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Fire destroys Shoppers Drug Mart Book a way to preserve and pass on memories of growing up in Churchill

Teen who helped residents escape Split Lake fire gets standing ovation in legislature

Addictions Foundation of Manitoba northern director Gisele deMeulles has written a book about her experiences growing up, mostly in Churchill.

BY IAN GRAHAM

to write things that you have ‘Oh, I’m just as bad, right?’ to figure out. It’s pretty clear I have all these stories and Though she’s now written when I get through.”

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BY IAN GRAHAM ces growing up in Churchill, her book, titled Whispers in because they will be lost if EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET Sciences Centre in Winnipeg.

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was not a very safe thing to do but I jumped at it. I thought that was exciting until the plane landed and they started throwing the fuel off and I realized, ‘Holy cats, I was probably sitting on a bomb.’”

Another thing that spurred her on was the hard times facing Churchill since the Hudson Bay Railway suspended operations north of Gillam last spring.

“It used to be a really thriving large community and it’s just dwindled down to such a small population now,” deMeulles says.

Though she’s not there any longer, her parents and her sister and other family members still are.

“My cousin owns the hardware store there,” she says.

Because of that, deMeulles finds it hard to

Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Eric Redhead/Facebook Thompson MLA Eric Redhead at the legislature with Shenika Chornoby of Tataskweyak Cree Nation, right, who he recognized in a March 9 member statement for her heroic actions when she rushed into a burning building in February to help residents escape.

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham A fire that started in the early morning hours of March 9 and then flared up and reignited a few hours later eventually burnt Shoppers Drug Mart. down See more photos on Page 9.

Nickel Belt News photo by Ian Graham

swallow when people say that Churchill residents should just find somewhere easier to live.

“To say, ‘Those people choose to live there. They should just leave,’ is quite simplistic. It’s quite disrespectful. If we were in the same boat in another area I think we would scream about that so why don’t they have the option to do that?

I think right now they’re feeling like they’re pawns in a political game and that’s really sad for them because I think the people of Churchill really want to thrive.

They’ve built their worlds there. How would we feel if someone came to you and said, ‘I’m sorry, you have to leave your home community and we’re going to displace you somewhere else and all your loved ones and your history is gone?’”

For all the harsh weather and the dangers of polar bears, deMeulles said if it had been viable she would have moved back to Churchill in a heartbeat.

“I miss the shoreline, I miss the rock, I miss the polar bears even though they’re very dangerous and I really miss the Hudson Bay,” she says. “When I go back home, standing on the Hudson Bay looking out on the bay, it just gives you an incredible sense. You feel so small and you feel great.”

Now that she’s got one book under her belt, deMeulles says she may try to produce another.

“I have another book in me,” she says. “It’s a darker story, more about personal growth and struggles.

Maybe in the next five years it’s something I’ll focus on doing.”

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St. Theresa Point chief asks media for privacy as community grieves The chief of a remote Northern Manitoba First Nation where two 14-yearold girls froze to death March 1 held a press conference March 10 asking for the media to give his community and its residents time to grieve the loss.

St. Theresa Point First Nation Chief Elvin Flett said at a press conference in Winnipeg that residents are struggling with their own unanswered questions and that the death of the girls in the close-knit community is hard enough without journalists contacting the First Nation and relatives of the two girls seeking specific details.

“The needless and premature deaths of our youth, as well as our community is a priority at this particular time; therefore, I am requesting all media outlets to respect the privacy of the bereaved families and

community at this time,” Flett said in a March 9 press release.

A viewing was planned for Winnipeg early this week at the funeral home where the girls’ bodies were taken before they are flown back to St. Theresa Point for a funeral, Flett said.

“Once the families and community have completed the final resting of these two young girls, the chief and council, along with other leaders will provide further comprehensive details,” he said. “Not only on details but on aggressive measures and long-term solutions to prevent any further needless and premature deaths of our youth.”

