March 08 2017

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Serving the Hub of the North since 1960

Volume 57 • Issue 10

RCMP officer who shot Thompson driver in 2015 charged with manslaughter

Let your games flag fly!

FRED PENNER COMING TO THOMPSON TWICE NEWS - PAGE 2

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

VETRAN VET BIDS CITY GOODBYE NEWS - PAGE 3

FROM PEI TO THOMPSON OPINION - PAGE 4

MIDGET MINERS STILL CAN'T BE BEAT SPORTS - PAGE 10

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Mayor Dennis Fenske, councillors Penny Byer and Colleen Smook, city manager Gary Ceppetelli, recreation director Andrew Hillaby and 2018 Manitoba Games host society co-chair Sandra Ross-Hitch were among those on hand for the official raising of the Manitoba Games flag outside City Hall March 1, 368 days ahead of the official start of the games March 4 of next year.

RCMP Const. Abram Letkeman, who shot and killed Steven Campbell of Thompson in a traffic stop in the early morning hours of Nov. 21, 2015, has been charged with manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death upon the recommendation of Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU) civilian director Zane Tessler.

Letkeman was arrested March 1 and charged with one count of manslaughter, one count of criminal negligence causing death, one count of reckless discharge of a firearm, one count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm and one count of dangerous driving, said the IIU in a March 2 press release. Letkeman was released on bail until a court date in Thompson on March 31.

The IIU press release said Tessler, in consultation with Manitoba Prosecutions Service, determined there were reasonable grounds to believe criminal offences occurred.

Campbell, a 39-year-old man who had lived in Thompson for about 15 years, was shot and killed by Letkeman on a dirt road off Princeton Drive. Police said at the time that the vehicle Campbell was in was pulled over for erratic driving after a brief pursuit and that the driver accelerated towards an officer who was approaching it, at which time the officer fired his gun, killing the driver and wounding a female passenger.

Campbell’s mother, Shirley Huber, who lives in Alberta, told the Thompson Citizen that she was notified of the charges by the investigator March 1. Huber said the news doesn’t bring her family any closure, which won’t be possible at least until a trial is held.

“We’ll be looking forward to the court case,” she said.

Huber told the Citizen in November 2015 that one of the passengers told her the RCMP officer pursing Campbell slammed his car into it and stopped him and that he fired his weapon nine times, hitting Campbell three times and a female passenger once. The officer was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries and released. The passenger told Huber that she and Campbell had been drinking and that Campbell accelerated when the RCMP officer flashed his lights at them because he didn’t want to get caught for impaired driving, which he had been charged with before.

An inquest into the shooting under the terms of the Fatality Inquiries Act was called Aug. 31, 2016 because Campbell died as a result of an act or omission of a peace officer in the course of duty.

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News

OBITUARY STIPCEVICH Joseph (Joso) Stipcevich, age 93 years of Thunder Bay, passed away peacefully at Bethammi Nursing Home on Thursday, March 2, 2017, with his family by his side.

Born in Ploca (Zadar), Croatia on March 1, 1924, he served as a soldier in Italy during WWII, then as a POW in Germany for several years, later he worked on a farm in Italy for ¿ve years. He immigrated to Canada in 1950, working in bush camps and as a deckhand in Port Arthur, while supporting relatives in Croatia. In 1958, he married Mary Matesic and started a family. Later, he joined USW Local 6166 with INCO in Thompson, Manitoba, where the community’s people became a second family to “Joe.” After 31 years, while recording only ¿ve sick days, he retired in 1993.

Throughout his life, he acquired an incredible knowledge, and natural talent for horticulture, cultivating farmlands and nurturing gardens. He also developed a keen interest in international events and history, this inspired him to travel the Far East and Europe, prior to returning to Thunder Bay. Due to a medical condition, Grandview Lodge became home for the next 20 years, where he cared for the lodge’s gardens, wintering birds and ducks, before moving to Bethammi Nursing Home in 2015. He enjoyed home cooked meals with family, coffee with friends, factual conversation with acquaintances, and good luck at the casino. He attended St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Joseph was predeceased by his parents Ante and Stosa Stipcevich.

Survived by sisters Christina Ostapovici of Thunder Bay and Angela Matesic of Vancover, devoted Mother of his children , Mary Stipcevich and daughter Lily (Mars) of Thunder Bay, son Peter and granddaughters Mateja and Evie of Toronto, many nieces and nephews in Croatia.

Joseph was a soft spoken, independent, generous man with a gentle soul – he will be missed by all who knew him.

Funeral Services were held on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 with family and friends gathering in Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church celebrated by Fr. Francesco Blazek.

Should friends so desire, donations made in memory of Joseph to St. Joseph’s Foundation of Thunder Bay would be greatly appreciated.

ALBERTO SOUSA It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Alberto Sousa on March 2nd, 2017 at the age 74. He passed in his sleep at the Thompson General Hospital with the love of family and friends.

Alberto is survived by his wife of 40 years, Maria Sousa, and their four children: Luz, Tony, George and Bonny.

Alberto was lucky enough to have 5 grandchildren who adored him: Zara, Samuel, Sebastian, Matteo & Gianna.

Alberto immigrated from Portugal to Montreal at the age of 16 to live with his four brothers. In Montreal he learned to love hockey and speak both French & English before ¿nding work in Winnipeg then eventually moving to Thompson in 1962.

INCO became his identity where he was known as a hard-worker and for the distinction of never missing a day’s work despite his 30 years of service! He was awarded with a position in Mines Training where he spent the later half of his career educating miners in their trade.

Alberto was known for several characteristics among his family and friends: he never complained, was stubborn, truthful to a fault, and possessed extreme loyalty. Perhaps his biggest legacy to Thompson was his yearly ritual of wine-making that fascinated residents for the month of September. There were few people in Thompson that were not aware of the “goose-crew brew”. Alberto Sousa taught several generations the art of traditional Portuguese wine-making. A mandatory stop for out of town INCO visitors was the Hemlock garage.

Funeral Service was held on Monday, March 6th, 2017 at 1pm at the St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church in Thompson with Father Guna of¿ciating. Interment followed in the Thompson Cemetery.

The family would like to thank the support received by family and friends. Also, special thanks to the Thompson Hospital staff for their kind care in his ¿nal days.

Actor and director Mary Francis Moore, visual artist Nick Huard and Manitoba musician and performer Fred Penner.

Dreamcatcher workshop with Fred Penner part of national arts project

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Thompson youth will have the opportunity to contribute their voices and dreams to a nationwide multidisciplinary arts project to celebrate Canada’s 150th year this Saturday at the Boys & Girls Club.

