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Junior high and high school bands played together in concert on the Letkemann Theatre stage Dec. 15 for the first time since 2019.

Across Manitoba, 33 schools in 11 divisions are taking part in the eight-week initiative, which is receiving $275,000 in provincial education funding.

Thompson diploma in practical nursing program will now have an intake of 20 students annually instead of every other year.

The man hit by the snowmobile is in hospital in Winnipeg with serious injuries while a passenger on the snowmobile suffered only minor injuries in the early morning crash Dec. 12.

The Grand Rapids district went from one active infection Dec. 6 to 83 on Dec. 13.

First-term MLA who represented Thompson in the legislature for just over two years remembered as a passionate advocate, a hard worker and an idealistic presence by colleagues.

The first-term MLA, 39, leaves behind a husband and two young sons and is remembered as a strong advocate for her city and region.

Artwork from 1960 was kept by the instructor who taught children at residential schools to paint and then later bequeathed to the University of Victoria.

The study also showed that First Nations people had a higher decrease in primary health care visits compared to other Manitobans, despite having higher rates of hospitalization and more days spent in the hospital.