30 Years Ago
Rhinoceros Party candidate Roland "the Raven" Campbell announced that scientific sampling had determined that he would win the Churchill riding in the Feb. 18 federal election, thereby eliminating the need for an actual vote.
Roberts Cleanitizing and Dry Cleaning Centre opened for business in the Westwood Plaza.
20 Years Ago
A group of Thompsonites banded together to seek the reinstatement of R.D. Parker Collegiate principal Clayton Tompkins, who had been dismissed by the school board for lacking the "qualities of leadership" needed for the position.
Stolen items reported to police included furniture on Princeton Drive, a vacuum cleaner on Thompson Drive and a battery.
10 Years Ago
The Thompson Ski Club, which operates Mystery Mountain Winter Park, held an emergency meeting to discuss the club's debt that had accumulated over the past 10 years. President Geoff Lamontagne said the number of members had dropped from 572 in 1989-90 to 175.
A woman from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation who was the second person in Canada to ever undergo a double lung transplant, with organs donated by her uncles, died at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg.