The Dreamcatchers Workshop is being spearheaded by the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island as part of a tour that will touch down in all 10 of Canada’s provinces as well as its three territories and then combine submissions from youth into a musical production to be performed across Canada.

The workshop is being led

by Charlottetown Festival associate artistic director Mary Francis Moore and indigenous visual artist Nick Huard with help from Manitoba guest musician Fred Penner.

“We chose artists who are from that province to talk about how they went after their dreams,” says Moore, who is a writer, director and actor herself and will take the opportunity while in Manitoba to see her own play performed by the Royal Manitoba Theatre Company in Winnipeg. “They talk about their paths, they talk about whether this was always their dream or how they got there or how they achieved the level of success they did and usually the artists do some sort of exercise with them.”

Dreamcatchers are used not only to enable participants to create a tangible piece of art that will be combined into one large dreamcatcher by Huard, but also to encourage youth to share their dreams for themselves and the future and their country as a means to explore various avenues of self-expressions.

“You can live in this community and grow up to pursue your dreams,” Moore says. “You can be from a small town and grow up to be an artist.”

Huard has previously worked on a smaller scale to combine dreamcatchers made by youth into a larger dreamcatcher fashioned by him.

“I’ve done one in Membertou [First Nation], a 12-foot dreamcatcher,” Huard says.

“It took seven years to accomplish. There’s 212 small ones that children have made hanging from the big one and council is held underneath that dreamcatcher because those are the dreams of the children of Membertou.”

Huard had a long career in documentary filmmaking and began making dreamcatchers in 1986 after an accident that resulted in a 17-month hospital stay.

“I went to powwow and I saw an elder making one and it’s like I knew what he was doing, I knew it all my life and then it just sort of poured out of my fingers and

IN MEMORY Gary “Red” Watt July 6, 1958- March 6, 2005

I’ve been doing workshops in schools all across Quebec, Venezuela, France,” he says.

Working with youth is a joy, Huard says, because they are still young enough that the doldrums of life haven’t dulled their belief in dreams.

“You show them the rudiments of making a dreamcatcher and as soon as they pick it up, you’re home free and the satisfaction of that eureka moment of the children is super,” he says, calling himself proof that dreamcatchers work. “Every time you look at the dreamcatcher, it reminds you to pursue the dream the creator put in your heart. If it comes from your heart, it’s good.”

“Basically the idea is in every province they will have a musician, a creator, to be with some young people to talk about their dreams and aspirations and where life is going for them and ultimately that communication will lead into some kind of creative work,” says Penner, who made his own decision to follow his dreams of playing music and performing in 1972 and has been living them for the past 45 years, with a new CD coming out and plans to be in Thompson again to perform in April.

“It’ll be a pretty intense creative path here and I’m very excited to see where it leads.

I think in the way our world is unfolding and the challenges that we’re all dealing with no matter where we are on this planet, that there’s a need to really hear certainly what the youth have to say and what their dreams and

directions and feelings are about what’s happening in this life and how perhaps we can pull things together and find a common ground that will give everybody a bit of a boost and some sense of strength.”

The workshop has already been to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Quebec, B.C. and Alberta, says Moore, and her work won’t be over once the workshops are all complete.

“Fred Penner will write us a song,” she says. “Twin Flames in Montreal, they’ll write us a song. We’ve got City Natives, they’re a hiphop brand out of New Brunswick, they’ll write us a song.

We have a choreographer, we have a B-boy dance group who do B-dancing on the ice and snow up in Whitehorse, they’re going to create a dance piece for us. All of that gets submitted and then I piece it all together and create a show based on all those submissions and based on the workshops I’ve done.

It’s a pretty mammoth undertaking. It’s an intense few months, but exciting.”

The Thompson workshop is for youth aged 11 to 15 and potential participants can visit http://dreamingcanada. ca/en/workshop-application to apply to attend. It runs from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on March 11. Youth 17 and under who can’t attend the workshop can still contribute to the process by submitting their dreams online in English or French at dreamingcanada.ca or capteursdereves.ca.

Thank You

IN MEMORY A celebration of life service for the late

Robert Allen “Al” Blair

will be held on Saturday, March 11, 2017 starting at 12:00 noon in the Chimo Room at the Royal Canadian Legion.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Yorkton Minor Hockey Association in honour of Allan (PaPa) Blair # for papas love of hockey.

Email transfers can be sent to: bonnie.bryan@sasktel.net.

Cheques can be made payable to: Mark’s Work Warehouse PeeWee Team and mailed to the Yorkton Minor Hockey Association, 227 Prystai Way, Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 2W1.

Our time together ended so suddenly.

Tears and time have made me reÛect about our life together.

We were BLESSED. The memories are so bountiful.

Love is inÚnite and I am surrounded by this love through family and friends.

“Do not grieve” that I have died, rejoice that I have lived.”

As we loved you, so we miss you, in our memory you are near.

Love, your wife, Shell. xoxo

I would like to thank the people for their support during the loss of my daughter, Doris Hansen, and for all the flowers given and donations received.

Thank you to all the people who came to her service at the St. James Anglican Church.

The Hansen Family.

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Veteran veterinarian bids goodbye to Thompson after 41 years

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

The first week of March marked the end of an era for Thompson as the reins of the Thompson Veterinary Clinic were passed from Dr. Ken Bingham, who’s provided veterinary services in Thompson since 1976, to his protégé Dr. Jenn Nyhof.

“She’s an ace,” said Bingham, who is moving out of Thompson to be closer to his children and grandchildren. “We’re lucky to have her here, actually.”

After 41 years in Thompson, Bingham calls himself an “old dinosaur” and says he’s learned as much from Nyhof and the other staff at the clinic as they’ve learned from him.

“I’ve got the experience to pass on but they’ve got the new techniques and the new things that have come out so it’s kind of a mutual thing,” he says.

The clinic’s new owner sees things a little differently.

“It’s very big shoes to fill,” says Nyhof, who took ownership of the Thompson Veterinary Clinic March 1. “He’s really done a very good job of serving not only Thompson but the outlying communities for so many years. Ken has been an amazing mentor since the very first day I started here. He’s taken me under his wing and shown me the ropes. Knowing that he was always there and he’s still only a phone call away really helps make things a little less scary.”

Nyhof began at the clinic in 2011 in a customer service role because she wanted to gain the experience she needed to study veterinary medicine.

“After about two years of working here I got into veterinary medicine in Saskatoon so I would go off to Saskatoon for the school year and then I’d come back here, work alongside Dr. Bingham for the summers and I did that and then I graduated in 2016,” Nyhof says.

