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City outlines new consumption-based plan for funding new sewage treatment plant

BY KACPER ANTOSZEWSKI KACPER@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Thompson’s city council hosted a public consultation Nov. 30 in St. Joseph’s Hall surrounding the revised local improvement plan bylaw intended to pay for the city’s share of a new wastewater treatment plant, after a previous proposal was derailed by objections to the assessment method.

The new plan no longer depends on the size of a property’s water meter to determine a property owner’s contribution. Rather, 75 per cent of the costs will be recovered through a proposed water rate rider of $0.58 per cubic metre for 25 years from 2019 to 2043.

The other 25 per cent will be determined by a property’s frontage; ownershave the option of an annual estimated charge of $0.81 per foot for 25 years, or a onetime payment (one-time fees reduce the cost in the longterm, as the City of Thompson can immediately apply

this amount to the project prior to borrowing).

Under the new plan, the average residential property will be charged an estimated $110.71 a year as a result of the water rate rider and $43.90 for frontage, creating a total annual increase of $154.61. The average one-time payment for a residential home is estimated at $563.06.

In disallowing the city’s previous plan to pay back its share of the new sewage treatment plant construction costs, the Municipal Board agreed with objectors that water meter size was unfair to some property owners and that consumption was the preferred method of determining payments.

However, Mayor Dennis Fenske noted that the board had strongly cautioned the council against depending entirely on consumption, as Thompson’s water consumption has not reached a stable level since the introduction of water meters to

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“We’re trying to recognize that consumption is a fairer way, but we also have to protect the ratepayers from big fluctuations in payments,” said Fenske.

“The fee based on frontage guarantees 25 per cent of our payment every year.”

Fenske expects an annual obligation of roughly $960,000 to service the city’s debenture.

While the cost of the project to the city is currently estimated at $12.5 million, Fenske notes that the final cost will likely be lower, as the calculated interest rate of six per cent is likely higher than what the actual rate will be.

Fenske also noted that the

city had not yet exhausted its funding opportunities, and had recently received approval for a $750,000 grant towards the project.

Council is also considering drawing funds from the city’s general reserves.

Dave Tugwood expressed concerns that the treatment facility itself would not sufficiently accommodate potential growth in Thompson’s population, suggesting that municipal wastewater guidelines encourage planners to expect a consumption rate of 450 litres per person per day, and that the plant may not be equipped to handle this level of consumption from a specified population of 15,000.

Fenske noted that while planning was entrusted to a contracted engineering firm, the concerns would be brought to the firm.

Chris Haase questioned the arbitrary nature of the

frontage charge, wondering why sewage rates should vary household to household due to an unrelated metric. “Does that mean that if you have a bigger yard, you **** more?” he asked.

“We should all be charged the same.”

Derek Bonwick agreed, advocating for a per parcel billing to replace the frontage charge. “If 85 per cent of properties connected to the system are residential, shouldn’t 85 per cent of the money come from residential properties? ” Bonwick noted that per parcel still ensured a consistent stream of income in the face of fluctuating consumption.

However, Fenske suggested that this system would place a disproportionate burden on residential properties when compared with consumption.

Chiew Chong wondered whether Vale had been

approached for additional funding for the plant. However, Fenske noted that Vale’s contributions have already been numerous within the community and that Vale controls its own waste internally, and is not connected to the city sewage system.

Oswald Sawh, president of the Thompson Chamber of Commerce, noted that municipal fees were making it increasingly difficult for outside investors to express interest in the community, and wondered how competitive our water rates and project costs were compared to other municipalities.

City manager Gary Ceppetelli noted that the costs at hand were determined by the debenture owed, and that facility costs cannot be compared between municipalities with different demographics, geography and regulations.

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R.D. Parker band students accepted to Rocky Mountain Music Festival

BY KACPER ANTOSZEWSKI KACPER@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

R. D. Parker Collegiate music students have been selected to attend the Canadian Rocky Mountain Music Festival in Banff, Alberta at the Banff Performing Arts Centre.

Students from senior band, senior jazz and senior choir will

have the opportunity to attend the top music festival in Western Canada.

Along with performing at one of Canada’s elite music education festivals, RDPC performers will have the opportunity to participate in clinics and adjudications of their performances (including a clinic on hand drumming),

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along with several invited acts: music teacher Kevin Lewis notes that a Finnish a capella group will be headlining the festival this year.

During their down time, students will also have the opportunity to explore the Banff area, visiting glaciers and taking a day off for some skiing.

Selection for the festival is conducted on the basis of audition through recordings. Luckily, RDPC’s music program directors had a large selection of pieces to select from. “We’ve recorded nearly every performance from the year,” said Lewis. “I think it’s important for them to be able to hear themselves. It’s a very

different picture when they hear what the overall ensemble sounds like, as opposed to what they hear from their own seat.”

Lewis noted that the RDPC band program submits auditions roughly every three years. “We’ve been blessed to have a number of acceptances over the years; the last time we went was in 2009.”

Vale wins provincial workforce development award Vale Manitoba Operations was one of three organizations recognized by the provincial government with 2016 Minister’s Workforce Development Excellence Awards Nov. 30.

The other awards went to Opportunities for Employment and the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF).

“The three award recipients – Vale Canada Limited Manitoba Operations, Opportunities for Employment and the Manitoba Metis Federation – have gone above and beyond in their commitment to engaging those who are typically under-represented in the workforce,” said Education and Training Minister Ian Wishart in a news release.

“We need to tap into this wealth of potential through-

out the province to keep building Manitoba’s diverse, skilled labour force. These three organizations are all leading the way.”

The awards are presented as part of the celebration of November as career and Workforce Development Month in recognition of organizations that improve the knowledge, performance and skill of their workforce.

Vale’s award stems from its Northern Employment Strategy, which has recruited more than 200 employees from 12 Northern Manitoba communities since 2012.

“Our Northern Employment Strategy has helped our Manitoba Operations become even more sustainable and productive, while moving us ever clos-

er towards our goal of zero harm,” said Vale Manitoba Operations vice-president Mark Scott. “It truly reflects a team effort in the best sense in that we worked with community leaders, individuals and organizations, government departments, and our own employees to make it happen. Together we proved that there is a world-class workforce right here in Northern Manitoba when we focus on removing barriers, building cultural proficiency, improving systems and providing supports to create employment and training pathways. This award acknowledges the efforts of all those that helped along the way, as well as the daily commitment of the employees we have hired through the Northern Em-

ployment Strategy.”

Opportunities for Employment’s employment mentorship program has provided more than 100 clients with paid mentorship opportunities that led to employment for most of them. The MMF’s employment and training department has helped more than 1,000 unemployed or underemployed clients to find work and more than 600 to pursue further education and training.

The recipients will receive their awards at a ceremony in January.

“We are proud of the accomplishments by each of the three recipients in developing a skilled and knowledgeable workforce in Manitoba,” said Wishart.

Dec. 7 is last meeting of the year for 100 Women Who Care

Note: all information required must be submitted in order to receive a Christmas hamper.

Hamper distribution date: Wednesday, December 14 between 9:15 am and 4:00 pm.

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Thompson’s 100 Women Who Care are holding their last meeting of the year Dec. 7 where they will choose the recipient of their fourth charitable donation.

The nominees in the running for the last donation of 2016 are the Thompson Public Library, the Salvation Army food bank and the Boreal Discovery Centre.

100 Women Who Care, which currently has about 60 members, has donated

THANK YOU We would like to say thank you to all the organizations who generously donated gifts for door prizes and silent auction prizes. Thanks also to the individuals who donated their time and purchased tickets to attend the Celebration of Life Social in memory of Frank & Marie Vicente that was held October 15, 2016.