Anishininew Okimawin– Island Lake Grand Council Grand Chief Scott Harper said at the March 10 press conference that the deaths not only impact St. Theresa Point but also the other

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Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Anishininew Okimawin–Island Lake Grand Council Anishininew Okimawin–Island Lake Grand Council Grand Chief Scott Harper. St. Theresa Point First Nation Chief Elvin Flett and Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Cathy Merrick at a March 10 press conference where Flett requested privacy from the media in the wake of two 14-year-old girls in St. Theresa Point dying from exposure March 1. three Island Lake area first nations.

“We are all related,” he said, noting that some of the crisis response workers that the council dispatched to provide assistance in St. Theresa Point are directly related to the girls involved and their families.

First Nations in Northern Manitoba barely have time to recover from one tragedy before another one strikes,

Harper said.

“It’s one crisis after another and it’s very sad,” said Harper.

The fact that such tragedies even happen at all in Canada in 2023 is appalling, said Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Cathy Merrick, pointing to poverty as the underlying factor contributing to their frequency.

“That is why we find

our children dead on the roads of our First Nation communities,” she said.

“Our people should not be dying.”

Merrick also expressed despair that the sharing of tragedies over and over again doesn’t seem to make any difference.

“I don’t know who is listening to us,” she said, noting that First Nations and their members are aware

of what their communities need but are usually unable to obtain it. “Communities here for many, many years have called asked the government to provide them with treatment centres with no success. We know very well that our people are the ones that need the help most in our territories. We have to change the way that we think about First Nations people in this country.”

Tragedy strikes Northern Manitoba man for second time with loss of granddaughter

BY DAVE BAXTER

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG SUN

Tragedy has struck once again for a Northern Manitoba man who has spent the last year desperately searching for his missing daughter, and is now mourning the sudden loss of his granddaughter.

“We have dealt with so much loss and so much pain, so we are having a very hard time right now,” Albert Shingoose of St. Theresa Point First Nation said over the phone on March 9 from his home in the remote Northern Manitoba community.

“It has been really hard on all of us.”

Albert has spent the last year travelling regularly between St. Theresa Point and Winnipeg, as he continues to search for his daughter, 31-year-old Ashley Shingoose, who disappeared off the streets of Winnipeg, and has not been seen or heard from by family or friends since

March 11 of last year.

And Albert is now dealing with more loss, as it has been confirmed that one of two teenage girls who died in St. Theresa Point March 1 after being outside in frigid winter temperatures was his granddaughter Dayna Shingoose, who is the daughter of Ashley.

According to RCMP, Dayna and her friend Emily Mason were both discovered outside a home on St. Theresa Point First Nation on the morning of March 1, and police said they believe that both girls had been outside for a period of time overnight while temperatures dropped to as low as -23 Celsius.

RCMP said they were called to the home around 8 a.m. March 1 after the girls were discovered, and both girls were taken to a local nursing station where they were both pronounced dead.

Albert says he knows that Dayna had been suffering with bouts of

depression since her mom disappeared last March, and said he had hoped to one day see them reunited, something he now knows will never happen.

“It was hard for her, and she knew that I was out there looking for her mom, and I would always tell her, ‘I’ll find your mom, I’ll bring your mom home.’”

According to Albert, the death has also affected Dayna's uncle Darnell Harper, who Albert said is a police constable in the First Nation, and was called to the scene where his niece lay dead.

“He was the one that found her at the scene, he saw her frozen, and he’s having a really hard time,” Albert said. “We keep on telling him to pray and do what he has to do to carry on, but it’s hard when you’ve seen something like that.

“It’s very traumatic.”

Albert says a funeral for Dayna is being planned in

the community, and he knows that others in his community are suffering as well with the loss of the two girls.

“It’s really hard because we lost two young girls, so something like that really hits hard here, and a lot of people are in pain, and they are suffering.”

Albert said he also has no plans to stop travelling to Winnipeg and to continue to search for his missing daughter.

“I will go back again and again as long as I have to, and I will keep searching,” he said. “I’ll never stop searching.”

Anyone with any information on the disappearance of Ashley Shingoose is asked to call the Winnipeg Police Missing Persons Unit at 204 986-6250.

— Dave Baxter is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of the Winnipeg Sun. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the government of Canada.

