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City taking action against water meter holdouts

With the percentage of completed water meter installations edging close to 70 per cent, the city is turning its attention to those properties where the meters have not been installed and Neptune Technologies, which is doing the installations, has lef
FASD awareness events held across province

FASD awareness events held across province

Sept. 9 marked International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day, a day which featured events and announcements across the province.

It's official: August was the rainiest month on record in Thompson

The rain that fell - and fell, and fell, and fell - on Thompson last month broke a 24-year-old record for precipitation in a single month, as 236.1 millimetres of rain was received at the Thompson Airport, the most since records began in 1967.
Vale doubles support for community centre project

Vale doubles support for community centre project

Vale presented the City of Thompson with $1.5 million Sept. 9 to go towards the third and final phase of transforming the old Thompson recreation centre into the new Thompson Regional Community Centre.
Canadian beauty pageant a first for Thompsonite

Canadian beauty pageant a first for Thompsonite

Thompson's Maria Cecilia (Mitch) Nicolas competed in Miss Earth Canada 2010 in Montreal recently, a pageant that promotes increased environmental awareness and action and, of course, beauty.
Operation Red Nose gives back to community groups

Operation Red Nose gives back to community groups

Thompson's Operation Red Nose (ORN) organization distributed $13,166.56 it received in donations over the 2008 and 2009 Christmas seasons to eight community groups Sept. 13.
Thompson YWCA looks back at last year

Thompson YWCA looks back at last year

The YWCA of Thompson reflected on their past year and looked to the future at their 38th annual general meeting, held Sept. 7 in the YWCA dining room.

With two weeks left to register, election is short on candidates

If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? What if there's an election with only one candidate - is it a real election? Though you might take this to refer to elections in Cuba under Fidel Castro, the old Soviet Union, or North Korea under

Prairie Bylaw by the numbers

Prairie Bylaw Enforcement (PBLE) issued its final report to city council Aug 30, hot on the heels of its final day of providing services to Thompson on Aug. 31. The report detailed PBLE's activities from April 1 through Aug.
Congratulations on beautification efforts

Congratulations on beautification efforts

The Communities in Bloom Committee congratulates Thompson on showing Community Pride by keeping the City cleaner and by planting flowers and trees. 2010 is the first year Thompson registered for the Communities in Bloom, Manitoba competition.
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