30 Years Ago
The City of Thompson received more than $100,000 in federal-provincial funding to develop a public float plane dock and marina on the Burntwood River.
The Monarchs downed R.D. Parker 16-14 in the first game of the Thompson senior ladies' fastball league finals.
20 Years Ago
Premier Gary Filmon visited Gillam for the opening of the town's new 10-bed hospital, which replaced a 15-bed facility that was destroyed by fire two years earlier.
Max Johnson, owner of Great Canadian Travel Company, Manitoba's biggest package tour operator, said he was prepared to buy Via Rail's Winnipeg-Churchill line if Ottawa decided to dismantle the passenger service.
10 Years Ago
Councillor Stella Locker objected to resolutions sending two representatives to the Association of Manitoba Municipalities meeting and four to the Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention, saying the city should reduce travel costs. Both resolutions were passed.
Animal control officer Cliff Spence, retiring after nearly 30 years in various jobs with the City of Thompson, said the two most unusual animals that stayed at the pound were a Burmese python found in a drawer and a pet rooster.
