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Mark Matiasek, manager of Thompson Unlimited, was at the Thompson Chamber of Commerce Jan. 20 to discuss the economic impact winter and cold weather testing could have on the city of Thompson.

Westwood Elementary School has received a Manitoba Grant for Innovation in Citizenship and Education for their community building project in the amount of $1,000 from the provincial government.

"A cancer survivor is anyone who has ever heard the words, 'You have cancer,'" emcee Donna Wilson told the crowd at the Juniper Centre for the kickoff to the 2010 Relay for Life cancer research fundraiser, who later heard from Relay for Life committe

Dead driver identified as Simon Julien

Four occupants injured in other vehicle

30 Years Ago The matter of naming the new arena was on the council agenda again, but councillors still could not agree on a name. They were once more investigating the possibility of naming the facility after a prominent Thompson person.

Judging by the year-end report given to Thompson city council at a council meeting on Jan. 18, it's been a busy year for Prairie Bylaw Enforcement officers.

Single detached new home starts decreased 86 per cent last year, plummeting to six, the Central Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) says, from 43 in 2008. Multiple family housing starts went from eight in 2008 to none last year.

Too much money? A deterrent to recycling? Remember the neighbourhood community and city council meetings last October and November that caused such a fuss when council - at a price - offered residents a second waste cart option for their new automate

A 20-year-old Nelson House First Nation man, as well as a 13-year-old boy from Thompson, are both facing second-degree murder chargers in connection with the death of 37-year-old Oxford House man Bernard Hart.