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Government touts Manitoba as mining-friendly province at mineral industry conference Manitoba’s government touted its credentials as a mining-focused and mining-friendly jurisdiction in the first week of March, sending a delegation to the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canadaconference in Toronto and announcing mineral-related funding for various organizations and companies.

Economic Development Minister Jeff Wharton said in a March 6 press release that Manitoba’s representatives at the conference, which attracted more than 1,100 visitors, 2,500 investors and 23,000 attendees, would be holding discussions and meetings with industry stakeholders and also distributing technical and marketing materials to conference participants.

Among the highlights of the mining industry in Manitoba noted by the province were 150,000 metres of exploratory nickel drilling by Vale Manitoba Operations in the Thompson area over the past two years, and the fact that about 60 companies have exploration permits in Manitoba, over 70 per cent of whom are looking for critical minerals.

The government also said it was providing $1.8 million in grants to the Mining Association of Manitoba, Manitoba Keewatinowi

Okimakanak and Communities Economic Development Corporation to support activities related to mineral development and Indigenous participation, though it did not spell out how much each of those groups would be receiving.

The government’s vagueness did not discourage the mining association from welcoming the funding however.

“We look forward to working with the province and mines branch, and expect there will be further announcements in the coming months as we apply this funding towards positive initiatives and programming that will benefit the mining sector, people and communities,” said mining association president Stacy Kennedy, who took over as the permanent head of Vale Manitoba Operations on March 1. “All Manitobans stand to benefit from an increased focus on mineral development and production here at home."

Vale announced at the PDAC that it was contributing $1.6 million over three years to the University of Toronto for research on sustainable mining solutions, including a project focusing on improving commercial recovery of low-grade nickel-containing

Thompson Citizen file photo

Vale Manitoba Operations ultramafic ores like those around Thompson.

The same day that the province pumped up its desirability as a mining destination, it also announced that the Manitoba Mineral Development Fund had approved conditional funding totalling $1.7 for five projects, including 55 North in Lynn Lake, Boreal Gold in Flin Flon, Foremost Lithium in Snow Lake, Calliniex Mines in Flin Flon and Alamos Gold in Lynn Lake, which received federal environmental approval for its Lynn Lake open pit gold mining project that same

day and has been granted a provincial Environment Act licence.

“Strategic investments in mining, like in the MMDF, are key to a thriving provincial economy and placing Manitoba as a world leader for responsible mineral development,” Wharton said. “Our government is committed to continuing to responsibly build on Manitoba’s rich natural resources to attract new investment in the mining sector. The MMDF also enables us to foster strong partnerships with Indigenous communities in mineral development

activities that benefit the economy and the province as a whole.”

A government spokesperson was unable to provide a breakdown of dollar amounts or details about the specific projects being funded. The MMDF provides funding for things like mineral exploration and for projects involving First Nations, other Indigenous organizations and municipalities for training and economic development activities. It is supported by an initial government investment of $20 million as well as up to six per cent

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“Advancing mineral exploration projects is critical to creating lasting economic benefits to communities in Northern Manitoba,” said Chuck Davidson, MMDF board chair and CEO of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce, which administers the fund. “The MMDF is excited to support exploration projects and to see future partnerships emerge from these projects.”

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Federal Court approves plan to distribute $2.8-billion residential day school settlement

BY ISAAC PHAN NAY

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, CANADA'S NATIONAL OBSERVER

Warning: This story contains details about residential day schools that may trigger unpleasant feelings or thoughts of past abuse. If you or someone you know requires emotional support, please contact the 24-hour Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.

Canada’s Federal Court approved a settlement agreement between the federal government and 325 First Nations whose members filed a class-action lawsuit over the harms they survived at residential day schools.

In January, the federal government settled a class-action lawsuit over the harms of residential day schools out of court for $2.8 billion. Now, a Federal Court justice has approved the agreement along with a plan to distribute the money.

In her decision, Justice Ann Marie McDonald called the settlement “historic.”

In the decision, the Federal Court ruled after two 30-day appeal periods, the

Canadian government will have 30 additional days before it is expected to transfer funds to a non-profit trust led by First Nations.

