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On Sept. 18, I unlaced my shoes, set aside any notions of macho masculinity, and slipped into high heels for the YWCA's Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event.

The University College of the North will offer an aboriginal human resources program at its campuses in Thompson and The Pas starting in September 2011. UCN announced the program Sept.

Many Thompsonites have been grieving the loss of loved ones. Rev. Leslie-Elizabeth King of St. John's United Church is offering a series of informational sessions about grief and the grieving process. The first session was held Sept.

The Northern Grandmothers Committee, part of the provincewide Grandmothers Protecting Our Children council, held their fourth third annual awareness walk on Sept. 21 with about 45 people starting out from MacLean Park.

Thompson voters will have plenty of choice in the Oct. 27 municipal elections, as a total of 30 candidates have let their names stand to run, the most since 1998.

Thompson's first year of participation in the provincial Communities in Bloom program saw the city put up a respectable showing, but also showed that there is still plenty of room for improvement in beautifying our streets.

Wyatt Cole Costello, 3, stretches to get his fingers on a reluctant llama at a travelling petting zoo Sept. 19 in the City Centre Mall parking lot.

A city work crew picks up dirt along Thompson Drive as part of an excavation Sept. 22.

A city worker repaves a small patch of Juniper Drive.

Approximately $400 was raised for the Thompson Humane Society on Sept. 12 via a hike along the old Liz Lake Trail. Dogged determination got the eight hikers and six canines through the jaunt despite cool and rainy weather.