The social was put together to raise money for a donation to the Northern Health Authority to be used locally for the Thompson General Hospital.

The social was a huge success, raising $4,929.00!

We’d like to thank the following Organizations & Individuals: • Dayton Barenz, CGA • Perimeter Aviation LTD • Calm Air • Amanda’s Catering • Home Hardware • Ripple Rock Meats • Canvas Beauty by Bronte • Rick’s Marine • Smooks • R.A. Distributing • Crazy Pete’s • Welder’s Supply • Wajax • Samantha Hebner (Tri-funk Fitness) • The Hub • Salon Italia • Thompson Airport Authority • Sapach Trucking • Safeway • InSPAration Day Spa & Staff • Boston Pizza • Crossroad Lanes • Canadian Tire • Perimeter Aviation Medevac Team • All Season Parts • Wilson’s Business Solutions • The Brick • Brad & Eliza Hanke • Aimee Mosionier • Brad McLean

It was amazing to see our community come together to support this cause with their generosity and time, so again:

THANK YOU

a total of $18,600 so far this year, including $5,400 to the YWCA at their first meeting in March, $6,500 to the Thompson Community Foundation at their second meeting and $6,700 to the Thompson Crisis Centre in September.

The concept behind the organization, modelled after others in other communities in Canada, is simple: 100 women meet for an hour or less once every three months to select a worthy local charity or cause to which each of them donates $100. Combined, this means that

up to $10,000 goes to a worthy cause once every quarter; over a year, the total donation could be $40,000.

Members of the organization are eligible to nominate charities or projects of their choice to receive the quarterly $10,000 donations, which must be directed towards specific initiatives and not general administration and revenue. An initial round of voting pares the list of candidates down to three finalists, who have an opportunity to make their pitches to the women at

the quarterly meetings.

The organization that gets the most votes will receive the $10,000 and provide tax receipts for the donation. Those who receive donations will then attend a future meeting of the group to report on the status of the project and how the money was used.

Recipients of the $10,000 grants are not eligible to receive another for two years afterwards.

The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Meridian Hotel and all Thompson women are invited to attend and to bring a friend if possible.

Wakefyre and friends hosting benefit concert for Community Christmas Dinner

BY KACPER ANTOSZEWSKI KACPER@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Local hard rock band Wakefyre is celebrating the release of their first official single “Moment of Truth” with a concert Dec. 10 at the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Hall, with $5 from every ticket being donated to support the Thompson Community Christmas Dinner.

Opening for Wakefyre will be local punk rock group Snatch Marauders and hard rock group Army of the Sun, who will be making their debut performance that evening.

Wakefyre’s Jason Fryza connected with community dinner organizers through the Project Thompson video series. “People have been really supportive, so we thought we would do something to give back to our home town, and get people fed on Christmas!”

Wakefyre was also invited by the Norman Northstars to make the opening puck drop before their game against the Yellowhead Chiefs on Dec. 3. “Moment of Truth” has been the Northstars’ official home ice warm-up anthem this season.

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Underfilled grades at La Voie de Nord offer students one-on-one classes

BY KACPER ANTOSZEWSKI KACPER@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

There are many benefits to sending your child to a French-language school, most notably the development of fluency in second language. But currently, one Thompson student has a unique opportunity that goes beyond the language of instruction: one-on-one electives, tailored specifically to her.

Fourteen-year-old Janelle Clouston is currently La Voie de Nord’s only Grade 9 student; as Thompson’s francophone population is small, the school has not had the opportunity to fill its classrooms in their entirety, and middle school and high school curriculum can only integrate to a limited extent.

But while the school is small, teacher Josianne Goudreau noted that staff did not want to see the school’s size have a negative impact on students. Rather, staff have used the school’s current size to their advantage, offering elective classes tailored to the interests of the students.

“Even though we are a small school,” Goudreau noted, “it’s a great opportunity to experience things they might not experience elsewhere, and get that oneon-one instruction that lets them really go in-depth with

Thompson Citizen photo by Kacper Antoszewski La Voie de Nord Grade 9 student Janelle Clouston stands with her holiday cards, along with Perspectives d’avenir des Affaires teacher Josianne Goudreau. their projects.”

For Clouston, the school organized Perspectives d’avenir den Affaires (Futures in Business), where the learned to apply fundamental business concepts like product-market fit, competitive pricing and production costs, and marketing.

The crux of the course was bringing a product to mar-

ket: given her strengths as an artist and the approach of the holiday season, Clouston and Goudreau decided on greeting cards. By using a non-specific winter theme, Clouston was able to extend both her selling season, as well as her target demographic. “They’re not all holiday themed, so anyone can buy them,” she said.

Though Clouston is an enthusiastic artist in her spare time, she also learned the limitations of working on a deadline: while Clouston’s personal drawings are often intricate and detailed, she noted, “I couldn’t go too crazy and make too many details, because that would take too long.”

Clouston is the second

student to be offered a oneon-one elective: prior to her, one Grade 11 student had the opportunity to take an introduction to photography course, and that student’s final exhibit continues to be displayed in the school.

Though originally intended for sale within the school, Clouston is making her cards available to the

general public throughout the holidays: they are printed on card stock and start at $2.50 each, with multiple packages available at the office at La Voie du Nord.

But while Clouston noted she would love to become an artist, her sense of economics was stronger: “I still want to have a backup plan. Or maybe just do it on the side.”

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SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS RESUME SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 RESUME SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 Starting September 1, 2016, the school zone speed limit bylaw will resume for all elementary schools. Motorist are required to reduce their speed to 30km/hr from 8 a.m.– 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, September thru June.

Please drive with caution when traveling in these areas.

CITY OF THOMPSON - UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT – 1949-2016 On the date, time and location shown below, a PUBLIC HEARING will be held to receive representations from any persons who wish to make them in respect to the following matter: APPLICATION: ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT - City of Thompson Zoning By-Law 1891-2012 HEARING: Council Chambers, City Hall, 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson, MB DATE & TIME: December 12th, 2016 OWNERS: Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) APPLICANT: City of Thompson PROPOSAL: To amend Figure 35 (pg.29) Permitted/Conditional Uses in the C-MU Zone, of the City of Thompson Zoning By-Law 1891-2012, by adding “Hotel or Motel” as a Permitted Use in the Commercial Mixed Use (C-MU) zone.

AREA AFFECTED: All Commercial Mixed Use (C-MU) zones FOR INFORMATION Jeff Wedge, Chief Building Inspector CONTACT: City of Thompson 204-677-7906 jwedge@thompson.ca City Hall, 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson, MB A copy of the above noted proposal and supporting material may be inspected at location noted above during normal office hours, Monday to Friday. Copies may be made and extracts taken therefrom, upon request.

INVITATION TO TENDER Tenders will be received by the Purchasing Agent up to 11:00 a.m. local time, Friday, December 9, 2016 at City Hall, 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson, MB. R8N 1S6.

RFP #14416 – EVAPORATOR / DECTRON SYSTEM REPLACEMENT AT NORPLEX POOL. Tender documents may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Agent, 120 Seal Road, Thompson, MB. Phone (204) 677-7974, email aadeyemi@thompson.ca between the hours of 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, or downloaded from the City website at www.thompson.ca.

The City shall have the right to disqualify the Proponents from the bidding process if they have failed to complete their obligations under any prior contract with the City of Thompson or have been involved in litigation with the City.

