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Niki Ashton, NDP MP for Churchill riding, is calling on the federal government to continue to fund the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) past March 31.

30 Years Ago Norman Regional Development Corporation manager Dennis Hindson was preparing a brief to be presented at a CRTC meeting in Ottawa March 25, where he would be recommending satellite receivers as the way for northern communities to receive

During the week of Jan. 25 the halls and classrooms at RDPC and the school board offices were buzzing with a "Let's Help Haiti" campaign.

According to Tim Johnston, mayor of the city of Thompson, implementing the new water utility system the city has been working on will mean the difference between a "Band-Aid" solution and fixing the city's problems with water once and for all.

City council passed three resolutions Feb. 16 approving new equipment and space for the Thompson Recycling Centre (TRC), which will cost the city $189,000.

Two men, one from Thompson and one from Pukatawagan, are facing charges of aggravated assault in the Feb. 4 stabbing and beating of a 46-year-old man in Thompson.

Karl Rink, a 25-year-old project manager at Vale Inco in Thompson, spent the end of November and beginning of December in a warm, subtropical climate - but not for some rest and relaxation.

Guests at the Country Inn & Suites have a new place to wind down following the completion of a major renovation to the area that used to house the pool, and general manager Michelle Husarski says it's a very relaxing environment.

What was originally planned two years ago as a one-stop shop where social workers, addictions counsellors, housing resource staff - and someone's granny logging on at a public computer terminal or at home - could find out online what resources relate

30 Years Ago Joe Clark and his wife Maureen made Thompson their second-last stop of the federal election campaign, passing through the city on their Alberta where they would attend a rally in Calgary before returning to Clark's Edmonton-area constitu