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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.

Winnipeg man dies in roll over on Wuskwatim Dam Road

A 59-year-old man from Winnipeg is dead after a single vehicle roll over accident which took place on Wuskwatim Dam Road. On July 30 at 10:30 p.m.

Thompson RCMP reporting a perceived rise in vehicle break-ins

The Thompson RCMP detachment is encouraging residents of the City of Thompson to be extra diligent when it comes to ensuring their vehicles are locked. Sgt.

HOW MANY BOOM TRUCKS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?

A technician replaces a light bulb in a lamppost on Assiniboine Place July 16.

Via Rail strike over: Passenger trains rolling July 26 as locomotive engineers and yardmasters back on the job

A strike by engineers and yardmasters belonging to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) against Via Rail ended after 48 hours Sunday and passenger trains across the country began rolling again.
NDP not living up to health care pledges: Liberal leader

NDP not living up to health care pledges: Liberal leader

The leader of Manitoba's Liberal party swung through Thompson July 22 as part of his 2009 Northern community tour and says that health care is one of the major themes that came up repeatedly.
Teresa Burrows wins HBC People's Choice Award for 7th Annual Rural and Northern Art Show

Teresa Burrows wins HBC People's Choice Award for 7th Annual Rural and Northern Art Show

The Manitoba Arts Network has announced that the Hudson Bay Company's (HCB) People's Choice Award winner for the 7th Annual Rural and Northern Art Show as Thompson's own Teresa Burrows.

Youth arrested trying to force his way into Ospwagon trailer

Thompson RCMP were dispatched after a report July 25 at 7:20 a.m. of a youth trying to force entry to a residence on Ospwagon Drive in the Old Burntwood Trailer Court, says Sgt. Rob Collen, media spokesman for the detachment.
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