The lowest or any RFP need not be accepted by the City of Thompson. The City shall have the right to evaluate competing RFPs in accordance with its own criteria for evaluation applied to the work being Proposed, whether or not such criteria has been expressly related to the Proponents. The City of Thompson reserves the right to award the work to the Proponent which it deems to be in the best interest of the City.

WASTE DISPOSAL GROUNDS WINTER HOURS Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 5:45 pm • Closed Saturdays Please keep your ewaste until May 6, 2017

AUTOMATED COLLECTION • 1 Westwood • 2 Burntwood • 3 Riverside/Deerwood • 4 Eastwood • 5 Juniper/Southwood/BTC The automated carts must be placed along your curb no later than 8 am on the day of scheduled pickup AT LEAST one metre apart from other cart/objects. No Parking on residential streets between the hours of 8 am and 4:30 pm during Garbage/Recycle days for that area. Example: if it is Westwood’s Garbage/Recycle day there is to be no parking on the residential streets in the Westwood Area. This is to aid in the safety for both the residents of Thompson as well as City crews. Vehicles found parked on the streets will be ticketed.

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Discouraging public input

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uring general inquiries at the Nov. 28 council meeting, frequent meeting attendee Chris Haase had some questions for Mayor Dennis Fenske regarding his recent decision to do away with question period, the second opportunity for the public – or members of the media – to ask questions of council, which for many years came after the meeting was adjourned.

“What you’re doing now is taking the voice of the public away,” said Haase. “Now we can’t respond to what’s been going on here.”

The mayor responded by saying that there are many opportunities for Thompson residents to speak to he and the other members of council, as well as city staff, whether by phone or by email, and that the general inquiries portion of council meetings is still available for those who want to ask their questions in a public forum. That argument was also raised later by deputy mayor Kathy Valentino and Coun.

Dennis Foley during debate on an amendment to the section of the organizational and procedural bylaw dealing with general inquiries.

There’s no debating that that is true. There absolutely are a large number of methods by which residents can voice their concerns, including attendance at committee meetings. But, as Valentino noted while discussing the organizational and procedural bylaw amendment, that message may not be getting out, since many committee meetings do not see much participation by the public, quite likely because they often take place at times when many people are working.

What’s also true is that, for many years, actual questions at question period were rare, and no one seemed to have a problem that it wasn’t mentioned in the bylaw governing council meetings back then. Indeed, part of the impetus behind adding the general inquiries section to regular council meetings seems to have been to make it possible for residents with question unrelated to what was being discussed at a given council meeting to bring their concerns to councillors without having to wait through the entire meeting, which may take anywhere from 45 minutes to a an hourand-a-half or more. It’s only recently that questions during question period became common and the response to that development was to get rid of a part of the meeting that had been around since before most of the current members of councillors were elected.

For much of the past decade, a common lament among councillors has been a lack of interest by residents in the matters council deals with that affect them directly. While no one can dispute that the city had the right to get rid of question period at the end of meetings, it is a little disingenuous to claim that removing one form of public participation that was being used because other forms that are less used are available does not diminish public participation in municipal government.

Following the meeting, Haase noted what many close watchers have observed, the propensity of council to either approve routine items unanimously or to be divided in a 6-3 split, with councillors Duncan Wong, Ron Matechuk and Judy Kolada invariably being the three who come out on the losing end. Haase called this “disheartening” to anyone who expects that council decisions will be based on genuine debate and reflection, rather than unchanging loyalty to the faction one is part of. If council wants residents to get involved in local politics before issues come to council meetings, which sometimes seem like little more than an opportunity for grandstanding and rubber-stamping, it might help if there was some evidence that doing so would have any noticeable effect on the final outcome.

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Bylaw dealing with general inquiries to council amended

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Second and third reading of an amendment removing the words “or the affairs of the municipality” from Section 58 of council’s organizational and procedural bylaw were approved by 6-3 votes at council’s Nov. 28 meeting, but the debate preceding the votes focused more on question period, which was summarily excised from the end of council meetings

by Mayor Dennis Fenske Oct. 3.

Councillors Ron Matechuk, Duncan Wong and Judy Kolada were the votes opposed to the amendment, which changed a sentence in the section dealing with the general inquiries portion of council meetings that previously read, “Inquiries may be directed to the mayor, relating to business of Council or the affairs of the municipal-

ity,” to “Inquiries may be directed to the mayor, relating to the business of council.”

“We felt as a finance and administration committee that we would just stay with the general inquiries portion at the beginning of these meetings and no longer make reference to the question period at the end,” said deputy mayor Kathy Valentino, providing background on how the changes to the bylaw, which did not mention question period, came about. “We aren’t taking away the ability of anybody to speak or to come forward or to talk to anybody with any city business. Especially nowadays, with technology, you have the ability tomorrow to contact any one of our departments.

You can come to city hall and you can phone, you can email you can go on our Facebook page, you can tweet us or Twitter us

or however you want to say that so the ability to contact us is there to anybody about any kind of city business.”

“With the amount of committee meetings that we have, too, that with the exception of LIGA [legislative and intergovernmental affairs] and human resources, they’re all open to the general public,” said Coun. Dennis Foley. “I myself as a councillor have repeated many a time I’m available via email, via phone call and I’ve had people reach me via social media which I’ve tried to keep a presence on and I do my absolute very best to get back to it and relay information as quickly as I can.

Obviously, as I’ve seen, people have been able to reach Ron Matechuk to give him information, people have been able to speak with Duncan Wong and Colleen Smook and other members of the city

council so I feel that it no way means we are unreachable and that we’ll continue being extremely reachable.”

“Our committees are listed on our website,” Valentino added. “We meet all the time and you’re welcome to come as a public person because that’s where a lot of the discussion and the debate takes place before it gets to the council table so it would be far more effective for the public to have an interest in our committee meetings than it would to come already here at the council chambers.”

“I believe this closes the door for the public and it goes against openness,” said Matechuk, who voted against approving first reading of the bylaw amendment at council’s Nov. 14 meeting.

“It’s going to be less open rather than more open so I’m voting against once again.”

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Recovery of sewage treatment plant costs through water rate rider approved in principle by Public Utilities Board

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

The Public Utilities Board (PUB) has approved in principle the city’s plan to fund 75 percent of the debt repayment for its share of the new wastewater treatment plant through a rate rider on water consumption.

“This decision is subject to the city still seeking and obtaining the approval of the Municipal Board for the entire borrowing of $12,167,000,” said board order 148/16, issued Nov. 24. “Once the borrowing has been approved by the Municipal Board, the project has been completed, part-

nership agreements have been signed, and the final amounts for the project and debenture are known, the city must apply to the PUB for final approval prior to billing the surcharge to utility customers.”

The proposed local improvement plan, which is still subject to approval by council and then the Municipal Board, seeks to attach a rate rider of $0.58 per cubic metre of water consumption on top of regular rates for the period from 2019 to 2043.

The plan also includes a frontage rate that would be applied at a rate of

$0.81 per foot of frontage – the boundary between a property and the road on which it is situated – payable annually for the years 2019 to 2043. There would also be an option for property owners to pay $10.39 per foot of frontage up front. The frontage rate would be applicable to a minimum of 50 feet and a maximum of 80 feet for Class 10/11 residential properties with five dwelling units or less and to a minimum of 50 feet and a maximum of 500 feet for all other types of properties, including residential properties with fi ve

or more dwelling units, condo co-op housing, institutional properties and commercial properties.

