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30 Years Ago An adult male was charged with possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace as a result of a shooting incident that took place at a local hotel, when one shot was fired from a .303 rifle. No one was injured in the incident.

It has been shown that a high number of people within the Burntwood Region suffer from some form of chronic disease, whether that be Type II diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, chronic pain, Parkinson's Disease, asthma, depression or cancer, BRHA com

Oswald Sawh, board member of Men Are Part of the Solution (MAPS), who has been working with the organization since its inception nine years ago, says if the provincial and federal governments don't help fund the program, it could be shut down as earl

Twenty-two year-old Donald Timothy Massan of Thompson is facing charges of second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 49-year-old man on May 20. Police say the incident occurred late in the afternoon that day outside the Thompson Inn.

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

The Manitoba Labour Board has ruled that Vale Inco's Newfoundland & Labrador Limited Voisey's Bay operation is not "another employer" under the Labour Relations Act for the purposes of shipping nickel concentrate to Thompson to be processed by USW Lo

Charged with criminal negligence causing death

At a special meeting of city council on May 12, Thompson's city council passed two important bylaws in light of the budget released days before - one being a levy bylaw and the other being a bylaw to limit the amount of increase or decrease in proper

30 Years Ago Three separate forest fires were burning in the Thompson area, the largest approximately 10 kilometres north of the Thompson Airport, where 45 firefighters were deployed to a blaze that had consumed approximately 1,000 acres.

Incumbents could face challenge on meters in Oct. 27 election