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R. D. Parker Collegiate's Youth Aboriginal Council (YAC) is celebrating Aboriginal Awareness Week, which runs from May 25 - May 28, with various events and workshops at the high school. May 25 saw various workshops being held in different classrooms.

Two McDonald's Restaurants' mascots greeted customers outside of the restaurant on Mystery Lake Road on McHappy Day on May 5.

It's actually a parafoil that an enterprising windsport enthusiast was trying to get aloft May 10 at Southwood Park.

R.D. Parker Collegiate music teacher and senior bandleader Rodney Hall, far left, conducts the R.D. Parker Collegiate senior band performing in the sanctuary of St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church in Thompson May 11.

Thompsonites like a good tale when it comes to our local folklore. When your history only goes back 54 years, you tend to make the most of it.

A gardener from Grassmasters rakes up lawn clippings from in front of Rotary Place on Westwood Drive May 7.

Idea abandoned as cost prohibitive

Although the Thompson Chamber of Commerce, at its meeting held on Feb.

Thompson RCMP are encouraging civilians to be vigilant when it comes to taking precautions against theft. After a rash of car thefts occurred in the city lately, with at least three during the week of May 10-16, Sgt.

Dr. Jon Gerrard, leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party, says that Premier Greg Selinger "must take immediate action" and commit to a review of the standard of health care being delivered within the Burntwood Regional Health Authority (BRHA).