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Council takes Canada Goose CEO group forms New neighbourhood inpass Thompson Book a way towatch preserve and on first step towards donates $1 million towards memories of growing up in Churchill reducing their polar bear conservation facility ranks in October
neighbourhood patrols and will never physically engage In response to a recent with someone who is comstring of thefts, arsons and mitting a crime. āThatās where I want to cases of vandalism, a group of Thompson residents de- make sure the line is drawn. Polar Bears International Bears International board āOver the least decade of ing them build a much- cided to find a proactive Weāre not trying to be cops. (PBI) received a $1 million member and a former working with PBI, I have needed facility which will solution to this problem by Weāre not trying to impose donation towards the con- chairman of that board seen ļ¬rsthand the passion serve as a launch site for forming a new neighbour- our views on people either,ā BY IAN GRAHAM thatāsThird. our size, we of have the said āA lot it will watch group. struction of a new facility from 2008 to 2017, and energy that the team PBIās research and educa- hood EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET most,ā she said. be us walking and possibly The members of this in Churchill during their pledged the money, which puts into their important tional activities on polar Council approved rst notMatechuk that even really said interacting known as Peaceļ¬and Polar Bear Affair gala in represents about half of research and efforts to bear habitat conservation group, reading ofCommunity, a bylaw to met re- with sinceany thepeople need to forcut thecosts first Prevention the money the organ- ensure polar bears have around the world.ā Toronto Feb. 27. duce the number of counis partly due to the new, while.ā City Hall May 29 to little Dani Reiss, president ization hopes to raise for a future,ā said Reiss in a The proposed Polar outside cillors eightthe tospecifsix at lower grant-in-lieu (GIL) During Tuesdayās meetand from nail down and CEO of Canada Goose, Polar Bears International press release. āIt is a priv- Bears International House, try their byto a ing, that Vale Manitoba Operseveral members of of Feb. how 26 theymeeting are going ilege to be a part of help- construction of which is ics as well as a current Polar House. vote of on 6-3, with council- Peace ationsand pays the city instead Prevention Coma week-to-week expected to begin at the operate lors Ron Matechuk, Dun- munity of property thekind counsaidtaxes, that this of start of the 2018 polar bear basis. can Wong and Judy Kolada cillors who negotiated that communal action is a long While they are still in season, will be built on doopposed. agreement it coming,could since make many of development stages, time nated land on Churchillās the Before the reduction possible for council to go them feel like the Thompson main street and designed Stephanie Third, one of the becomes lead reality, however, is through a trial periodmore with becoming a much organizers, to be energy efļ¬cient and groupās the bylaw must be misthe dangerous fewer members. place. their overriding ecologically sound. It will said subject of a public hearāIf the three crime councillors Statistically, is up statement is to ākeep serve as a site to educate sion ing, currently scheduled that negotiated the GIL, over the past year, as this the Thompson safeā by patrolvisitors to Churchill about for March 12, andofthen miserable, RCMP this very poor reported different areas the Thompson polar bears, climate change ling receive second and third GIL, wereMay to do council 22the thathontheir and acting as a to and the urgent need to take community reading, which are tentaourable thing and resign overall calls for service went deterrent to crime. action, as well as provide Nickel Belt News photo by Kyle Darbyson tively slated to occur March from council, we would āBeing visible and ap- up about 10 per cent since facilities for Members of Peace and Prevention Community pose for a group photo following a meeting at broadcast Thompson City Hall May 29. 12 and March 26 respecthave a couple of weeks to as a group might 2016-17. media, support polar bear proachable ively. City manager Gary out Peace whether want While andwe Prevenresearch and outreach ef- help some people that arenāt ļ¬nd Ceppetelli says the bylaw to proceed all the way to tion Community is gearing able to request help for forts, and assist visiting must be 180 days up third on this,ā said forreading their inaugural patrol or passed feel comfortable scientists, educators and things prior that,ā to theshe election date this Matechuk, whoweekend, repeated upcoming said. āThatās other guests whose work doing of Oct. 24. If it is, the next comments made Feb. 12 Third said they are still lookour goal right now.ā and support are critical to be a bit of ing when councilwho voted 5-2 for recruits are willThird could also hammered polar bear conservation. election a casethe of point musical to amend the Thompson to contribute in whatever thatchairs, Peace ing The facility will include a home with the eight incumbent Charter Act, which stipuway they can. and Prevention Community workspace, bunkhouse, councillors, assuming of lates council āWethat need peopleshould to be not a vigilante groupalland kitchen and storage space is them decide to adopting run again, have eight and oncouncillors the Facebook doesnāt plan on an working for equipment. competing for only six a mayor, to the effect that page, we need people to be āThis is the single lar- aggressive approach towards available spots, along with reducing the number of working on things like filling crime prevention, especially gest donation PBI has all thea other council positions would applications for possible lot ofcandidates. residentsā ire out received and it is an since twotowards council grants prevent ānew bloodā from and taking questions being directed amazing commitment to is Eliminating positions would save just coming into council. from people,ā she said. āSo youth online. helping secure the polar $20,000 in salarDeputy mayor are other rolesColleen people āPeople are starting to get there bearās future,ā said PBI under ies and Smook isnāt necan take,said eventhat if itās watchand Iperhaps donāt wantabout toNickel see Belt executive director Krista angry News photo by Ianshe Graham $5,500 to $16,400 in cessarily true as and ing from their home and that happening to children,ā Wright. āWeāre humbled Addictions Foundation of Manitoba northern director Gisele deMeulles has written a book about her experiences growing up, mostly in Churchill. travel Valentino us. were the Itāsamong really very said.expenses, āI donāt like based seeing contacting by this generous gift and she on the amounts spent on open, top three vote-getters in Anyone can those postswhen wherepeople someoneās extremely BY IAN GRAHAM For inclusive. all the harsh weather to write things that you have āOh, Iām just as bad, right?