The funding is expected to be used for the revival and protection of Indigenous Peoples’ language and culture, the protection and promotion of heritage and the wellness of Indigenous communities and their members. These guidelines, also called the settlement’s four pillars, were developed by the class action’s representative plaintiff.

Each of the bands in the class action is supposed to receive $200,000 so they may develop a proposal for further funding. Then, the trust is expected to pay bands a portion of the $325 million allocated as a “kickstart fund.”

The trust is also expected to give each band involved a share of its available annual investment income.

Indian residential day schools separated First Nations children from their homes and indigeneity, and operated from the 1800s to as late as 2000. Survivors of the residential day schools

filed a class-action lawsuit against the government for the collective harms the policy caused. Then, the government agreed to settle out of court.

This is the second settlement to compensate survivors of residential day schools. The first, in 2021, distributed compensation to individual day scholars.

Now, First Nations will be compensated for the way residential day schools eroded their language, culture and heritage.

On March 13, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller announced the Federal Court approved the settlement, which was named after former Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc Chief Shane Gottfriedson.

“Canada welcomes the Federal Court approval of the Gottfriedson Band class settlement agreement,” Miller said in a press release.

“This settlement is not intended to place a value on the losses, but instead is a step forwardMarch in rebuilding Wednesday, 21, 2018 our relationship with Indigenous Peoples.”

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It goes on to explain that one of the biggest challenges in Nunavut is poverty and that the territory is coping with high unemployment rates.

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Four men from Easterville are wanted by police in connection with an assault that left another man with serious injuries.

Chemawawin RCMP were alerted around 11 a.m. March 11 that a 24-year-old man was being taken to the Easterville nursing station for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Investigation determined that four men entered the victim’s home earlier that morning, assaulting him and causing extensive damage before leaving.

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding 29-year-old Mitchell Howard Ledoux, RV 27-year-old Steven Shane Klyne, 26-year-old Shawn Eric Umpherville and 20-year-old Nathan Walter Umpherville, all from Easterville, who are believed to have fled to Winnipeg. The four face numerous charges including aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and breaking and entering.

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Safeway supplies students with snacks

BY IAN GRAHAM

EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Juniper School students received racks of snacks from Thompson Safeway on March 9 as the grocery store took its turn feeding hungry students as part of the Toonies for Tummies campaign.

An initiative of the Grocery Foundation, a non-profit supported by food, beverage and other companies, Toonies for Tummies takes in-store donations and uses them to provide healthy food to students who need it.

The food delivered by Safeway employees on March 9 included oranges, water, cookies and sandwiches with meat and cheese, said Thompson Safeway store manager Ashish Errappa.

“We’re just trying to stay within the diet they told us,” he said, which focuses on healthy, low-sugar foods.

The local Safeway’s Toonies for Tummies program is supporting the snack program at Juniper and the breakfast program at Wapanohk Community School, said Errappa, who invited other businesses and groups in Thompson to support the programs and those at other schools as well. For the first snack donation, the school and the store decided to deliver the snacks from classroom to classroom, with help from school staff, student council members and Thompson RCMP Special Const. Rob Cleveland, who regularly assists with the snack program.

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Safeway employees, principal Lucy Mayor, Thompson RCMP Special Const. Rob Cleveland and members of student council pose with an assortment of donated snacks on the morning of March 9 before delivering them to Juniper School classrooms.

Province increases support for victims of abuse and exploitation

BY BRENDA SAWATZKY

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, NIVERVILLE CITIZEN

On March 13, Manitoba’s Justice Minister

MORTGAGE SALE The building and land known as 264 Riverside Drive, Thompson, Manitoba, as described in Certificate of Title No. 2876431/3 will be sold at auction on Tuesday, the 11th day of April, 2023, at 10:45 a.m. by teleconference. There will be no in-person attendees at the auction. In order to participate you must pre-register at least 24 hours prior to the auction by contacting Jasmine Pascual at jpascual@ darcydeacon.com or 204-318-2236.

Kelvin Goertzen announced an amendment to the Intimate Image Protection Act which will double down on efforts to protect an individual’s right to online image privacy.

Under the new law, individuals distributing intimate images of others online will be required to provide proof of consent from the

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“Manitobans have the right to privacy and to consent to the distribution of their intimate images,” said Goertzen. “The unwanted distribution of an intimate image can have lifelong negative impacts.