The city expects that the water consumption rate rider will fund 75 per cent of its $12,167,000 share of the new sewage treatment plant, which is expected to cost $36,500,000 in total, with the federal and provincial governments having committed to paying onethird of the cost each. The frontage rate is expected to account for the other 25 per cent of that debt.

Annual debt repayment under this plan is estimated to be approxi-

mately $713,838 based on annual water use of 1,227,403 cubic metres.

The frontage rate will generate $237,946 per year.

The frontage rate is intended to help offset variations in consumption, which the city anticipates dropping off when the Vale smelter and refinery closes by the end of 2018 because there may be fewer utility customers than there are now.

“Due to the potential instability of consumption, council did not want to base the debenture recovery solely on utility

rates, and determined that 25 per cent of the recovery should be recovered through taxation as a charge per unit of frontage,” the PUB noted.

The city had previously sought to fund its share of the cost of the new sewage treatment plant by charging either a onetime fee or instalments over 25 years based on the size of water meters.

The Municipal Board shot down that local improvement plan Aug. 30 because the method of calculating how much individual property owners would pay wasn’t fair.

New fees and fines approved despite concerns raised over landfill rates

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Council approved the 2017 fee and fine schedule by a 6-3 vote at its Nov. 28 meeting, with councillors Judy Kolada, Duncan Wong and Ron Matechuk opposed.

Chief financial officer Jenny Krentz said that the majority of the fees and the overall average went up 1.5 per cent, in line with the increase in property taxes from the previous year, though some fees increased by more or less.

“There’s a 50 per cent discount for reinspection of fire pits,” said Krentz.

“Unlicensed animal fees have increased to $150 for the first offence, $300 for the second offence and $450 for the third offence.

A new machine and amuse-

ment devices licence has been added at $215 or $20 per unit for a business that pays business taxes.

Some changes to the landfill rates: commercial rate is $115 per metric tonne, $230 per metric tonne for non-residents; construction materials are $60 per tonne or $120 for non-residents, and asbestos is $300 per metric tonne. Clean fill, which is mud, clay or concrete with no metal in it, is no charge. The fence fee has been removed and the Norplex meeting room rental updated to be consistent with the Mary Fenske Boardroom.”

The fence fee had been introduced in the 2016 schedule at a cost of $75 for fences with a construction value under $3,000. The development and review

committee looked this fall at instituting a sliding scale that would top out at a $600 fee for a fence with a value of $10,000 to $15,000 but later recommended removing the fence fee entirely when they determined that, because nobody employed by the city is a licensed Manitoba land surveyor, it was unclear who would be liable when a development on one property infringed on an adjacent property.

Matechuk said 23 fees had been increased and that the highest two had increased by more than 600 per cent. He then moved to table the resolution but that motion was defeated 6-3, with himself, Kolada and Wong voting in favour.

Following that vote, Matechuk posed several more questions, asking

first if the waste disposal ground was making a profit at the 2016 rates, which city manager Gary Ceppetelli said it was, and then asking how rate increases were justified and how much it cost per tonne to process waste in the landfill. Ceppetelli said that information was not currently available but that the fees were examined after a commercial waste disposal company told the public works and infrastructure committee that there were various rates being charged.

“The request was the City of Thompson take a look at that to establish one rate to be consistent among all commercial waste handlers,” said Ceppetelli.

Mayor Denns Fenske said that the landfill oper-

ates on a user-pay principle to ensure that it doesn’t become a drain on the city’s taxpayers while also generating reserve funds for future costs like equipment replacement, decommissioning and the establishment of a new landfill at the end of the current facility’s life cycle.

“Even the City of Thompson, with our own tippage fees, we will be charging ourselves the current rates required for that,” Fenske said. “The landfi ll now owned and operated by the City of Thompson at some point will have to be replaced and also have to meet environmental regulations that will come through either the ratepayers, the taxpayers of our community or the reserves set up

by this council generated by the fees approved by this council.”

Matechuk concluded the debate by saying that companies like Family Foods, Giant Tiger and Safeway who pay commercial landfill rates would just pass their cost increases along to consumers.

“You will see increases at the till to pay for this,” Matechuk said. “You’re not increasing their numbers, you’re increasing the public’s numbers at the tills.”

Fenske, deputy mayor Kathy Valentino and Coun.

Colleen Smook noted earlier that council can reexamine the schedule, which take effect Jan. 1, at any time if issues regarding the fees within it arise.

City must spend $241,000 for repairs to sewage treatment plant

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

The city will spend an estimated $241,439.19 to repair two digesters in the wastewater treatment plant, after council unanimously approved the expenditure at its Nov. 28 meeting.

The digesters are where sludge accumulates and is circulated through pipes to heat and break down, says a memo from city

infrastructure manager Harkamljeet Singh Gill.

“These pipes have lost support to operate,” the memo says. “The pipe in digester #1 has completely failed and fallen back in the digesters and digester 1 has been isolated for more than two years and is not operational. The pipe in digester #2 has also lost the supports but is braced by rope and is in working condition

but on the verge of failing.”

The city issued a tender Nov. 15 and received one bid from Arnason Industries at a cost of $16,046 per day along with a fixed sum of $80,979.19. The job is estimated to take 10 days but if it takes longer the city will have to pay the daily rate for any additional days as well. The city’s original cost estimate for the repairs was $250,000.

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“The wastewater treatment plant is a critical component of our infrastructure,” said city manager Gary Ceppetelli. “We need to have the ability to ensure that it’s operational so that we can process that product. With the new build of the new wastewater treatment plant being delayed at least a year with the Municipal Board refusing our previous borrowing

bylaw, we’re not looking for commissioning of the new wastewater facility likely until the first quarter of 2019 so it’s prudent for us to ensure that we correct our aging facility. It’s unfortunate that we’ve got to spend capital dollars on it but it’s really imminent that we undertake these repairs to ensure that we are able to offer that service to residents of the City of

Thompson.”

Coun. Judy Kolada asked if the equipment was something that is going to be used in the new wastewater treatment plant when it is constructed and Ceppetelli said it would not.

“From an environmental perspective we must do this in order to operate our current wastewater treatment plant,” said Mayor Dennis Fenske.

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In February 2012, a team of people from Spirit Way Inc., University College of the North, Travel Manitoba, The Wildlife Society/Manitoba and Frontiers North Adventures met with government ministers in Winnipeg to present a discussion paper entitled “Building a Wolf Economy.” It was prepared after Thompson Unlimited had funded a feasibility study on Thompson as the wolf capital of Canada. The discussion paper outlined economic development considerations and opportunities in various sectors from wolf research, education, science, policy, art and culture, events and ecotourism.

Wolves are apex predators and play an important role in nature so that their prey do not overwhelm the ecosystem. Studies in Isle Royale National Park and Yellowstone National Park have shown the detrimental effect when wolves are removed from the landscape by arbitrary hunting or culling programs.

After wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone in the late 1990s, massive numbers of visitors travelled

to the park to learn about and try to get a glimpse of wolves. In 2005 an economic study showed that 96,000 visitors came to the Yellowstone to see wolves and spent some $35 million for travel, accommodation, and meals, etc. In Ely, Minnesota, the International Wolf Center with its captive wolves attracts over 40,000 visitors a year and supports over 60 full- and part-time jobs in a community of 3,500 people.

There are over 70 wolf parks in North America, and the public’s fascination with wolves can literally create an industry.

Tourism is the fourth-largest industry in the world.

Did you know tourism in Manitoba is a $1.6 billion dollar industry each year with 23,5000 tourism jobs?

Tourism generates more tax revenues for the Province of Manitoba than wheat! At a local level, every dollar spent by a visitor multiplies four times as the money circulates in the community.

