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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
- The federal government is terminating a 14-year-old multi-million dollar agreement where Manitoba administers immigrant settlement services under the Provincial Nominee Program to do the job themselves. What do you think?
- The federal Tories are tinkering with a success story for no good reason
- 50%
- Manitoba’s NDP government may not like it but immigration settlement services have traditionally been a federal responsibility. No foul here
- 50%
- Total Votes: 96
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Dinner to Die for
The Thompson Playhouse put on a dinner theatre murder mystery Saturday, March 17 at the Juniper Centre with a six-actor cast performing the play entitled "Come Dine With Us" while audience members were treated to dinner and dessert. Starring Katy Sweet as television producer Chelsey Bunn, Brian Colli as chef Roland Butter, Shannon Ethier as rest ...
KTC Tribal Days hockey tournament
Teams from Oxford House, Brochet, Split Lake, Gods River, Shamattawa, York Landing and Lac Brochet took over the C.A. Nesbitt and Gordon Beard arenas March 2-4 for the Keewatin Tribal council senior and old-timers hockey tournament, part of the 12th-annual KTC tribal days in Thompson.
Festival du Voyageur
Festival du Voyageur, attended by many Thompsonites, in particular school children, is the largest winter carnival in Western Canada and Winnipeg’s premier winter celebration embracing Manitoba’s Métis and French-Canadian heritage. The 43rd edition of the event was held at Voyageur Park in Saint-Boniface in Winnipeg from Feb. 17 to ...
Juggling jokester
Two-time Canadian juggling champion Robin Chestnut of Teulon, Man. was in Thompson Feb. 25 to entertain children and adults alike with his juggling abilities and witty commentary at the Letkemann Theatre.
Bubbleman offers good clean fun
Karlheinz the Bubbleman delighted a large audience of children and parents at Deerwood Elementary School Feb. 18 with his bubble-blowing expertise.
Sled Dog Races Feb. 11, 2012
The Thompson Urban Aboriginal Strategy, in partnership with Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, sponsored this six-dog 10-mile sled dog race, in accordance with Ma-Mow-We-Tak Sled Dog Association official rules, early Saturday afternoon three miles north of Thompson at the Split Lake junction turn at Provincial Routes 391 and 280, as part of Thomps ...
RDPC basketball tournament
R.D. Parker Collegiate's varsity boys and varsity girls basketball teams beat the Kopper Kings and Kopper Kweens from Flin Flon's Hapnot Collegiate Institute in the finals to claim both titles at the senior pre-zone basketball tournament in Thompson Feb. 3-4.
WinterFest Kickoff
WinterFest kicked off Feb. 3 behind the Thompson Regional Community Centre with a bonfire, hot chocolate and a fireworks display.
Province contributes $1.2 million more to TRCC
Thompson MLA Steve Ashton announced Feb. 3 in the north lobby of the not-yet finished Thompson Regional Community Centre that the province would contribute $1.2 million more to the project, in addition to the $4.5 million it has already put towards the three phases of reconstruction.
2012 Norman Winter Games
From Jan. 27-29, Thompson hosted the Norman Winter Games, which featured badminton, basketball, broomball and hockey competitions for youth and adults.