Bingham hasn’t only taught Nyhof about animals, either, and she says she isn’t the only one in the community who feels that way, as evidenced by the messages that Bingham’s been receiving via the clinic’s Facebook page as news of his retirement got around.

“The outpouring of support and well wishes in the future to him really is a testament to the pivotal role that he’s played in so many people’s lives,” Nyhof says.

“Obviously animal health is very important but veterinary medicine is just as much about people as it is about animals and I think Ken has done a very good job of being very professional and being very reliable and being someone that you could

Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Oswald Sawh Retiring veterinarian Dr. Ken Bingham receives a plaque from Thompson Regional Humane Society board chair Oswald Sawh March 3 thanking him for his service to animals in Thompson and the society over the years. talk to if you just needed somebody to listen.”

Two people who’ve known Bingham for years echo that sentiment.

Penny Byer says Bingham has provided what services he can to horse owners like her over the years, including putting down animals.

The last time she had to put down a horse, she says, was the same day her mother died so it was tougher than usual.

“He just put his hand on my shoulder, gave my shoulder a squeeze and said, ‘Anything we can do to make this easier for you?’” says Byer.

Another time, Byer had to have an operation on her dog at the same time that Bingham was providing services for one of her horses and she remembers wondering how she would pay for all that.

“All he said to me is, ‘Penny, come by the clinic, take a look at it, if you don’t have it all I’m sure we can let you carry it till next month,’” she recalls.

“I didn’t even have to ask.”

Thompson Regional Humane Society board chair Oswald Sawh says Bingham has generously provided services free or at reduced rates for the society since it was established.

“He would do a free health check [on animals the society took in] so we knew what we were dealing with,” Sawh says. “I’ve never calculated what his donation amounted to by doing what he was doing.

It’s in the tens and tens of

thousands definitely. He helped us enormously. It’s tough to see him go.”

Bingham says one of the most memorable animals he worked on was a grizzly bear during the first few years of his practice in Thompson.

“It was the government,” Bignham says. “They wanted to have a grizzly bear inspected. I think it was coming out of Churchill. I was across the street where the humane society is now and they pulled in with a great big grizzly bear in one of those traps. I said, ‘Well, what do you expect me to do?’ Just look at it, see if it’s healthy. I said, ‘It looks healthy to me.’”

The bear eventually ended up in a zoo in Pittsburgh and Bingham received a call from there a few years ago.

“Some guy from Pittsburgh phoned and said, ‘I understand you had a grizzly bear come through there one time,’” says Bingham.

“I said, ‘Yeah, how the hell did you know?’ ‘We had it in the zoo here and it just died so I just wanted to tell you.’”

Though, like many longtime Thompsonites, Bingham came to the Nickel City intending to only stay for three to five years, he wound up staying four decades and said he’d probably have stayed longer if his children and grandchildren were close by.

“It’s a nine-hour drive to Saskatoon so it’s easier to be closer than it is to travel,” he says. “If I had kids still here, I’d stay here.”

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Editorial

People make a community A

s Thompson bids goodbye to long-time veterinarian Dr. Ken Bingham, it’s important to remember that the people who live in the city, whether for a short time or for decades, are what makes it a community.

The fondness people have for the veterinarian is testament not only to how important he was for their pets, but to the impact that one person can have.

Whether you are a business owner or an employee, everyone can strive to through their involvement in their work and other activities to achieve the same thing as Bingham and others before him have: to make those they leave behind feel that Thompson will lose something in their absence.

Letter to the Editor

Demonize China; why?

To the Editor: Donald Trump isn’t the first loose cannon to become the president of the U.S.A. Almost three decades ago, the arms race or Cold War broke the economy of the U.S.S.R. and ironically, the same phenomenon is straining the limits of the United States.

Why do the Republicans have to demonize China?

Many of them have millions invested in China because of its stability and cheap labour. To add to this drain on her economy, earnings “offshore” are not taxable in the home country of the U.S.S. China sacrificed 22 million of its people in World War II to help secure our freedom during the Japanese expansion. We criticize China for her development of thermal plants, yet it has invested $64 billion in solar energy to this day.

Our then-prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau led the free world and recognized mainland China in the United Nations. President Richard M. Nixon followed suit and made a state visit to Red China, as it was called.

Surely our nations have learned that peace and negotiating are much more logical than confrontation and war, paying much higher dividends in the long term. We don’t have to travel down that dark road again, simply since our political ideologies are different.

Chairman Mao and Mikhail Gorbachev instituted radical changes by making overtures to the free world after years of isolation. Russia is still struggling with a myriad of economic challenges.

Both China and India are emerging as world economic powers and the complexion of our society is radically changing. It is not the time to demonize such a large nation as China; it is time to respect our differences and build a future based on diversity.

Angus Campbell Thompson

Columnists

From PEI to Thompson

BY CAROLYN LAIDLAW My name is Carolyn Laidlaw and I have started helping out the Thompson Citizen to bring you the good news of Thompson!

I am originally from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and moved to Thompson nine months ago. I like that Thompson has that small city feel that reminds me of home.

I have cerebral palsy and because of that, my mobility is not the greatest. So, I have a wonderful service dog named Lila!

She makes the challenges of mobility easier and she as given me independence when it comes to getting around by myself that I never thought was possible. Lila goes where every I go, so that means she comes to the office with me at the Thompson Citizen. She lays quietly under my desk on her comfy mat, while I work with the staff of the Citizen.

I have diploma in marketing and advertising from Holland College, a small college in Charlottetown. I have a strong

passion and love for the world of marketing, and also have a passion for writing – everything from poems and stories to news articles. This passion for writing and knowledge of the world of marketing meant the Thompson Citizen was a good fit.

This opportunity to work with the Thompson Citizen is due to the Thompson Supported Employment Program (TSEP).

This program helps people with disabilities and/or barriers to employment gain the confidence and skills need for the workplace and helps them find employment. Being in the program since January, I can say that it is incredible and I am thankful that it exists. I graduated from college in May of 2016 with little work experience and my self-confidence to enter the workforce was low. However, thanks to the TSEP, I have higher self-confidence entering the workforce and have learned the skills that have made helping out at the Thompson Citizen that much easier.

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Practise self-realization to take back your health

BY KYLIE MATECHUK By now if you’ve been reading my columns you’ll know that I am an advocate for natural health care. Not because it sounds good, but because at a low time in my life, that’s all that worked for me. Like a lot of my articles have mentioned, our physical health is a direct result of our emotional, mental and spiritual state of health. When you start to understand how to improve the health of those, your physical health starts getting better. For some reason though, we are wired to do it backwards. To fix the physical health and then life is rosy and well.

