange of ideas and opinions on my]]> 2010-03-24T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100317/THOMPSON0303/303179956/former-thompsonsite-disgusted-with-city 2010-03-17T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100303/THOMPSON0303/303039965/beer-skits-mostly-an-evening-of-fun-writer-says I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for a fun Beer & Skits. This is the third year that the Thompson Playhouse has revived this fun evening, an evening where people have fun making fun. Congratulations to the]]> 2010-03-03T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100303/THOMPSON0303/303039976/morissette-defends-public-safety-study 2010-03-03T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100303/THOMPSON0303/303039998/thompson-senior-citizen-outraged-at-both-lack-of-policing-and-bylaw The other day I had gone to the Bank of Nova Scotia to use the machine and it was disgusting. There were bottles, coffee cups and sunflower seeds all over the place.]]> 2010-03-03T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100224/THOMPSON0303/302249969/lou-morissette-s-five-year-public-safety-plan-nonsense-says-reader So Lou Morissette is owner of Setting Security Consultants – is this for the Setting Lake area and the inhabitants? Because there isn’t a thing in his five-year plan presented to city council on Feb. 1 that’s worth a hill of beans.
I]]> 2010-02-24T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100224/THOMPSON0303/302249971/thompsonite-incredulous-at-city-s-garbage-service-protocol Sometimes there are things that happen in life that a person just hast to share if for no other reason than to ask, in the vernacular of my daughter, “say whaaaat?!”]]> 2010-02-24T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100224/THOMPSON0303/302249974/arctic-drive-parent-urges-motorists-to-use-parking-lot-rather-than I am writing this letter as a parent and a concerned driver in the City of Thompson. I live on Arctic Drive and have noticed that more and more adults picking up their children at Burntwood Elementary School can’t seem to see the “No]]> 2010-02-24T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100217/THOMPSON0303/302179973/-government-lackeys-and-corporate-serfs-running-the-show-reader 2010-02-17T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100217/THOMPSON0303/302179995/salvation-army-says-thank-you-for-christmas-donations 2010-02-17T03:00-07:00 http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20100210/THOMPSON0303/302109958/once-proud-thompson-resident-not-so-proud-anymore-of-council-on 2010-02-10T03:00-07:00