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Asia, South America, Australia, Europe, United States and Canada. The majority of the signatures are from tourists travelling by train to and from Churchill. This is a captive audience that Thompson has wondered for decades how to break into and hold them before or after their visit to Churchill.

Thompson is positioned centrally in Manitoba, directly in the path of these wildlife lovers flocking to Churchill to see polar bears or beluga whales. Each July and August, over 12,000 people view, kayak, and swim with thousands of beluga whales in Hudson Bay. In October and November, 18,000-plus tourists visit Churchill to experience polar bears.

It is a misconception that tourists only want to visit the “big city.” Most tourism in our area happens right in our own backyard. The appetite for unique travel experiences is growing. The most successful destinations are no longer focusing on a list of things to see and do, but rather, publishing compelling stories and experiences that resonate with travelers. www.ManitobaHot.com is such a site offering tourism content in fun, new ways.

As northerners, we live and enjoy everything that our accessible wilderness offers. We know there are great experiences to be had and great stories to tell. We have a lot to offer!

Tourism is everybody’s business as it can benefit the community at large and generates pride when residents showcase their community’s assets. When we all work together, big things can be accomplished. Tourism depends on the support of the entire community to be successful. From local residents who volunteer their time, businesses that collaborate on development initiatives and governments that provide financial support - it takes every member of a region to stand together.

This is an exciting time as

the government of Manitoba is working with the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce and Travel Manitoba to invest in tourism industry in the province.

Regional tourism associations need community support and leadership.

Our strengths will be in international destination readiness, signage, transportation and infrastructure.

Air access is one of the most important factors. Starting in the summer of 2015 WestJet offers a direct flight from Gatwick Airport in London, England to Winnipeg. This is the equivalent of a super highway from Europe to our door in Manitoba! Thompson can now easily benefit from same-day travel for wildlife adventurers who wish to visit our region from overseas. Currently, Spirit Way Inc. and Travel Manitoba are working on a major promotion campaign in England in 2017 to promote the Wolf Capital and Polar Bear Capital that will take advantage of that new airline corridor.

There are other seeds in place that will grow fruit in the short term. Did you know Thompson and region have three Manitoba Star Attractions? They are the Heritage North Museum, Pisew Falls and Spirit Way, a 2.5 km walking and biking pathway with 17 points of interest that has won four awards, and is one of the top 20 places to visit in Manitoba. Star Attractions are what visitors want to see and experience, preferably with informed and hospitable tour guides who can show the sites and tell the good stories.

One of the points of interest along the Spirit Way is a gigantic 10-story wolf mural which has become Thompson’s landmark and has received international attention. It was the only mural in Canada chosen for a World Book of Murals in 2008. Thereafter, Spirit Way Inc. developed a campaign to position Thompson as the

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Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Jiangou Xie Photographer Jinagou Xie at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge took this incredible photo of a black wolf near two polar bears sparring. These two carnivore species are of high interest to wildlife lovers around the world. wolf capital of the world and to develop best practices “in all things wolf.” Spirit Way Inc. is working with Frontier North Adventures to offer a Wolf Howl Walk in August 2017 for their guests who will stop in Thompson for two days along with their visit to Churchill and Winnipeg.

Wolves are hard to see in our dense boreal forest. That elusive nature heightens their appeal. Once wolves that are rescued or rehabilitated, are introduced at the Boreal Discovery Centre, there will be educational programs and viewing experiences for residents and visitors to learn and understand the social and complex nature of wolf packs that are always elusive.

Any great event or festival is successful with the help of volunteers, and a tourism industry for Thompson can benefit from having volunteers. Spirit Way Inc. is undertaking new and exciting projects for 2017 that will need volunteers. Watch for further updates to come.

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they are welcome to contact Spirit Way Inc. through the Heritage North Museum, the visitor centre at the Meridian Hotel, or by email at thompsonspiritway@gmail. com. Visit www.thompsonspiritway.ca and like us at Facebook/Wolf Capital of the World.

Information on the wolf capital is becoming available on the Thompson Guide mobile app, a free app with the latest in calendar events with community content, services, festivals, entertainment, a northern lights forecaster, and much more! This app is a great way for Thompson and region to interact and stay in touch while highlighting ourselves to the world. It’s a free download when using the keywords: Thompson Guide.

Tourism is a real leader in Manitoba’s economy. It is critically important that we value this resource and foster its development for the continued prosperity of our province. It is estimated by 2030 that every one in 11 jobs will be tied to tourism. The drivers for a successful tourism industry are destination, strength and community engagement. Investing in tourism will only make Thompson and Manitoba an even greater place to live and work. Promoting the wolf capital of the world will help Thompson grow and diversify and will lead our community in the eco-tourism direction.

This is the fifth in a series of Spirit Way articles highlighting news about their efforts to highlight Thompson as the Wolf Capital of the World.

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King Miners pepper Cross Lake goalies with 60-plus shots in pair of weekend wins

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

The midget AA Thompson King Miners skated to a couple of easy victories over the Cross Lake Islanders at home Dec. 2-3, putting both games pretty much out of reach by the first intermission.

The King Miners were the only team to score on Friday night as they outscored the Islanders 180. Chase Gurniak led the team with five goals, while Sheldon Howard and Oscar Lafreniere had hat tricks and Trent North scored twice. Players who recorded single goals were Logan Evans, Jordy Pachowski, Jonathan Saunders, Keistin

Saunders and Justin Spence. Kenton Brass made 14 saves in net for the shutout as Thompson outshot the Islanders by a 50-shot margin. Chris Robinson made 25 saves for Cross Lake in 30 minutes of play while Marcus Ross stopped 21.

The rematch on Saturday afternoon had the same number of goals overall, but this time the final score was 17-1 for Thompson.

Gordon Reuther and North, with a pair, scored in the first six mintues of the game to put Thompson up 3-0 and by the time game was 10 minutes old there were three more Thompson goals by Gurniak and a pair

by Keistin Saunders for a

6-0 lead. Robinson was relieved in Cross Lake’s net

by Ross, who gave up one goal to Jonathan Saunders before a minute had gone by. Thompson led 7-0 at the end of the first and got a hat trick from Kendall Anderson, two more goals from North and another pair from Armando Evans and one more each from Keistin Saunders and Jonathan Saunders over the final 40 minutes, with Lafreniere notching a single.

Ross made 35 saves on 46 shots overall as his team was outshot 62-6. Kruz Mitchell made five saves for the King Miners, with Julius Scribe recording Cross Lake’s only goal.

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Keistin Saunders of the midget AA Thompson King Miners looks for a rebound in front of the Cross Lake Islanders’ net during the first period of a 17-1 Thompson win at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena Dec. 3.

Five goals not enough for Northstars to beat Yellowhead

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Albert Berard scored three times for the Norman Northstars in a 7-5 loss to the Yellowhead Chiefs Dec. 4 at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena.

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

The Norman Northstars were back on home ice Dec. 3-4, looking for their fifth

win of the season against the Yellowhead Chiefs, who are second in league standings, but despite a good effort on Sunday, they ended

the weekend with their 19th and 20th losses of the season instead.

Charles Monger had the only goal for the North-

Special Olympics Manitoba female coach of the year Thompson’s Sharon Smith was named Special Olympics Manitoba’s female coach of the year Nov. 21. Smith was instrumental in securing a bowling venue when the venue where the team used to play shut down and in making a virtual bowling competition happen for her team, the

Thompson Stars.