In holistic health, in the yoga lifestyle, in First Nations culture, in times well before us, this was obvious. Common knowledge. What happened?

How did we forget these important components?

Society has told us that we are weak if we talk about our emotions. Society has told us that you must belong to a religion to be spiritual. Who is society? Do they reflect who you are and where

you want to be? Do they reflect your goals and purpose in life? Does society pay your bills and are there for you in times of need? Chances are, no!

So why give them the power to have over you?

You are intelligent, and capable of determining who it is you want to be.

You don’t need society to compare yourself too. Society doesn’t hold a candle to who you are.

The people I see always come to me with a physical complaint. By the end of our time together we have some kind of grasp on how certain situations, trauma or stress has led them to their physical health condition and they didn’t even recognize it.

It doesn’t take a doctor or anyone with any training, really, to understand that stress kills. Your sleep habits, your diet, your relationships, will to live, it’s all associated with your current mental and emotional health, and perhaps your lack of spiritual awareness. If you keep neglecting these essential pillars of your well being, your physical health becomes ill. You

have chronic pain, inflammation, disease and then what? This is why I don’t work with people with a simple interest in weight loss, for instance. You losing weight is not my interest. I want to teach you to understand the reasons you became overweight in the first place. Looking deep inside you, asking yourself the questions you don’t want to answer, and start getting rid of the emotional baggage that you might have been carrying around for years.

When you figure out those issues and start getting a little self-realization, you will see the weight come off. You will see the vitality in your face again.

Trust me, I’ve lived it, and that’s why I advocate it.

I’ve fought a hard battle to get to where I am, an internal battle that had nothing to do with picking up weights and caloriecounting. Self-realization and awareness are the secrets to your health.

As health leaders we can throw plans and programs and supplements at you, but you hold the key.

Look at your life, practise minimalism in all

Kylie Matechuk ways. Get rid of excess baggage from your home, work, relationships and thoughts. How can you enjoy your life when you’re being weighed down by things that don’t serve you any positive purpose?

It doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Start small. March is nutrition month. So for goodness

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sake, let’s talk about nourishing our whole body, mind and soul, and not just counting calories and scale hopping.

As always, check with your doctor or health practitioner for any medical-related questions.

This information is to be used as a guide and not to replace medical advice.

Kylie Matechuk is a cer-

tified, experienced yoga teacher, registered in gold status with the Canadian Yoga Alliance, and director of teacher training at Mo Tus Nua Wellness, the yoga studio she owns and manages in Northern Manitoba. She is also a registered holistic nutritionist with a passion for pediatric and digestive health.

Pet Registration

Tenders will be received by the Purchasing Agent at City Hall, 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson, MB. R8N 1S6. Tender details and closing dates are as follow:

The City of Thompson requires that all dogs & cats owned in Thompson be licensed & wear a city tag.

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To register, please contact City of Thompson Animal Services at: 226 Mystery Lake Road 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday

Annual Registration Fees Spayed/Neutered $20.00 Non-spayed/Neutered $65.00

Friday, March 31, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. (CST) RFT #11317 – SUPPLY OF SOLAR ENGINE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK. RFT #11417 – SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF FABRIC STORAGE BUILDING. RFT #11517 – REPAIR OF MULTI-USE BUILDING AT WASTE DISPOSAL GROUND. Bid 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 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 submission need not be accepted by the City of Thompson. The City shall have the right to evaluate competing bids 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 work to the Proponent which it deems to be in the best interest of the City.

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• 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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Not only do we teach about food and nutrition (although we are very good at that!) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but we can also help you to get well and stay well by supporting positive changes in your daily life, including the way you eat. We can help you set goals, combat your barriers to change, and make healthy behaviours into habits that last a lifetime.

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We can help you manage these conditions through diet and lifestyle, but also know the importance of a holistic team approach to health care. We work with other healthcare workers (doctors, nurses, specialists and more) to make sure you receive the best care possible.

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BY LORI OZOL, RD & TRESSA BEAULIEU, DIETETIC INTERN Where do you get your food and nutrition info from?

Is it reliable, realistic and centred on your needs? Finding nutrition info that is all of these things is kind of like ďŹ nding a perfectly ripe avocado - hard! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to navigate through all the advice from media, celebrity â&#x20AC;&#x153;expertsâ&#x20AC;? or even well-meaning friends and family with an opinion on nutrition. There is so much info out there, but how much of it is worth listening to?

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So what do we do?

HOPE NORTH SUICIDE PREVENTION COMMITTEE presents An Evening of Hope! â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open Heart, Open Mindâ&#x20AC;? - an evening with six-time olympic medalist and mental health advocate Clara Hughes. Thursday, March 16 from 7 pm - 8 pm at Letkemann Theatre.

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BOREAL DISCOVERY CENTRE GARDENING WORKSHOP. Saturday, March 18, 1 pm to 2:30 pm at Boreal Discovery Centre, 110 UCN Drive. Workshop leader Cliff Colter. The workshop will focus on seeds: when, how and why. $10 prepaid admittance including seed starter pots, potting soil and tomato seeds. Register by emailing borealdc@gmail. com. The first 30 prepaid will be guaranteed a spot.

THOMPSON MULTICULTURAL CENTRE: FREE ENGLISH CLASSES for immigrants, newcomers, adults and elderly people. Every Tuesday from 5 pm - 6 pm at RDPC. If interested contact Aileen Garrett at 204-670-6032 or Sandi Knight at 204-333-9894.

THOMPSON MULTICULTURAL CENTRE: FREE FRENCH CLASSES for immigrants, newcomers, adults and elderly people. Every Friday from 5 pm - 6 pm. If interested contact Yedidia Ngoy at 204-307-0657 or Alberto Sasaki at 204-939-1708.

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ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING are important first steps when making career or educational decisions. The YWCA Assessment Centre can help you begin. We offer an assortment of high quality assessments for adults interested in upgrading, making career choices or preparing for the GED exam. The YWCA Assessment Centre offers a full range of Career Development Services FREE of charge. For more information or to make an appointment call 204-778-1208.

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InSight Mentoring can help. This is a free service available to women that are pregnant or may have given birth in the past year. InSight Mentoring can help you identify your goals and help you achieve them. Please call 204-677-5372 or 204-778-1521 between 8:30-4:30 pm for more information.

IF YOUR LOVED ONE or friend has a problem with alcohol, and you need help, join the Alanon group meeting at 1079 Cree Rd at the Nickel Group trailer, across from Co-op Gas, Wed at 8 pm. Call Wendy at 204-778-7841 for information.

