It's a little unclear, as Her Honour, Judge Doreen Redhead, in the middle, appears to be showing her two provincial court colleagues from the Thompson bench, His Honour Judge Murray Thompson, left, and His Honour Judge Brian G. Colli, right, a complicated dance step perhaps, or maybe they're just lining up for a group photo May 16 at Riverlodge Place during a reception to mark Colli's imminent retirement from the bench. Judge Colli, who grew up on a farm near Virden, is retiring, with his wife, Sue, longtime manager of the Thompson Gas Bar Co-op Ltd., to Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia, near Yarmouth. Judges and lawyers from across the province, including Manitoba Court of Appeal Justice Holly Beard, originally from Thompson, and Chief Judge Ken Champagne of the provincial court, a former Crown attorney here, travelled north to honour Colli, who came to Thompson as a Crown attorney himself in 1979 and was appointed a judge of the provincial court by order-in-council on Sept. 21, 1994.