Strengthening the Intimate Image Protection Act makes it clear that no one

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should distribute an intimate image of another person without informed consent.”

Victims of intimate image distribution will be provided with assistance in having an image removed from the internet.

For those who believe they are at risk of distribution of their image without consent, information will be provided regarding legal remedies and protection that is available to them.

“In the last six months alone, Cybertip.ca has seen a 100 per cent increase in reports concerning intimate images,” said Signy Arnason, associate executive director for the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. “As technology and offending tactics evolve, such as the creation of altered images to coerce and control victims, it is imperative that our laws keep pace. Manitoba has been a leader in addressing the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and we welcome this important review to ensure citizens have options beyond the criminal justice system to deal with this form of online sexual violence.”

O n e d a y e a r l i e r, Goertzen also announced the investment of an additional $2 million of further provincial supports for children who are victims of abuse.

The additional funding will provide dedicated police and operational resources for the child

abuse investigative team.

As well, child victims and their families, and child witnesses to violence, will be provided with a full range of resources and specialists to aid in their healing.

“In the past five years, Manitoba has seen an increase in child abuse and exploitation,” said Goertzen. “This is an unacceptable reality and our government is taking concrete action to intervene, protect children and families, and ensure perpetrators are held to account for their actions.”

The new funding will build on the existing successes of the Toba Centre for Children and Youth , a child advocacy centre operating in collaboration with the Winnipeg Police Service and RCMP. The centre provides a safe space for children and their families, including a child- and youth-friendly interview room with highly trained forensic interviewers.

“The development of an integrated, specialized child abuse unit, housed at Toba Centre, is a huge step forward in ensuring children and families who experience abuse receive the response they deserve,” said Christy Dzikowicz, executive director of TCCY. “Manitoba is well on its way to having the most coordinated, collaborative and community-involved child abuse response in the country.”

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Violent woman arrested in Shamattawa Shamattawa RCMP used a taser on a woman who threw a ceramic pot at them and brandished a knife in their presence on March 11.

Police were first notified about a violent woman around 9:40 p.am. March 10 by the occupants of a residence who said she was damaging things in the home and in possession of a sharp weapon. The woman had left by the time officers arrived and the residents were advised to lock their doors and to call RCMP again if she returned.

Police patrolled the area looking for the suspect but did not locate her.

Around 1:45 a.m. people

from the same residence called police to say the woman had returned and was wrecking items inside the home again. Screaming could be heard in the background during the call, according to an RCMP press release.

As responding officers entered the residence, a woman threw a ceramic pot at them, which narrowly missed the officers and shattered into pieces when it hit the wall behind them.

The officers informed the woman she was under arrest but she didn’t obey their commands and then pulled a knife out of her pocket.

One of the officers de-

ployed a conducted energy weapon but it did not affect the woman. It was then deployed a second time. It proved effective on the second attempt, knocking the woman to the ground, and officers were able to subdue and arrest her.

Police said the woman remained combative as she was transported back to the detachment, hitting the windows of the police vehicle.

Once she was inside the detachment, she spat at the officers.

Gina Redhead, 23, is charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer and with resisting arrest and was remanded into custody.

Northern Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency, second community to do so in days

BY DAVE BAXTER

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE RE­ PORTER, WINNIPEG SUN

A Manitoba First Nation is now the second northern community to declare a state of emergency in just a matter of days, and Indigenous leaders said March 13 that if those communities don’t get the support and assistance they need soon, people will continue to be harmed and continue to die.

At a media conference in Winnipeg on Monday, Shamattawa First Nation Chief Jordna Hill said he was declaring a state of emergency in the remote northern community.

He said Shamattawa is currently in a state of crisis due to recent incidents including a fire that left numerous families homeless, as well as multiple recent suicides in the community.

A fire in the community last week saw a multi-unit housing complex burn to the ground, and Hill said the community did not have adequate fire services to properly fight the blaze.

Hill also fought back tears as he spoke about recent suicides in the community, including the suicide of a woman who died just weeks after her daughter also died by suicide.

