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Mayor Tim Johnston and Mark Matiasek of Thompson Unlimited joined representatives of Accommodations North at the official groundbreaking of the Suburban Extended Stay Hotel on Moak Crescent June 22.

Carol Parenteau of the Thompson Public Library reads to students from Westwood Elementary School at a June 22 barbecue to launch the Thompson Public Library's TD Summer Reading Club, which starts July 7 and continues every Wednesday at 1 p.m.

30 Years Ago A graduation parade by students of R.D. Parker Collegiate was stopped by members of the Thompson RCMP detachment and the participants asked to disperse after they were unable to produce a parade permit.

Municipal policing stats for May 2010 showed Thompson far ahead in the first five months of the year for the number of people held under the Intoxicated Persons Detention Act (IPDA) and charged with assault with a weapon or assault causing bodily har

Local groups received $69,926 in grant money at the Thompson Community Foundation annual general meeting June 15.

Thompson Fire and Emergency Services responded to 57 calls in May, including 40 fire investigations, two bomb threats and 15 false alarms, according to the TFES month-end report submitted to council by Fire Chief Ian Thompson June 22.

Setting Lake man charged with driving over legal limit

Major fundraiser for Thompson Community Foundation

Moving to new role as accounting project specialist

The Twilight Waterski Club dropped rubber ducks in the Burntwood River Sunday afternoon by Mike Vokey, general manager of Nickel City Motors Ducks raced towards the boom and coming in first place was Bobby Beardy's duck.