Smith, who works at the Juniper Centre, where a majority of her athletes are also employed, has a good relationship with the players she coaches and has earned their respect. She has also had several of her athletes qualify for Team Manitoba in the past 10 years,

including Peter Sumas, who started bowling in 2008 and qualified for Team Manitoba in 2013 for the 2014 National Summer games.

Smith allows all of her athletes to enjoy the experience of travelling as a team and travels with them to events hosted outside of Thompson.

stars in a 5-1 loss to open the homestand Dec. 3, getting his team on the board with a power play marker about five minutes before the final buzzer and his team trailing by five goals.

The Chiefs got two goals from Jacob Tibbatts, who scored at even strength to open the scoring in the first period and on a power play to make it a 4-0 game less than 30 seconds before the second intermission. Josh Belcher also scored at even strength in the first period, with Parker Johnson adding Yellowhead’s third goal in the middle frame and Eric Lemoine making it 5-0 early in the third period.

Allan Kohli made 45 saves for the Northstars in the loss, as his team was outshot 50-43.

Monger got the Northstars on the scoreboard early Dec. 4, taking a centring pass from Ethan Stuckless, who dug the puck out of the corner, to score shorthanded just 2:12

into the game for a 1-0 lead.

The advantage lasted about 10 minutes, until Mackenzie Belinski backhanded a rebound past Kohli on the Chiefs’ 15th shot of the period. Yellowhead would score on its next two shots, with Tibbatts converting off the rush less than a minute later and Cole Muir taking a pass in the slot and putting it just under the crossbar on a Yellowhead power play with 1:08 left in the period.

The Chiefs’ lead stretched to four in the second period, with Jaxon Heeney getting behind the Northstars’ defence and beating Kohli high less than two minutes after play resumed and Noah Geekie taking a pass at the edge of the crease and swatting the puck into an open net to make it 5-1. Yellowhead then got into some penalty trouble and gave up power play goals 61 seconds apart to Albert Berard, who redirected a shot by Logan Evans into the net to make

it 5-2 and then did the same on a shot by Calem Ross to reduce the Chiefs’ lead to two.

The Northstars looked like they would make a game of it when Henry Muchikekwanape jammed home a centring pass from Stuckless behind the net less than 90 seconds into the third period to make it 5-4. Yellowhead dampened the Northstars’ comeback chances over the next two minutes, however, getting goals from Muir and Geekie to lead 7-4. Berard closed the scoring by completing his hat trick with 6:37 to play for a 7-5 final score.

Kohli stopped 39 shots while Jeremy Dutcawich made 23 saves to get Yellowhead the win.

The Northstars are back on the road next weekend, facing the Southwest Cougars Dec. 9 and then the Parkland Rangers back-to-back on Saturday and Sunday.

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$55 REWARD W O L F S I G H T I N G S If you have seen a wild wolf recently within 90 miles of Thompson, or taken a photo, please report it on: www.thompsonspiritway.ca The BEST wolf photo in the Thompson region & submitted monthly will win a $55 prize*.

Any wolf photo submitted may be displayed on our website. Your text or photo of wolf sightings help Thompson and region build a wolf economy based on education, research, conservation, eco-tourism, art & culture, and conferences. “Developing excellence in all things wolf.” * Conditions apply.

HEY KIDS! Don’t forget to send us your Santa letters!

You can email them to santa@thompsoncitizen.net, fax them to 204-677-3681 or you can drop them off at our offices at 141 Commercial place.

We’ll have them published in the Thompson Citizen on December 21!

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Careers

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

As part of our TFC Program, you will be a member of our foster care team and will receive extensive support and the benefit of our monthly training sessions.

Submit cover letter and resumĂŠ to: Marymound Human Resources Competition #. TFC16-136 442 Scotia St., Winnipeg, MB R2V 1X4 FAX: 204-589-6061 Or e-mail: careers@marymound.com Or on-line at www.marymound.com For inquiries, call Darlene Foster at 204-778-7948 Visit www.marymound.com, Program & Services/Foster Care.

Wireless Solution/MTS Connect offers an above industry average compensation package plus benefits plan. Must be available to work during store hours which are from 9 – 6 weekdays and 9:30 – 5 on Saturdays.

Marymound is presently seeking: Home Support Worker - Babies Best Start - Marymound North - Permanent Parttime, 40 hours bi-weekly, Days, Occasional Weekend - Competition # HSW16-130

Power Line Technician Training Program We have opportunities in our Power Line Technician Training Program. Power Line Technicians construct, maintain and repair electrical power transmission and distribution systems. You will participate in a four year apprenticeship program that includes on-thejob training and 10 weeks of competency-based trade schools.

To be considered, you will be a high school graduate with the following credits: Mathematics 40S (Applied or Pre-Calculus), Physics 30S and English 40.

Aboriginal Line Trades Pre-Placement Training Program Aboriginal candidates who do not currently meet all the above qualiďŹ cations may be interested in our six month Aboriginal Line Trades Pre-Placement Training Program. Selected candidates will receive on-the-job training and academic upgrading to meet the minimum requirements to compete for a position in the Power Line Technician Training Program.

To be considered, you will be a high school graduate with at least one of the following credits: Mathematics 40S (Applied or Pre-Calculus), Physics 30S or English 40. Proof of Aboriginal Ancestry is also required.

Applications for both the Power Line Technician and Aboriginal Line Trades Pre-Placement Programs must include a personal rĂŠsumĂŠ and a complete transcript of marks (high school and any post secondary). Only complete applications will be considered.

Visit our website at www.hydro.mb.ca/careers to apply online. If you are unable to access a computer, please call our Employment Line at 1-204-360-7282 or 1-800-565-5200.

The deadline for applications is December 20, 2016.

We thank you for your interest and will contact you if you are selected for an interview.

Manitoba Hydro offers a competitive salary and beneďŹ ts package and working conditions that provide for a balanced approach to work, family life and community, including a nine day work cycle.

Manitoba Hydro is proud to have been selected as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for 2016.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value the background, experience, perspective, and talents of each individual and we are encouraging applications from all qualiďŹ ed candidates including Aboriginal Peoples, Women, Visible Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

Please apply in person with resume and cover letter.

Wireless Solutions/MTS Connect Thompson 10 -50 Selkirk Avenue Thompson, MB R8N 0M7

This position supports prenatal and postnatal participants who require nutrition and lifestyle information related to pregnancy & parenting/breastfeeding infants. Education and/or experience in health, counseling would be an asset (combinations may be considered) with knowledge and/or experience with the benefits of breastfeeding. Experience working with youth; ability to relate positively to youth; excellent physical and emotional health.

Satisfactory Criminal Record and clear Child Abuse Registry/ Prior Contact checks are requirements of all positions as well as emergency first aid, valid driver’s license, and abstract.

Knowledge of Indigenous customs, traditions, and beliefs will be considered an asset.

For more information about Marymound, visit www.marymound.com

Generating bright futures

Seeking a highly motivated permanent, full-time salesperson for busy retail store.

Successful applicant will be well groomed, outgoing, personable and able to keep pace with rapidly changing technology.

Treatment Foster Parents Needed Marymound’s Treatment Foster Care Program (TFC) is seeking treatment foster parents to support, nurture, and attend to the daily requirements of high needs youth who deserve to grow up in caring environments. We are presently taking inquires from individuals interested in becoming treatment foster parents.

Previous experience working with high needs children and youth is an asset.

