Local News

CRAFTY CREW: Local artists Anne Snihor, Jan Hall, Larry Hall and Sue Sutherland held a craft sale at the Thompson Regional Community Centre Nov. 14.

Men Are Part of the Solution (MAPS) is moving from its original home at 201-79 Selkirk Ave. to 27 Station Rd. next month. Oswald Sawh, chairperson of MAPS, says the move is happening because of Northern Restorative Justice (NRJ) shutting down.

Five candidates have been busy campaigning throughout the city in the past few weeks in a bid to fill the vacant seat on Thompson's city council left by Cory Young when he departed in September.

The Lac du Bonnet-based Manitoba Trappers Association is expecting about 200 trappers, many from remote communities, to arrive at St Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Hall on Juniper Drive next month for the annual fur tables, one of Northern Manitoba's si

Volker Beckmann, volunteer project co-ordinator with Spirit Way, is calling their annual gala, which took place at the Thompson Inn's North Star Saloon on Nov. 12, a big success.

Juniper Elementary School recently replaced their old scoreboard with a new one thanks to a grant of just over $5,170 from the Thompson Community Foundation through the Moffat Family Fund.

Thompson RCMP called off a dangerous highway pursuit on Nov. 14 following a white Doge pickup truck that had been stolen from Wabowden. The RCMP were told to be on the look out for the vehicle around 9 p.m. that night.

The City of Thompson expects to meet its May 31, 2010 deadline to finish its analysis of tangible capital assets.

The City of Thompson, which has several married couples working for it, has developed a family hiring policy, spelling out things like who constitutes "immediate" family, hiring and supervision.

There was a lot of public involvement at the final community neighbourhood meeting put on by the City of Thompson, which took place at R. D. Parker Collegiate on Nov. 4.