“This mother was crying out for help for her daughter, and after losing her daughter the mom died by suicide as well,” a visibly frustrated Hill said on Monday.

“I’m tired, I’m hurt, and I’m pissed off.”

During Monday’s media conference, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Cathy Merrick also struggled to contain her emotions, and she openly wept as she called for improvements to services in Shamattawa and in other First Nations communities.

“That hopelessness results from a lack of adequate services from gov-

Thompson Citizen photo by Dave Baxter, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Sun Shamattawa First Nation Chief Jordna Hill, right, was joined

by Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee, left, and other First Nations leaders at a media conference in Winnipeg on March 13, and said he was declaring a state of emergency in the remote northern community. ernments,” Merrick said.

“We have to realize that our First Nations communities do not have what we take for granted in urban areas.”

She added she is also worried about children and youth in First Nations communities who she said continue to deal with issues like addictions, mental health issues, and often with severe overcrowding in homes.

“There are families where there are 16 people in one home,” Merrick said.

“How can you expect a child to sit down and do their homework? How do we expect our youth to be able to even sit at a computer and play a game in that atmosphere?

“How do we expect our children to sleep in a bedroom with five or six different people? That is what is happening in our First Nations communities, and that should not be.

“Our people are in despair.”

Shamattawa First Nation is the second First Nation in the north to declare a state of emergency in a one-week span, as O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation Chief Shirley Ducharme said March 6

she had declared a state of emergency in the community, also commonly referred to as South Indian Lake.

Ducharme spoke to the Winnipeg Sun last week, and said she was calling on both the federal and provincial governments for assistance to resolve issues she says have “plagued” the northern community for years, but that have become far more prevalent in recent months, including mental health issues, addictions, and a several recent acts of violence.

“We can't wait any longer,” Ducharme said last week. “We are dealing with emergencies and tragedy on a daily basis here it seems.

“Our people are dying, and as leadership we have to do something.”

The Sun reached out to both the province and the federal government for comment on Monday’s media conference, but so far has not received responses from either by the end of the day.

— Dave Baxter is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of the Winnipeg Sun. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the government of Canada.

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Preteen girls in stolen pickup flee from police, endanger other motorists

RCMP photo A pickup stolen from a Thompson resident’s driveway on March 7 hit another vehicle, nearly ran into others while the driver fled from police and got stuck three times before RCMP located it again and arrested two girls, aged 11 and 12, on Station Road.

Thompson RCMP officers arrested two girls, aged 11 and 12, on the afternoon of March 7 in a stolen pickup truck that had sideswiped one vehicle, nearly collided with others and got stuck three times.

Police were notified that a vehicle left running in a driveway had been stolen just before 1 p.m.

The vehicle got stuck in a snowbank for the first time at Waterloo Avenue and Brandon Crescent.

Another driver stopped to assist and the driver of the stolen vehicle got out of the

snowbank and sideswiped the other vehicle, slightly injuring one passenger.

Numerous people reported an erratic driver to police, who were notified of a truck matching the description of the stolen one stuck on the shoulder of Highway 6. The driver got the vehicle unstuck and resumed driving erratically towards Thompson.

An RCMP officer located the vehicle and tried to pull it over but the driver didn’t stop and fled at high speed, almost colliding with other vehicles on the road. The

officer ended the pursuit because the way the stolen truck was being driven was endangering public safety.

Officers continued to patrol and found the pickup stuck in the snow on Station Road. The two girls inside were arrested without incident.

The 11-year-old can not be charged because she is too young. The 12-year-old is charged with dangerous driving, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, car theft, possession of property obtained by crime and flight from police.

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La Salle teams sweep master’s curling provincial titles in Thompson

BY IAN GRAHAM

EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Competitors representing the La Salle Curling Club had a great time at the Manitoba Credit Unions Master’s Curling Championships in Thompson March 8-13, winning both the women’s and men’s provincial championships for curlers aged 60 and older.

Randy Neufeld’s squad took the men’s title on Monday afternoon, defeating Mike Mahon’s foursome from the Granite Curling Club 4-3 in seven ends to capture their first master’s championship in their first year competing in the category.