Salesperson

Submit cover letter and rĂŠsumĂŠ quoting Competition # to: Competition No. HSW16-130 Human Resources 442 Scotia Street Winnipeg, MB R2V 1X4

By December 13, 2016 e-mail: careers@marymound.com or online at www. marymound.com We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Employment opportunities are advertised on our website at www.marymound.com

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation

Deadline: 12:00 p.m. Friday, December 16, 2016 Start Date: February 13, 2017 Wage Range: Negotiable Ref #: NCN 2016-11-25-001 NISICHAWAYASIHK CREE NATION, based in Nelson House, Manitoba has thirteen operating agencies, corporations and organizations, serving approximately 4,600 Citizens.

Position Summary The CEO is responsible for the leadership and management of all systems that support governance and transparency in accordance with existing policy and NCN’s strategic direction set by the Chief and Council. The CEO oversees the development, implementation and review of the performance measurement system, data collection, reporting on the overall operations, program activities, outputs, and outcomes. The CEO addresses changes, optimizes operational/ performance management in key areas of policy, processes, budget allocation, monitoring, evaluation, governance, administration and authority as delegated by the Chief and Council. The CEO is the lead for the Senior Management 7HDP ZKLFK LQFOXGHV WKH &KLHI )LQDQFLDO 2I¿FHU ([HFXWLYH 'LUHFWRU RI Human Resources, Executive Director of Operations, and Executive Director Intergovernmental Relations and Special Projects.

4XDOLÀFDWLRQV • University degree at the Masters level in business administration or related; • 5 or more years of progressive management work experience in a First Nation government setting or equivalent related setting with the responsibility of overseeing the management of a multi-million-dollar budget; • Knowledge of treaty and aboriginal rights, leadership and management principles, performance measurement systems, and business practices and their application to First Nations government; • Knowledge of international, federal, provincial and municipal legislation, and policies relevant to First Nations peoples, their governments, and their entities in areas such as taxation, Indian Act, human rights, employment standards, occupational health and safety, insurances coverage, etc. ‡ .QRZOHGJH RI KXPDQ UHVRXUFHV ¿QDQFLDO DQG SURMHFW PDQDJHPHQW IHGHUDO DQG SURYLQFLDO JRYHUQPHQWV IXQGLQJ PHFKDQLVPV DXGLWLQJ DQG ¿QDQFLDO accountability requirements; ‡ 3UR¿FLHQF\ LQ WKH XVH RI FRPSXWHUV DQG LQIRUPDWLRQ WHFKQRORJ\ V\VWHPV L H Internet, Email, Word Processing, etc.) • Demonstrated competencies in leading, thinking strategically, solving problems, planning, organizing, making decisions, fostering team work, communicating effectively, building relationships, behaving ethically, and adapting to changing work environments while maintaining effectiveness and HI¿FLHQF\ • Knowledge of Kihche’othasowewin and Nehetho laws and customary principles and Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation history, peoples, culture, language, economies, historical and contemporary relationships, business relationships and connections to other Indigenous governments, advocacy and service delivery organizations • The successful candidate will be asked to complete a criminal records check.

3ULRULW\ FRQVLGHUDWLRQ ZLOO EH JLYHQ WR TXDOLÂżHG 1LVLFKDZD\DVL 1HKHWKR candidates. All interested candidates are asked to forward a cover letter LQGLFDWLQJ TXDOLÂżFDWLRQV DQG D FRPSOHWH UHVXPH ZLWK DW OHDVW UHFHQW references to: Kim Linklater, Human Resource Specialist Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation 3K &HOO

Fax: 484-2392 Email: kimlinklater@ncncree.com

Full-Time Youth Care Practitioner Kisewatisiwin Services-Thompson COMPETITION NUMBER: 2616.11.16 Macdonald Youth Services requires a full time Youth Care Practitioner to work within the Kisewatisiwin Services in Northern Manitoba, working with high-needs adolescents with multiple treatment issues. The successful applicant will be required to work a variety of shifts including days, evenings, weekends.

QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO DO THE JOB: Valid driver’s license is mandatory, willingness to obtain First Aid/ CPR Certification, minimum of 18 years of age, possess a current (within 3 months) or willingness to obtain a Criminal Record Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), possess a current (within 3 months) or willingness to obtain a Child Abuse Registry Check.

SALARY RANGE: $27,727.49 - $43,622.31 d.o.q per annum, plus competitive benefits plan. This position is also entitled to a Northern allowance equal to an additional five percent (5%) of the salary.

Resumes maybe faxed, 204-778-7778, emailed, northern. careers@mys.mb.ca, or delivered to 102-83 Churchill Drive Thompson, MB quoting competition number before 12:00 noon December 13, 2016.

MYS is committed to developing and retaining a diverse workforce. All successful applicants may also be required to apply for a Prior Contact Check. We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For further information about our other employment and volunteer opportunities please visit our website www. mys.ca.

Marymound is presently seeking: Youth Outreach Worker - Futures Program - Marymound North - Permanent Fulltime, 80 hours bi-weekly, Days, Evenings, Weekends - Competition # YOW16-134 This position is responsible for outreach services to youth in Thompson who are homeless, detached from family, or in transition. They must maintain good working relationships with partnering agencies such as the Thompson RCMP Detachment (Missing Persons Unit), social workers, family members, and caregivers. Experience working with youth; ability to relate positively to youth; excellent physical and emotional health.

Education and experience considered.

Satisfactory Criminal Record and clear Child Abuse Registry/ Prior Contact checks are requirements of all positions as well as emergency first aid, valid driver’s license, and abstract. Knowledge of Indigenous customs, traditions, and beliefs will be considered anasset.

For more information about Marymound, visit www.marymound. com Submit cover letter and rĂŠsumĂŠ quoting Competition # to: Competition No. YOW16-134 Human Resources 442 Scotia Street Winnipeg, MB R2V 1X4 By 4:00pm December 13, 2016 e-mail: careers@marymound.com or online at www.marymound. com We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. Employment opportunities are advertised on our website at www.marymound.com

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Careers University College of the North (UCN) is committed to building a workforce that is representative of the populations we serve. Applications are invited from individuals who have a demonstrated interest and ability to work with Aboriginal learners and mature students. Preference will be given to Aboriginal candidates.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Join a good thing!

Spirit Way Inc. has two vacancies for individuals to join a progressive, community-based group. Our current Board is excited to make Thompson a unique and better community. We could use your help in development of numerous projects that have won awards, positive media attention, and international recognition.

Please call Keith at 204-307-1850 or email thompsonspiritway@ gmail.com, if you are interested in joining our Board OR helping with speciďŹ c Spirit Way projects in 2017. It will be a WOW! year. www.thompsonspiritway.ca Facebook / Spirit Way Thompson & Wolf Capital of the World

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Faculty of Arts, Business and Science Full-Time Regular Position: July 24, 2017 Thompson, Manitoba Competition No. 16-126 Closing Date: December 19, 2016

Please visit our website for more detailed information about UCN and this employment opportunity. At http://www.ucn.ca, select “UCN Careers�, and select from the list of positions to view. Thank you for your interest in UCN.

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Preference will be given to Aboriginal People, Persons with a Disability and Visible Minorities. Applicants are requested to indicate on their cover letter, resume and/or application if they are Aboriginal, a Person with a Disability or a Visible Minority.

An eligibility list may be created to ďŹ ll similar regular, term, part-time and/or full-time positions within the Northern Region and will remain in effect for 6 months. Candidates who do not meet all essential criteria may be considered on an underďŹ ll basis at a commensurate classiďŹ cation or rate of pay.

