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Summer Signs

Summer Signs

The weather may not feel like summer, but signs at the intersection of Thompson Drive and Westwood show there's no arguing that it's garage sale season.
Thompson Unlimited goes to Paris to sell cold weather testing

Thompson Unlimited goes to Paris to sell cold weather testing

Thompson Unlimited brought its winter weather testing initiative to the Paris Air Show in France in June as part of its effort to build on it recent success through the key role it played it in landing the new Canadian Environmental Test Research and

Vale's profits fall 84.2 per cent on iron ore slump, while Brazilian president reportedly musing about re-nationalizing the company

Vale SA, also known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the Rio de Janeiro-based mining giant and parent company of Vale Inco in Canada, is reporting that its profits plunged 84.
Let's move

Let's move

A Bell 205 Ultra helicopter hovers as an initial attack (IA) fire crew of wild land firefighters from the Paint Lake Helitac Base deplane on a rock peninsula near Coffee Cove Trail Head on the beach at Paint Lake Provincial Park Aug. 1.

Remember When

30 Years Ago Two men were injured when a semi-trailer loaded with asphalt collided with a van and exploded after wiping out a traffic light standard. The resulting fire was quickly brought under control.
Housing starts picked up a bit for Thompson in the second quarter, CMHC reports

Housing starts picked up a bit for Thompson in the second quarter, CMHC reports

While housing starts in Thompson haven't picked up as dramatically again as they did in the final half of 2008, they did pick up a bit between April 1 and June 30 with four single-detached homes started compared to none during the first quarter of 20

Vale Inco alternative housing camp idea on backburner

What a difference a year makes.
Province says no funding for detox at old AFM Polaris Place building

Province says no funding for detox at old AFM Polaris Place building

The provincial government has shot down a plan by non-profit Northern Detox Programs Inc. to establish a non-medical detox at the old Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM) Polaris Building B facility at 23 Nickel Rd.
Daudrich bests two for Conservative nomination

Daudrich bests two for Conservative nomination

Sets up rematch against Niki Ashton
More than 200 workers at Vale Inco's Voisey's Bay operation join Sudbury and Port Colborne USW colleagues on strike and on the picket line

More than 200 workers at Vale Inco's Voisey's Bay operation join Sudbury and Port Colborne USW colleagues on strike and on the picket line

More than 200 Steelworkers at Vale Inco's Voisey's Bay nickel mine in northern Labrador struck the company at midnight Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT) Aug. 1. Neither the company nor union expected the strike to be averted.
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