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New girls' hoops league tips off in October

Thompson girls with hoop dreams will have a new basketball league where they can hone their skills starting this October.

Sun beats down on Terry Fox run

The organizer of the 2009 Terry Fox Run in Thompson couldn't have asked for a nicer September day on which to hold the run, complete with blue sky, sunshine and temperatures in the mid-20s.

Skatepark construction remains at mercy of Mother Nature

Dreams of catching air remain in a holding pattern for Thompson skateboarders as the city's in-progress skatepark is held hostage by Mother Nature.

Boys' high school soccer team itching to start season

School has barely started, but R.D. Parker Collegiate's boys' soccer team has already been on the turf for a month, getting into game shape in preparation for the short high school season, which is over almost as soon as it begins.

Badminton's back

The Thompson Badminton Club started a new season Sept. 15 at the R.D. Parker Collegiate gym. The club is open to anyone 14 or older.

Hockey hopefuls

Fourteen- to 17-year-old hockey players from across Northern Manitoba were at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena Sept. 12-13 trying out for male and female Manitoba Games and midget AA regional teams.
Blizzard versus Bombers

Blizzard versus Bombers

Thompson minor hockey elects new president

Bruce Bodie was elected president of the Thompson Minor Hockey Association at a general meeting held Aug. 31 to fill the position, which had been vacant since early June.

Next season marks 50 years of baseball in Thompson

But will Red Sangster field be part of the celebration?
Eager skaters

Eager skaters

Megan and Alli Wischnewski and Kailee Lowe were in the dressing room and on the ice Sept.
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