DO YOU HAVE A DISABILITY? Are you looking for employment or work experience and have a disability? The Thompson Supported Employment Program (TSEP) provides a comprehensive variety of quality employment services to persons with disabilities as well as acting as a resource to local progressive employers. For more information or to book an appointment: contact Thompson Supported Employment Program at 204-6778322.

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To all of our Winterfest 2017committee members, sponsors, supporters, performers & volunteers for showing your NORTHERN SPIRIT by braving the cold & coming out to celebrate and participate

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Sports School District of Mystery Lake Change in Location for Regular Board Meeting on March 14, 2017 The Board of Trustees of the School District of Mystery Lake will be holding the March 14, 2017 board meeting in the library at Juniper School.

Meeting time is 7:00 p.m. and everyone is welcome to attend.

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Re: Kindergarten Registration for the 2017/2018 School Year Registration for September 2017 kindergarten is now being accepted at all our elementary schools, from 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon and 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Please register your child at your catchment school. Welcome to kindergarten events are planned for the month of June at each school.

The person registering the child must be a parent or legal guardian. A birth certificate is necessary for registration. You will also need your Manitoba Health card as well as proof of residence (valid Manitoba driver’s licence, Manitoba medical card, lease agreement, house title or any other official document indicating your current address.) If not a Canadian citizen, please provide Landed Immigrant documents, visa, etc. Students entering kindergarten must be five years old by December 31, 2017.

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Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham From left to right, Glenn Laycock of the Wall of Fame committee with 2017 inductees Doug Korman, Jack Sangster and Keith Kennedy before the Norman Northstars alumni game at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena Feb. 25.

Sports Wall of Fame inductees are living links to Thompson sports history

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

The three new members inducted into the Thompson sports Wall of Fame at the Vale Regional Community Centre prior to the Norman Northstars alumni game on Feb. 25 during Winterfest are like three intertwined threads in the tapestry of Thompson hockey history, their stories overlapping at various times throughout the decades.

Jack Sangster, who moved to Thompson from Flin Flon in 1961, was part of many important teams in the city’s history, as a player on the first Thompson team to compete out of town and, later,

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on the senior Thompson Hawks, and then as coach of a provincial championshipwinning team in 1974 and of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League King Miners for three years beginning in 1975. He also coached the MJHL Portage Terriers and the Taber Golden Suns of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, as well as the Regina Pats, Seattle Breakers and Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League, and was recognized as coach of the year after his first year in Seattle. From 2000 to 2006, he was the coach of the junior B Nelson House Flames in the Northern Manitoba league and later spent time coaching a peewee King Miners team as well as one season as an associate coach of the midget AAA Norman Northstars.

Sangster’s year coaching the Northstars saw him once more alongside fellow inductee Doug Korman, who played for the junior King Miners and the Hawks and was also a player for Sangster in Taber during a hockey career that took him from Thompson to Regina and overseas, both as a Hawks player when the team travelled to Italy and as a player in a German league as well.

Korman also coached termite teams when the league and tournament were run by Keith Kennedy, who was the in charged of the Kinsmen termite league for 25 years.

Kennedy came up from Brandon, where he moved in 2000, to be recognized as this year’s other Wall of Fame inductee.

“I joined the Kinsmen Club and the Kinsmen sponsored termites hockey so they wanted one of their members to take it over and I took it over and stuck with it for 25 years,” says Kennedy, who came to Thompson in 1965 with the intention of staying three years and left after 35. “I had a lot of fun doing it, too.”

Kennedy says one of Korman’s brothers was the youngest player he ever coached at three years old and Korman remembers a player who would later become a Northstar back when he was coaching a termite team.

“I remember putting Trent Laycock on the ice and he couldn’t skate,” Korman said.

“I had to get out on the ice because he was doing snow angels out on the ice and now he’s going to university, so time flies.”

Sangster played midget hockey when he first came to Thompson and also for a team in the mine league, which sounds like something out of Slap Shot when he describes it.

“That was very scary,” he remembers. “I saw some big guys throw guys right over the boards and right over the snow bank and the fights were unbelievable. The referees couldn’t break them up. I thought somebody was going to get killed out. I was 135 pounds soaking wet at that time.”

Sangster got his own start in coaching while he was playing for the Hawks, helping out with a team to prepare them for a game against a visiting Winnipeg squad and ending up as the main man when the head coach got sick and went into hospital.

Of all his hockey memories, one that sticks out for Sangster is the one that got him onto Good Morning America, when Seattle traded a hockey player for a bus.

“I phoned [the Victoria Cougars general manager] and he just went dead silent,” Sangster recalls. “He said, ‘Jack, this is too big for me. I gotta call the owner.’

Two-and-a-half hours later, he calls me back: ‘We’ll do her.’ It was lots of good press for us. Man, they were calling from all over. It was crazy.”

Korman’s highlights in-

clude the Northstars winning the midget league championship and also the atmosphere that teams played in before the C.A. Nesbitt Arena was refurbished.

“I just think the sound was different in the old C.A. arena,” Korman says. “For some reason, it was louder, maybe the seating was different or whatever. There was something about the old C.A., the atmosphere was unreal. There used to be Munn Cups where there was 1,000 people.”

But what he liked most of all was watching players grow.

“They’ve developed into family people with kids and now they’re coaching or volunteering in the community, helping out,” he says. “I think it was all about giving back to the community. I think as long as some of these young guys remember that, it’ll continue. If everybody gives back to the community, if it’s in coaching, reffing, whatever it is, we need people stepping up and helping out for their young kids.”

Kennedy, whose name was on the trophy given to the winning team of the termite tournament championship, said coaching helped him develop some skills that he says he has now put to bed for good.

“I never even hardly got to be much of a skater until I was older and then, of course, termite hockey I did some refereeing with it also, so that’s how my skating more or less got improved,” he said. The last time he got on the skates was three years ago with one of his grandchildren. “We went skating and I put my skates on and from the building to the ice surface was pretty rough and I walked out and my feet went out from under me, flat on my back. I went out onto the rink, skated around a few times and never had my skates on after.”

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Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Trent Laycock’s goal with one minute left in the third period proved to be the winner for Team Korman when Norman Northstars alumni faced off in the C.A. Nesbitt Arena on Feb. 25 during Winterfest.

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Bonjour École Riverside School Announces Full Day French Immersion Kindergarten classes are now open for registration.

Why French Immersion?

Pourquoi l’Immersion française?

Speaking French opens up many more opportunities in life.

Parler français ouvre encore davantage de portes sur le monde.

