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629 files: 307 prisoners (out of these 117 were lodged under the Intoxicated Persons Detention Act) 2009-08-03: Report of a female who was threatening suicide. Police located the female and she was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Unlike the critical forest fire situation in British Columbia, this has the best year in recent memory for forest fires in Manitoba. Two words provide the explanation this summer: cool and wet.

Two girls sustained injuries after a single motor vehicle accident in a stolen 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt on Highway 6, about 15 kilometres south of Thompson in the early morning hours of Aug. 6. Insp.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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

What a difference a year makes.