QualiďŹ cations: Conditions of Employment: s -UST BE LEGALLY ENTITLED TO WORK IN #ANADA s ! SATISFACTORY #RIMINAL 2ECORDS #HECK !DULT !BUSE 2EGISTRY #HECK AND #HILD !BUSE 2EGISTRY #HECK Essential: s %XPERIENCE WORKING IN A lNANCE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ROLE INCLUDING REVIEWING ASSESSING

coding, and processing payments. s %XPERIENCE MAINTAINING CONlDENTIAL lNANCIAL AND CLIENT RECORDS IN ELECTRONIC AND alphabetical format. s !BILITY TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE WORKLOAD IN A HIGH VOLUME FAST PACED ENVIRONMENT IN ORDER TO meet established deadlines. s %FFECTIVE VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS s %FFECTIVE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS s %FFECTIVE INTERPERSONAL SKILLS s 0ROlCIENCY WITH -3 /FlCE APPLICATIONS %XCEL /UTLOOK 7ORD s !BILITY TO PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND MAINTAIN ACCURACY Desired: s !DMINISTRATIVE OFlCE EXPERIENCE INCLUDING RECEPTION Duties: The incumbent is responsible for providing a wide range of services within an assigned ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT INCLUDING IN&!#4 ACCOUNTS PROCUREMENT MAINTAIN mEET VEHICLES lLING and administrative duties for multiple programs, telecommunication requests, reception AND BACK UP FOR TRAVEL 4HIS POSITION PROVIDES A CRITICAL ROLE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND SUPPORT DELIVERY WITHIN THE &LIN &LON OFlCE

Apply to: Advertisement No. 32361 Manitoba Civil Service Commission Human Resource Services 300-305 Broadway 7INNIPEG -" 2 # * 0HONE &AX %MAIL GOVJOBS GOV MB CA

The Manitoba government offers you opportunity, diversity and a rewarding career.

Power Engineer – 2 Positions Regular/Full-Time Manitoba Finance, Accommodation Services Division, District 3, Portage Correctional Centre and Agassiz Youth Centre in Portage la Prairie, MB Advertisement Number: 31312 Closing Date: December 19, 2016 Salary Range: $49,524.00 - $54,971.00 per year An eligibility list may be created for similar positions and will remain in effect for 12 months.

Conditions of Employment: Must have a valid 4th Class Power Engineering CertiďŹ cation recognized by the OfďŹ ce of the Fire Commissioner; Must have a valid 5th Class driver’s licence and some travel may be required; Must produce a satisfactory Criminal Record Check and Child Abuse Registry Check; Must be able to be on call, work alone, work outdoors and work with exposure to steam, chemicals, noise and dust; Must be physically able to perform the duties of the position including working at heights, in conďŹ ned spaces, crouching, sitting, medium lifting, climbing, and wearing personal protective equipment.

QualiďŹ cations: Must have experience in operating, maintenance and repair of a Low or High Pressure Heating plant and its auxiliaries; experience with computers and computerized facility maintenance management systems; experience with HVAC operations, life safety systems and DDC operations.

Please see the website at www.manitoba.ca/govjobs/ for a full listing of all qualiďŹ cations and conditions of employment.

Duties: The incumbent will operate and maintain a 3rd Class Low Pressure Steam Plant at Portage Correctional Centre and a 5th Class Low Pressure Steam Plant at Agassiz Youth Centre in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, in compliance with the Power Engineer Act, Provincial Codes and acceptable best trade practices. In the absence of the Facility Manager and/or Chief Engineer, the incumbent may be responsible for the entire physical plant operation. The Operating Shift Engineer is the initial contact in most requests.

Apply to:

WHEN APPLYING TO THIS POSITION, PLEASE INDICATE THE ADVERTISEMENT NUMBER AND POSITION TITLE IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND/OR BODY OF YOUR EMAIL.

Advertisement No. 31312 Manitoba Civil Service Commission Human Resource Services 300-305 Broadway Winnipeg, MB, R3C 3J7 Phone: 204-945-4394 Fax: 204-948-2193 Email: govjobs@gov.mb.ca

Your cover letter, resumĂŠ and/or application must clearly indicate how you meet the qualifications.

Your cover letter, resumĂŠ and/or application must clearly indicate how you meet the qualifications.

7E THANK ALL WHO APPLY AND ADVISE THAT ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION WILL BE contacted.

We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

%MPLOYMENT %QUITY IS A FACTOR IN SELECTION !PPLICANTS ARE REQUESTED TO INDICATE IN THEIR covering letter, resumĂŠ and/or application if they are from any of the following groups: women, Aboriginal people, visible minorities and persons with a disability.

Employment Equity is a factor in selection. Applicants are requested to indicate in their covering letter, resumĂŠ and/or application if they are from any of the following groups: women, Aboriginal people, visible minorities and persons with a disability.

Find out about other current job opportunities — click on the Jobs button at manitoba.ca.

Find out about other current job opportunities — click on the Jobs button at manitoba.ca.

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Fourth place at bodybuilding competition a welcome result

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Mitch Byrne of Laban Fitness & Martial Arts Studio was in the United Kingdom in October to compete in the United Kingdom Drug Free Bodybuilding Association (UKDFBA) 2016 U.K. and International Championships in the international ladies bikini competition, in which she placed fourth.

Byrne qualified for the international competition held in Coventry by taking first place at the INBF Canada Central Naturals competition in Winnipeg in June.

The experience of competing in the U.K was daunting, says Byrne.

“My competitors, they have these nice better-looking bikinis and all of them have their own person to be their makeup artist,” said Byrne. “I was just there by myself really thinking ‘Oh my God, there’s no way that I’m going to place,’ because they’re really different than Canadian competitions.

They’re really big, more looking like beauty queens and like a Victoria’s Secret model with muscles.”

Her nervousness about how well she would do continued once the competition began.

“I felt like everybody was really looking good and the judges didn’t seem to be looking at me,” Byrne recalls. “I want to think positive because I don’t want to go home representing Canada and not taking home anything. I said I travelled so far away just to be like last place. I said to myself at least out of that 15 of my category I don’t want to be the last. But when they called the top five I got called, Canada, so I was so happy and excited, too.”

Judges said that Byrne needs more muscle in order to compete with the winners in her class but that she had the correct level of leanness and a polished presentation.

The UKDFBA takes stringent measures to ensure that the athletes in its competitions are not taking any banned substances, administering tests to all the competitors prior to the competition and having them take a polygraph test as well.

“Everything to make sure that we are drug-free, they did it,” Byrne says. “Whoever placed first place, ac-

tually, they get tested again on that day because they want to make sure that they are really clean. It’s really rigid that they make sure you’re not taking anything.”

Once the competition was over there was time for a little sightseeing in London before returning to Canada,

though prices meant Byrne didn’t get to indulge in everything she enjoys.

“London is expensive, double the price,” she says.

“I didn’t even shop at all because it’s so expensive but we did lots of sightseeing, for sure.”

Byrne, who trained for seven weeks prior to this

competition, is now shifting her focus to helping others prepare for the Manitoba Amateur Body Building Association competition in Winnipeg next year.

“I’m focused on that for now but who knows?” she says. “Sometimes I change my mind after I train people and I compete also.”

Even when she isn’t training for a competition, Byrne says 70 per cent of her diet is always healthy, which makes it easy to make the switch to preparing for a competition if training other people to do the same reawakens her desire to compete.

“What makes me com-

pete again and think to compete is actually when I see who I’m training and I’m like, ‘What am I doing?

I should be doing this because I can do it again,’ but let’s see how it goes next year. I prefer to really focus for sure on my clients then maybe compete, let’s see.

I can’t decide right now.”

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