The Norman Northstars alumni game during Winterfest on Feb. 25 was a back-and-forth affair that saw Team Korman build up a substantial lead and then gave it away before hanging on for a 7-6 win over Team Sangster.

Trent Laycock’s goal with one minute remaining in the third period put Team Korman up two goals and proved to be the winner when Team Sangster got their sixth goal from Ryan Templeton with 28 seconds

left. Team Sangster pressed for the equalizer with the goalie out in the last halfminute but couldn’t draw even.

Charles Monger had two goals for Team Korman, putting his team up 2-1 in the first period with his first and scoring the go-ahead goal with 1:42 left in the game after Jordan Valentino had completed Team Sangster’s comeback with a goal to make it a 5-5 game with less than half a period to play.

Michale Venne opened scoring in the game when

he converted on a breakaway about seven minutes into the game, only to see Craig Nychyporuk tie it up for Team Korman about two minutes later.

Three goals in 10 minutes from Rory McKie, Tyrel Charlton and Lance Laycock in the second period made it 5-1 for Team Korman but Calem Ross and Jeff English scored in the last 90 seconds of the period to reduce the advantage to two. English’s second goal of the game early in the third made it a one-goal affair.

Tataskweyak finishes on top in Wild KTC final

French immersion students become excellent communicators and learning another language increases achievement in reading, language skills, and mathematics.

French is spoken in several countries around the world and makes travel abroad much more exciting Le français est la langue officielle ou seconde dans plusieurs pays du monde, alors les voyages deviennent encore plus intéressants.

Myth: A parent needs to already know some French for their child to enter French Immersion.

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Fact: 90% of parents who have their children in French Immersion don’t speak or write French.

Consider French Immersion for your child at École Riverside School. Entry points are Kindergarten at any time and Grade 1 by December.

Please visit us for more information or check out our website. 204 677-6115 École Riverside School offers a large Lunch Program to our students.

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Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Payton Beardy (#77) and Tataskweyak Blues captain Dusty Flett celebrate Beardy’s overtime game-winner in the Keewatin Tribal Days hockey tournament final against Fox Lake at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena March 5. Tataskweyak tied the game in the final minute of the third period and went on to win 7-6.

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

It was a barnburner with a wild finish as the Tataskweyak Blues tied the score late and then completed the comeback in overtime for a 7-6 victory over Fox Lake in the senior division final of the Keewatin Tribal Days hockey tournament March 5.

Payton Beardy put in a rebound for the game-winner about midway through the five-minute sudden death overtime that had already seen thwarted chances in front at both ends, a breakaway stopped by the Fox Lake goaltender and a puck that crossed the line

but was not counted as a goal because the referee had already blown the whistle.

That followed a goal by Donovan Spence of the Blues that tied the game 6-6 with only 38.8 seconds left on the scoreboard.

Fox Lake had built up an early lead, going up 3-0 by about the midway point of the first period on goals by Preston McLeod and a pair

by Avery Wilkie before Tataskweyak got on the board with their only goal of the period from Kelly Ouskan, who scored the Blues’ first five goals. Bruce Highway made it 4-1 for Fox Lake early in the second period before Ouskan’s second re-

duced the lead to two and his hat trick marker, scored shorthanded, made it a onegoal Fox Lake advantage.

McLeod’s second put Fox Lake up a pair before the second intermission but Ouskan cut the lead to one again with about 10 minutes to play in the third period. Wilkie’s hat trick marker made it 6-4 Fox Lake and looked like it would be the winner after Ouskan got his fifth 49 seconds later before Tataskweyak’s late-game dramatics shook things up.

The Bunibonibee Cree Nation Devils beat the Split Lake Chiefs in the final to take the title in the oldtimers’ division.

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Another sweep for King Miners in undefeated midget AA season

Thompson Citizen photos by Ian Graham Jonathan Saunders (right photo) had six goals in three games, including the game-winner in the series-winning victory March 5, as the Thompson King Miners beat The Pas Huskies three games to none in a best-of-five playoff series in Thompson March 3-5.

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Their margins of victory were a little closer than they were through most of the season but the midget AA Thompson King Miners kept their perfect record intact and won the Norman Regional Minor Hockey Association midget AA league championship with three straight victories over The Pas Huskies March 3-5.

The third game of the best-of-five series was the most lopsided of the series, with the King Miners prevailing 7-1 after scoring three goals in the second period to break open what had been a 2-1 game after the first 20 minutes. The Huskies opened the scoring on a goal by Sean Hrabowich 6:01 into the game but Sheldon Howard got his first of the game just a couple of minutes

later and Jonathan Saunders gave the Miners a lead they wouldn’t relinquish with a power play goal less than two minutes before the period ended.

Saunders’s second cam early in the middle frame and was followed by a goal from Chase Gurniak and Howard’s second with Thompson near the end of a two-minute twoman advantage to make it 5-1. The King Miners had

a chance to extend the lead but Armando Evans was stopped on a penalty shot in the late stages of the second period.

Gurniak and Oscar Lafreniere closed the scoring out in the third.

The second game was the closest of the series and the second one-goal game between the Huskies and King Miners on the season. Jonathan Saunders had a pair of goals and

Keistin Saunders and Trent North added singles for a 4-3 Thompson win and a 2-0 series lead. Sean Butler, Hrabowich and Rowan O’Toole had the goals for the Huskies, who were outshot 50-27 in the game.

The series opened with a 5-2 Thompson win March 3, with Jonathan Saunders once again recording a pair of goals and Howard, North and Justin Spence contributing singles. Butler and

Logan McDonald had the goals for The Pas, which was outshot 48-36. Kenton Brass made 34 saves in net that night and was also in net for the serieswinning victory March 5, while Kruz Mitchell made 24 saves to get the win in game two.

The King Miners will be back on home ice again this weekend as hosts of the midget AA provincial tournament.

Two more Trojans teams heading to provincials after victories at home in zones

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Both of R.D. Parker Collegiate’s senior basketball teams are headed to provincials in Winnipeg March 16-18 after beating teams from The Pas and Flin Flon in the finals of the Zone 11 basketball championships in Thompson March 4.

The varsity girls led for most of their final against the Hapnot Collegiate Institute Kopper Kweens from Flin Flon apart from being briefly behind by a single point in the third quarter. The Trojans outscored the Kopper Kweens 11-2 over the first four minutes of the fourth quarter en route to a 54-42 win. RDPC had led by one at the end of the first quarter, by two at halftime and the end of the third quarter before three consecutive three pointers early in the fourth quarter put them up by double digits.