Mahon’s squad scored two in the sixth end to tie the game up 3-3 just after the time limit bell was sounded, making it a “next end wins” situation. Mahon’s last shot came up a little short and Neufeld’s team took the match with one rock left to throw.

“It was a battle,” said Neufeld after the game. “I thought we played good and didn’t make any mistakes that were big mistakes.”

The championship team, which included Peter Nicholls, Darren Oryniak and Dale Michie, has plenty of experience winning championships.

Nicholls was a member of a team that won the Tankard when the men’s provincials were in Thompson in 1994. Along with Dean Moxham, Neufeld, Nicholls and Michie have won four senior men’s titles since 2015 and will go for another in two weeks at the Strathcona Trust Seniors championships in Dauphin.

Nicholls has won seven Manitoba provincial championships altogether, including the 2018 Manitoba mixed championships.

Michie was a member of the team that won the mixed provincials in 2001 and Oryniak was part of the team that won the senior men’s championships in 2013.

Neufeld, who played in a northern berth bonspiel in Thompson sometime in the ‘80s or ‘90s, said the winning stone was about two inches closer to the button than Mahon’s final shot.

One day before Neufeld’s win, the team of Laurie Deprez, Deb McCreanor, Lori Pellissier and Bev Atkins defeated Sandra Cowling’s rink from Hamiota 5-3 to claim their first master’s championship.

Team Deprez stole two in the fifth end to take a 4-3 lead and stole another in the seventh before running

Cowling out of rocks while poised to score two more.

It is the first time since credit unions started sponsoring the master’s championships that the men’s and woman’s championships have been won by teams from the same club.

Cowling’s team was in the master’s women’s final for the fourth straight year, having won in 2019 and 2020.

The members of the winning women’s squad have all won provincial titles before. Deprez skipped the 2012 senior women’s champion team, McCreanor skipped the 2018 and 2021 club champions teams and Atkins was a member of the 1984 mixed championship-winning team. Pellessier was a member of mixed champion teams in 1995 and 2000 and skipped the 2012 club championship-winning foursome.

Sam Antila of the Burntwood Curling Club, who was part of the tournament organizing committee and also one of the competitors, on a team that went 2-5, losing several close games, said it was a lot of work to put the provincials together but that it was well worth the effort as everything went smoothly.

“We didn’t have any

Do

issues at all,” Antila said.

“None, which is amazing.”

He heard a lot of compliments about the tournament as a whole and about the

ice.

“That’s always one of the key components is the ice conditions and our ice conditions are second to none,”

he said after the men’s final.

“They did a really good job on the ice, it had good speed,” said Neufeld.

“That’s half the battle.”

Thompson Citizen photos by Ian Graham Randy Neufeld of La Salle Curling Club skipped his team to its first master’s men’s provincial championship at the Burntwood Curling Club in Thompson March 13.

From left to right, Randy Neufeld, Peter Nicholls, Darren Oryniak and Dale Michie with their championship plaques, trophy and jackets after winning the men’s master’s provincial championship in Thompson March 13.

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Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Curl Manitoba Laurie Deprez’s squad from the La Salle Curling Club after capturing their first women’s master’s provincial championship in Thompson on March 12.

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Grant Brown and Sam Antila of the Burntwood Curling Club pose March 13 with an appreciation plaque from Curl Manitoba in recognition of the club’s efforts as hosts of the 2023 Manitoba Credit Union’s Master’s Provincial Championships.

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Fire crews from Thompson and Paint Lake battle blaze at Shoppers Drug Mart Thompson and area firefighters as well as heavy equipment operators battled a fire at the Burntwood Plaza for much of the day March 9. Page 2 The fire consumed News Shoppers Drug Mart and the Northern Regional Health Authority clinic next door despite the efforts firefighters from Thompson Fire & Emergency Service, Vale Manitoba Operations and

the Paint Lake Volunteer Fire Department sought to contain the blaze.

A digger was brought to the scene shortly before 11 a.m. to pull down the Shoppers Drug Mart facade, revealing the burning structure within.