ā was not a grateful.ā very safe thing swallow say travel by the two lowest2014 despite having not join. Anyone can help.ā like āIChurchill got my bat ready. and the dangers of polar EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET to ļ¬gure out. Itās pretty clear I have all these stories and to do but I jumped at it. I that residents spending councillors and been on council before, To find out more about Come on kids.āā Though sheās now written when I get through.ā I need to capture them for thought that was exciting should just ļ¬ nd somewhere bears, deMeulles said if it Erica and Dani Reiss do- theInstead, two highest spending while and Coun. Penny ComByer Peace Prevention this group will a book about her experienDeMeulles said she wrote my grandchildren really until the plane landed and easier to live. had been viable she would nated $1 million towards in theon ļ¬scal year said fresh faces automunity, join theirdonāt Facebook safety and2016. compasces growing up in Churchill, her book, titled Whispers in because they will be lost if they started throwing the focus āTo say, āThose people have moved back to ChurchShrinking council totheir six group. matically equate to differPolar Bears Internationalās sionate outreach with Addictions Foundation of the Wind: Stories from the I donāt.ā fuel off and I realized, āHoly choose to live there. They ill in a heartbeat. would put Thompson in ent results. proposed in ChurchManitoba northern director North - Life in Churchill for She also has a reputation cats, I wasfacility probably sitting should just leave,ā is quite āI miss the shoreline, I line with other similarly āIām not sure that whethill during the organizationās simplistic. Gisele deMeulles said writ- a couple of reasons. as a storyteller herself. on a bomb.āā Itās quite disre- miss the rock, I miss the sized communities said er you have new blood Bear Affair gala inthat To- spectful. If we were in the polar ing wasnāt something she āI just sort of thought, āI had such a varied his- Polar Another thing bears even though Coun. Blake Ellis, a com- makes that great a differalways thought she would you know what, this his- tory and I would tell people spurred ronto Feb.her 27. on was the same boat in another area theyāre very dangerous and ment reiterated by Coun. ence in what a council is do. tory, this stuff thatās in my stories and they would go, hard times facing Churchill I think we would really miss of theJoe Hudson Nickelscream Belt News Iphoto courtesy Garson Nickel Belt News Kathy Valentino. able to do and accomplish āIn my youth I never head, itās going to be gone āThatās not true, is it?ā Iād go, since the Hudson Bay Rail- about that so why donāt they Bay,ā she says. āWhen I go This wolf was spotted about 10 kilometres out of Thompson āWhen you look at every depending on what the obphotooperations courtesy of have felt good at writing,ā she if I donāt write it down,ā she āYeah itās true.ā Theyād go, way suspended the option to do that? back home, standing on on Highway to Nelson House on May 26. on Pagethe other city or391 municipality Continued 3 Bears last International said. āBut when I moved said. āMy kids are not go- āYou didnāt do all that, did north Polar of Gillam spring. I think right now theyāre Hudson Bay looking out on BY KYLE DARBYSON
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to Thompson to get into ing to get it if I donāt do it you? Youāve got to be really āIt used to be a really feeling like theyāre pawns the bay, it just gives you an the school of social work, and itās something Iāve al- old.ā I was like, āNo, actually thriving large community in a political game and thatās incredible sense. You feel so at that point I had to write ways wanted my mom to I did all that before I was and itās just dwindled down really sad for them because I small and you feel great.ā WE SELL for university and realized, do. My momās an elder and 27,ā and they went āWhat?āā to such a small population think the people of ChurchNow that sheās got ⢠HOUSEWARE ⢠ELECTRONICS āHoly, Iām not bad at this, sheās an artist, sheās got so under her belt, Looking back, some of now,ā deMeulles says. ill really want to thrive. one book HELIUM ⢠TOYSThough sheās not there ⢠FRAMES right?ā I certainly developed many wonderful stories be- those experiences are things Theyāve built their worlds deMeulles says she may try BALLOONS! a lot of skill in university cause she always tells her she might not do again. any longer, her parents and there. How would we feel to produce another. ⢠CRAFT ⢠LINEN and came out of there with stories at Parks Canada in āI did some pretty bizarre her sister and other family if someone came to you and āI have another book in ⢠the STATIONERY ⢠CARDS a very strong skill in my Churchill and Iāve always stuff like fuel hauls into said, āIām sorry, you WE have toARE me,ā she says. āItās a darker members still are. writing and conļ¬dence in hounded her, āPlease, just high Arctic at -35,ā said āMy cousin owns the leave your home community story, more about personTHE PARTY my writing. I write very put it on tape, I will write it deMeulles. āIt didnāt dawn hardware store there,ā she and weāre going to displace al growth and struggles. LOOK FOR āGREAT CANADIAN DOLLAR STORE THOMPSONā ON FACEBOOK! SPECIALISTS clear and thatās it. Itās there. for you because your story on me until after. That was a says. you somewhere else and all Maybe in the next ļ¬ve years Some peopleMON say itās kind of is going to be lost,ā and sheās very dangerous thing to do. Because of that, yourNORTH! itās something Iāll focus on OFand THE - THU: 9 am - 9 pm ⢠FRIDAY: 9 am - 10 pm ⢠SATURDAY: 9 am - 9 pm ⢠SUNDAY: 10 am - your 6 pmloved ones blunt or direct. I donāt tend never done it and I thought, Being on a plane full of fuel deMeulles ļ¬nds it hard to history is gone?āā doing.ā