The outcome was more in doubt in the boys’ final against the Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute (MBCI) Spartans from The Pas, which ended as

Thompson Citizen photos by Ian Graham R.D. Parker Collegiate’s senior basketball teams are both heading to provincials in Winnipeg March 16-18 after the boys beat Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute and the girls beat Hapnot Collegiate Institute in the finals of the Zone 11 basketball championships in Thompson March 4. an 80-77 Trojans victory after the home team saw their lead, which stood at five points at halftime and as many as 10 in the second quarter, shrink to as few as one in the final quarter.

The Trojans had the first three points of the game but then

gave up the next 11. They tied the game 14-14 and led 19-18 at the end of the first quarter.

The girls won all four of their round-robin games, dispatching Norway House’s Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre

Huskies (HBOIERC) 89-49, Cross Lake’s Otter Nelson River School (ONR) Nikiks 100-19 and MBCI 98-20 while facing a tougher time against Hapnot, whom they defeated 4327 in their first meeting of the tournament.

The boys were also undefeated, facing their toughest round-robin test from MBCI in a 62-53 victory, while prevailing 72-35 over HBOIERC, 91-52 over Hapnot and 89-53 over ONR. The senior teams’ victories

mean that three of RDPC’s four basketball teams will compete in provincials this year. The junior varsity girls also qualified for provincials at the Zone 11 championships in Flin Flon while the junior varsity boys’ lost in the final.

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January’s top athletes are junior varsity basketball leaders

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

R.D. Parker Collegiate’s athletes of the month for January had different endings to their season and, for one, the final chapter has yet to be written.

Grade 9 student Emma Deibert is one of several firstyear players on the junior varsity girls’ basketball team and her four teammates who were on the squad last year have some unfinished business to take care of.

“We want to win provincials,” she says. “I think we can. The girls who were on the team last year, they made it to provincials and they knew that they could have won it and so this year has been a redo year. We’re really striving to get first.”

The JV girls kept that possibility alive with a dominating performance at the Zone 11 championships in The Pas Feb. 24-25, winning all five of their games by 40 points or more. The team had nine straight wins and three tournament titles leading up to the zone championships.

“We haven’t won a game by less than 10 points,” Deibert says. “We don’t let up.

We want to run the score.

We want to send a message that just because we’re from the north we’re not going to be overlooked. So far we’ve

been doing that really well.

We’ve been trying to stay intense even if we’re winning by a lot.”

Achieving their goal of a provincial championship will require strong performances as individuals and a team.

“We’ve got to make sure we’re finishing,” Deibert says. “It’s something we struggle at right now. We’ve got to make sure we’re giving good passes and working as a team, which we do pretty well at. All the girls on the team, we’re pretty equal with our skills and we can all count on each other to make the game-winning shot or to make a good basket.”

The male athlete of the month saw his team’s season fall short of provincials when the junior varsity boys’ basketball team lost in the final at the Zone 11 championship.

Grade 10 student Kyle Tomchuk said he was called on to be team leader in his second year on the squad.

“We only have two players that really have had some in-game experience so it’s more of a leading role I have to take on and I’m enjoying it,” said Tomchuk. “We’ve got a good group of guys and it’s been fun.”

The boys’ season had its ups and downs.

“We had one [tournament]

in Brandon we did pretty good at,” he said. “We had one in Flin Flon. It wasn’t our best but we learned from it to get ready for zones.”

Tomchuk, who also plays soccer and volleyball, says basketball is his favourite sport and the one he’s had the most success in.

“I help out the guys if they’re in a panic mode and they don’t really know what they’re doing, I just help them out, calm them down,” he says, describing himself as a court general. “I like to dish it out but sometimes when we’re in a close game I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do, take it to the basket, get the easy points.”

Tomchuk says his leadership is probably what earned him recognition as one of the athletes of the month.

“I’m leading the guys, making myself become a model that they can look up to, learn from,” he says. “I work hard.”

Deibert says she inspires her teammates to play their best.

“I’ve heard that I’m motivational to the girls around me and I try to make the girls succeed when they maybe need to shake off a bad pass or make up for a bad shot on defence,” Deibert says. “I try to work as hard as I can and it pays off.”

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Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Kyle Tomchuk and Emma Deibert are R.D. Parker Collegiate’s athletes of the month for January.

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Young scientists display their findings at Westwood

Thompson Citizen photos courtesy of Westwood School

BY ERIC LAROCQUE SPECIAL TO THE THOMPSON CITIZEN

We s t w o o d School held its science fair Feb. 28. Participants from Grade 2 to Grade 8 designed, experimented and presented projects ranging in topics from black holes to Kepler’s third law. A

great deal of hard work and effort were put in to completing the projects.

Thirteen groups will be moving on to the regional science fair competition April 7-8 in Flin Flon. Students who placed first and second place from Grades 4 to 8 are eligible to move on to

regionals. At regionals, students in Grade 7 and 8 who place first and second place have the chance to move on to Canada Wide Science Fair, being held in Regina this year.

A great big thank you goes out to all the staff who helped make the day a success; the judges for

taking time away from their busy day to interview and evaluate projects; and finally to the student participants for

following through with their commitment of completing and presenting their projects.

Please continue to en-

Are Dermatologists ‘Zapping’ for Dollars?

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 73 years old and lived on a boat in my 40s. Now, whenever I go to the dermatologist (two to three times each year), he “zaps” me about 20 times and burns off “cancer cells” or maybe “potential cancer cells.”

Some of them have been cancer and were healed with MOHS procedure.

While I am grateful for the care he gives me, I also sometimes feel that he zaps because each zap means more money. Can you please clarify this for me? — G.B. ANSWER: I often get questions like this, where a patient has a concern that their doctor is performing unnecessary medical care for the purpose of enriching himself or herself. I always have trouble believing it, since I can’t really imagine it, but I recently read about an oncologist pleading guilty to treating with chemotherapy people who didn’t really have cancer, which shakes my faith in my profession (and colleagues).

Still, I truly believe that, in your case and probably more than 99 percent of the time, the doctor is being extra cautious to treat you for the sole purpose of reducing your likelihood of developing an invasive skin cancer later on. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: My mother lives in Florida. Her major discomfort is fatigue and no energy. I have asked her doctor to please give her a vitamin B-12 injection, even though her B-12, thyroid function, vitamin D and blood count are all in the

courage these young scientists, engineers and researchers as they are our leaders and problemsolvers of our future.

normal range. Her doctor does not believe in B-12 injections. Do you think it might help? — J.L. ANSWER: Vitamin B-12 is necessary for proper function in many tissues, but it is critical for blood cell production and neurologic function. B-12 deficiency causes an unmistakable anemia (called megaloblastic anemia) and can cause neurologic and psychiatric disturbances even in some people with no anemia. The blood test for B-12 is quite reliable. The major cause of B-12 deficiency is an autoimmune disease that prevents the stomach from making intrinsic factor, which is necessary for efficient absorption of B-12.

