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Nearly a year after meeting with the transportation minister last May, #SaferHighway6 Citizens Action group has sent Doyle Piwniuk a letter and nine resolutions signed by northern communities and organizations.

Federal Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal met with Manitoba Natural Resources and Northern Development Minister Greg Nesbitt Newfoundland and Labrador Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation Minister Lisa Dempster for the first first northern development ministers forum since 2019.

Keewatin Tribal Council hosted an awareness walk and an afternoon of guest speakers at the Thompson Legion on May 11, in support of grassroots effort to reduce violence against women and children.

The Boys & Girls Club, City of Thompson, Thompson Community Development Corporation and the Thompson YWCA are all receiving Building Sustainable Communities grants

Bass clarinetist Tanisha Sempla, a Grade 9 student at R.D. Parker Collegiate, feels extra motivation to practise after playing with Manitoba’s best high school musicians.

Federal government announced May 16 in Churchill that it will spend $3.75 million over three years on the Manitoba Indigenous Critical Minerals Partnerships Initiative.

RCMP Manitoba North District obtained $169,000 in criminal property forfeiture grants to support programs and events in multiple northern communities this year.

RCMP officers were pointing guns at an assault suspect who was holding a firearm when he fatally shot himself in January 2022.

Thompson RCMP captured one of two men suspected of robbing a man in the Juniper area and threatening two women in Eastwood.

Vince Guay, who recently got on the waitlist for two personal care homes, has been confined to his bedroom for the past four years, apart from medical appointments and hospital stays.