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Thompson Citizen circulation co-ordinator Wendy Lozenicins, left, general manager Donna Wilson, breast cancer volunteer Atalia Hickey, and ad salesperson Cathy Pelley, get together last week as the Citizen hands over some of the cash and cheques from

Tommy Ellis, the chair of the Thompson Public Library Board, was killed last Friday evening in an accident on Provincial Route 391 near Thompson, doing what he loved to do: Running. Thompson RCMP continue to investigate the accident. At 5:35 p.m.

On Oct. 20, Ms. Karen McCartney's Grade 5 class traveled to the Thompson Airport flight tower at 9:15 a.m. It was a crisp autumn day with the great jet engines roaring in the background.

While the holiday season may be a difficult time for those who rely on charity to help provide a Christmas dinner, there is good news for kids from Major Grayling Crites, the commanding officer and pastor of the Salvation Army's Thompson Corps and Co

The mineral science industrial vocational program, which started at R. D. Parker Collegiate in 1977, is making a comeback.

A large number of Thompsonites, from bright eyed children to senior citizens who can hearken back to troubled times, showed up at the C. A. Nesbitt Arena on Nov.

City council voted unanimously Nov. 16 to establish the Thompson Housing Authority, signaling it intends to get directly involved officially for the first time on an ongoing basis in affordable housing issues municipally.

Former Thompson city councillor Holly Beard, the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench judge who ordered Kyle Unger to be released on bail in November 2005 while the federal government reviewed his 1993 murder conviction, is now a judge on the Court of App

Niki Ashton, NDP MP for Churchill riding, voted to repeal the federal long-gun registry in Ottawa on Nov. 4.

A fire burning in a second-storey washroom at the University College of the North's (UCN) Polaris 6 building, on 474 Princeton Dr. caused the building to be evacuated around 8 a.m. on Nov. 3.