B-12 can be absorbed orally by people with pernicious anemia by taking very high doses, such as 1 mg. This gives as good a replacement as injection.

It was common 50 years ago to give B-12 injections as a “tonic.” However, it offers no advantages for people with normal B-12 levels beyond the placebo response. As I have noted many times, the placebo response can be very powerful, and 1 mg of B-12 orally is very safe. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: I have heard that drinking water with your meal is bad for you. Is this true? And if so, why? I have a dry mouth due to cancer treatment and must have water with everything I eat. Is something bad going to happen to me? I am otherwise healthy. — R.G. ANSWER: It’s not true at all. Water is, generally speaking, the healthiest drink. It is possible to drink too much water, but it’s very hard to do so unless you are taking medications that affect your kidneys or you have excess anti-diuretic hormone, an unusual medical condition. Keep drinking your water.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med. cornell.edu. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. © 2017 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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505 • HOUSES FOR SALE DOAK’S BULK FUELS is looking for a driver- class 1 or 3. Yard work and long haul. $22.50 per hour plus benefit package. Send resume by fax: 204778-4474 or drop off at 250 Station Road. 10-2-d FOR SALE BY OWNER Deerwood area, 3 bedroom, one level house. Recently renovated and painted. Yard backs onto ravine. Asking $150,000. If interested, please call 204-778-4271. 10-2-d FOR SALE BY OWNER 4 Minago Bay. Reduced to $100,000. If interested, call 204-348-7493. 35nb-tfn-nb

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Off of main hallway with access to washroom, next door Iron Fitness. Hydro included. Tenant cost shares water. For more info, contact: Carolyn Turpie, 31 Oak St., Ph: 204-677-3516. Friuli Suite Rentals/Bianchini Warehousing. Email: manager@friulirentals.com. 28-tfn-nb 7 SELKIRK main floor office area 1990 sq ft, will sub-divide. Lower level from 100-1000 sq ft. variety of office areas.

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Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Stacy Martin Non-profit organization Live Different put on a performance at R.D. Parker Collegiate’s Letkemann Theatre on March 3 after a last-minute cancellation on a tour. Live Different’s Youth Empowerment Ice Road Tour was scheduled to visit 13 remote Northern Manitoba communities this winter road season through a partnership with Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) and Chemawawin First Nation, with support from the Samantha Mason Foundation, WestJet and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada

Need to fill a Psychosocial RehabilitaƟon Intake Worker Provides service navigaƟon support for programs within the RehabilitaƟon and Recovery Service of CMHA Thompson Region.

This posiƟon includes assisƟng clients contacƟng the associaƟon regarding RehabilitaƟon Services to have a thorough understanding of the programs available and support them through the applicaƟon process.

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Phone 204-677-4495 LIVING WATER CHURCH Pastor Archie McKay Ph: 677-2469 Sunday services @ 7:00pm.

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Contact us at 204-679-2693 or 204-677-5003 BURNTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH 39 Beaver Crescent Thompson MB R8N 1C5 204-778-4494 Pastor Lee Pickett Sunday morning service 11:15 a.m Sunday evening service 7:00 p.m Wednesday prayer meeting 7:00 p.m

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Skills and QualiĮcaƟons • This posiƟon requires three years completed post secondary • educaƟon at the undergraduate level in human service related disciplines such as Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or EducaƟon and two years of direct service experience in a community based organizaƟon or an appropriate equivalent combinaƟon of educaƟon and experience.

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Responsibilities: Reporting to the Director of Programs the Statistics Clerk is responsible for coordinating and recording the receipt of month end statistics reports on Agency case categories. The incumbent must possess excellent computer skills and be adaptable to software applications used by Awasis Agency.

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We thank all applicants who apply, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Thompson Citizen photos by Ian Graham Juniper School held its annual science fair March 3 and among the experiments on display were a pair by Grade 5 students Georgina Tanner, Dunmininu Oluboye and Trisha Bighetty (left photo) on dissolving colour and slime. Also taking part was Grade 2 student Canasia Oster (right photo) who examined whether nails rusted faster in water or vinegar. She is seen with judges Sya Gregovski, left, and Blake Ellis, right.

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8 -inch square cheesecloth parsley stems garlic cloves, crushed with side of chef’s knife 2 bay leaves 1 tablespoon black peppercorns 1 corned beef brisket, flat (thin) cut (3 1/2 to 4 pounds) 1½ pounds small red potatoes, unpeeled and each cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks 1 pound carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces 1 small head green cabbage (about 1 1/2 pounds), cut into 8 wedges 1. In cheesecloth, wrap parsley, garlic, bay leaves and peppercorns; tie with string and place in bottom of 5 1/2- to 6-quart slow cooker. Add corned beef; top with potatoes and carrots. Pour in enough water to cover meat. Place cabbage on top. Cover slow cooker with lid and cook on low setting 10 to 12 hours or until beef is very tender.

2. To serve, thinly slice corned beef across the grain; transfer to warm large platter with vegetables. Makes 8 main-dish servings.

• Based on individual serving: 440 calories, 25g total fat (8g saturated), 27g protein, 28g carbohydrates, 6g fiber, 125 mg cholesterol, 1,480 mg sodium.

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A rich and tender rustic Irish quick bread — the ideal dinner companion for corned beef.

1/4 cup sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 4 cups plus 1/2 teaspoon all-purpose flour 6 tablespoons cold margarine or butter 1 cup golden or dark seedless raisins 1½ .cups buttermilk 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Grease large cookie sheet.

2. In large bowl, combine sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda and 4 cups flour. With pastry blender or 2 knives used scissor-fashion, cut in margarine or butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. With spoon, stir in raisins, then buttermilk just until evenly moistened.

3. With floured hand, gently knead dough in bowl a few times until dough forms a ball (do not overmix, or bread will be tough). Place dough on cookie sheet; shape into a 7-inch round loaf (dough will not be smooth).

4. Sprinkle loaf with remaining 1/2 teaspoon flour. With sharp knife, cut 4-inch-long cross, about 1/4-inch deep, on top of loaf. Bake loaf 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.

Makes 12 servings.

• Each serving: About 275 calories, 6g total fat (1g saturated), 6g protein, 49g carbohydrates, 2g fiber, 1mg cholesterol, 485 mg sodium.

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