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An agreement between the City of Thompson and Winn-Can Properties Ltd.

Manitoba Health and Healthy Living reported the province's fifth laboratory-confirmed swine flu death Monday.

A press conference was held at the office of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) in Thompson on July 6 with Grand Chief Sydney Garrioch on hand, along with Keewatin Tribal Council Chief Arnold Ouskan, a band councillor from the Manto Sipi Cree Nati

A 42-year-old Lynn Lake woman has been arrested and charged with manslaughter following the death of a 49-year-old man, also a resident of Lynn Lake, on July 5.

The City of Thompson Public Works will be conducting an excavation to repair a sanitary service line on Walnut Avenue July 2. To ensure public safety, this road will be closed while crews work.

The C. A. Nesbitt Arena was the place where parents, relatives and friends of the 153 graduates from R. D. Parker Collegiate in Thompson gathered to witness the handing out of diplomas and reception of scholarships on June 26.

The Northern Spirit Manor is well on its way to the purchase of a much needed Handivan, at a cost of around $100,000. A volunteer appreciation night was held at the Northern Spirit Manor on June 18.

As part of the donations it makes on a yearly basis, Manitoba Hydro in Thompson has presented a cheque for $2,000 to the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM) in Thompson.

Northern Restorative Justice Inc. (NRJ) held its annual general meeting on June 23 in Thompson.

The City of Thompson has approved a conditional use application that allows a local group of investors known as CMF Holdings to construct a conference centre or convention centre at the old heliport hangar at the Burntwood Sea Plane Base north of Jas