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Erin Stewart, the youngest candidate in a five-way race,has been elected to city council in a byelection to replace Cory Young, who resigned in September to accept a job in Winnipeg.

Thompson Unlimited issued an out-of-the-blue news release last Friday afternoon supporting the new University College of the North (UCN) campus in Thompson, although the release doesn't appear tied to any new development in the ongoing saga.

OK, they may not exactly be Men of the Deeps, the internationally famed Cape Breton coal-mining choir, but for management they're not too bad a lot at carrying a tune and singing from the same page.

Story: Despite some recent complications at the Thompson Recycling Centre (TRC), including its lunchroom being shut down by an inspector from Manitoba Workplace Health & Safety, the City of Thompson is remaining positive about the future of recycling

As today's city council byelection date drew nearer and nearer last week, citizens and organizations in Thompson were attempting to better know the candidates that are running in the race.

Liz Sousa, team leadership chair with the Thompson Community Foundation, presented a cheque for $1,374.42 to the R. D. Parker drama club on Nov. 30. The club will use the money to go towards their production of Baraboo.

The 21st anniversary of World AIDS Day was recognized by the Burntwood Regional Health Authority (BRHA) and the Safer Choices Northern Network (SCNN) with the third local awareness walk in Thompson's downtown area on Dec. 1.

Louis Fitzpatrick, left, Bobbi Chrest, centre, and Jackie Fitzpatrick, right, all from the University College of the North (UCN), are a pretty cheerful looking lot who were taking their Operation Red Nose jobs quite literally Dec. 5.

Four out of five of the candidates running for a seat on Thompson's city council in today's byelection showed up to the Thompson Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting held at the Burntwood Hotel on Dec. 2.

Ontario Superior Court Justice John Poupore, who issued the original injunction sought by Vale Inco July 29, is expected to rule later this month on how the company and United Steelworkers Local 6500 picketers are to conduct themselves on the picket