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June McTavish, a cancer survivor and the Canadian Cancer Society's provincewide Daffodil Days campaign co-ordinator in Thompson, is helping to spread good cheer and hope throughout the community with brightly-coloured flowers.

Administration within the City of Thompson is proposing the city purchase two new handicap accessible buses this year at a price tag of $845,136. The proposal came forward at the city council meeting on March 15.

30 Years Ago A fire in York Landing consumed the community hall, which also housed the pool hall. Thompson was getting set for a municipal census that would provide an accurate voters' list for municipal elections in October.

We're only three days away from the start of spring. Now normally that means about as much in Thompson as whether the groundhog sees his shadow on Groundhog Day Feb.

Thompson RCMP, with the assistance of the Winnipeg RCMP serious crime unit, Thompson RCMP forensic identification section, and members of the Brandon and Thompson RCMP major crime units, are investigating the murder of 25-year-old David Riley Cook.

It was only 1:49 in length, but Mark Matiasek, general manager of Thompson Unlimited still well remembers the October 2008 CTV National News piece by Joe Olafson on Thompson headlined, "With Canada's economy in a critical state, stories about boom to

Do you think we'll have another cold snap or is this summer? Mary Demare (streetersmarch10 001.jpg): March came in like a lamb so it'll go out like a lion - but I'm hoping not. Bobbi Montean (streetersmarch10 002.

"When you go to another city and see all their hanging plants and flowers on the boulevards, it brightens your day and you feel welcome.

The second annual YWCA Women of Distinction awards is just around the corner, and Angel Anderson, president of the board of directors at the Y, wants to make sure everyone who wants to go in Thompson has a ticket in their hands.

Manitoba Search and Rescue, a non-government organization that has been operating since 2001 providing search and rescue services to Manitoba with a focus on First Nations communities, is looking to have a bigger presence in Thompson.