Local News

R. D. Parker Collegiate's annual career day is happening on Monday, Sept. 28 this year, and is focusing on bringing in not only universities and colleges from around the province, but also representation from local businesses.

A youth on a bicycle was struck by a vehicle at the Mystery Lake Road crosswalk near McDonald's on the evening of Aug. 30, said Sgt. Rob Collen of the Thompson RCMP detachment.

A delegation of residents of Hudson Bay in the Burntwood area appeared before Thompson city council Sept.

At the end of Monday night's city council meeting, Mayor Tim Johnston, who was linked electronically to the meeting as he was on holidays out of town, discussed with council a letter he had sent to the provincial Justice Minister Dave Chomiak.

Thompson auxiliary firefighter Al Szabo lays a wreath at the flagpole outside the firehall during a ceremony to honour fallen firefighter Sept. 11.

September 11 not only commemorated the lives of 2,993 people - including firefighters and emergency responders - that were lost at the World Trade Centre in New York in 2001 after suicide attacks made by Al-Qaeda, but in the City of Thompson also ser

30 Years Ago Thompson Fire Chief Lynden Carkener said flex-line joints that posed fire or explosion risk and were being replaced in southern Manitoba had already been changed four years earlier in Thompson.

Crew members from Mid-Canada Hydroseeding, a St. Andrew's, Man. Company contracted by Thompson's Smook Brothers, cover newly seeded slopes along Highway 6 with straw netting that prevents wind and water erosion during the revegetation process.

The Manitoba Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) is proclaiming its dedication to working with the City of Thompson to promote social responsibility and make the downtown part of the city a safe place to be.

Though temperatures were summer-like, a gaggle of geese in MacLean Park last week was a sign that autumn is on its way to Thompson.