Smoke from the fire was visible throughout Thompson on a clear and cloudless morning. Much of Selkirk Avenue was closed for sev-

eral days after the fire as city workers cleared the area of ice that formed as a result of the large volume of water used to fight the blaze.

The fire was first www.thompsoncitizen.net reported around 2 a.m. March 9 and firefighters responded. It was believed the fire had been extinguished but it reignited around 5 a.m. and crews responded again, remaining at the scene for most of the day.

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Thompson is officially breastfeeding friendly

Thompson Citizen photos by Ian Graham Firefighters from Thompson Fire & Emergency Service, Vale Manitoba Operations and the Paint Lake Volunteer Fire Department as well as heavy equipment operators battled a blaze at Shoppers Drug Mart in the Burntwood Plaza on the morning of March 9.

Thompson Citizen photo by Kyle Darbyson Health care professionals gathered in the lobby of the Northern Regional Health Authority administration building in Thompson Feb. 28 to celebrate the city’s new Baby-Friendly Initiative designation.

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After almost a decade of hard work, local health care professionals have finally achieved a Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) designation for the City of Thompson.

This means that the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada has officially endorsed local health care groups and facilities now that they have fulfilled the group’s 10-step best practices program.

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For a moment all the world was right how could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye And now I'm glad I didn't know the way it all would end the way it all would go.

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But if I'd only known how the king would fall hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all.

According to the committee’s official website, these 10 steps include: implementing a consistent infant-feeding policy, facilitating 24-hour rooming-in periods for new mothers and encouraging mothers to feed their newborns without the assistance of artificial teats or pacifiers.

During a celebratory gathering at Thompson General Hospital Feb. 28, Northern Regional Health Authority CEO Helga Bryant told the crowd that this designation is a big deal, since Thompson health officials facilitate the largest number of births in the region.

“To have accomplished

this in a geography that is as large as ours, and with many of the challenges that we just live with every day, it’s truly a huge accomplishment,” she said. “And there are many southern, more urban communities that have not gained this yet, so you really need to be proud of yourselves.”

The BFI designation was created by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in 1991 in an effort to protect, promote and support infant feeding standards around the world.

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Clarke gauging needs of friendship centres

BY MIRANDA LEYBOURNE LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, BRANDON SUN

Eileen Clarke plans to visit Manitoba’s 11 friendship centres this summer to understand their specific needs, which she says will inform her actions as Manitoba’s Indigenous relations minister.

Her announcement comes one week after the Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres expressed disappointment over Budget 2023, claiming in a news release that it doesn’t do enough to address the needs of urban Indigenous people.

While applauding the budget’s focus on health care and child care, a lack of additional funding for friendship centres means Indigenous people living in urban centres will get left behind, said MAFC president David Gray.

Friendship centres are non-governmental organizations spread out across Canada that commonly provide a wide range of services and programming with a focus on counselling, advocacy as well as health, wellness and cultural identity.

The last increase to any funding by any provincial government to friendship centres in Canada was in 2001.

“We have spent the last four years asking government, and the government promising to engage with us in a review to evaluate the essential services that centres provide and determine meaningful funding levels

for those services,” Gray said in the release.

Clarke said those are some of the points she hopes to touch on during her tour of friendship centres, adding she’s currently reviewing the budget with Gray’s comments in mind.

The provincial budget was released March 7 and has yet to be passed in the Manitoba legislature.

The minister acknowledged the important work friendship centres do in communities for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, noting: “They’ve always been a very high priority for me.”

Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, friendship centres across Manitoba stepped up to serve their communities, she added.

“They helped anybody that needed meals, or needed shelter or … in any capacity that they could help because their outreach is simply amazing.”

Gray praised Clarke’s efforts to advocate for friendship centres during the last several years, but said it’s time for the province to take a serious look at their funding situation.

“The government needs to appreciate our innovation and effort better,” he said.

While Gray said the MAFC will soon provide more specific information on the funding it would like to see from the province, the Brandon Friendship Centre is still reviewing the latest budget.

Thompson Citizen photo by Brandon Sun/Local Journalism Initiative Indigenous Relations Minister Eileen Clarke.

According to Jeremy For Gray, he’d like to see environments, Gray said. graphics and backgrounds, “All of the effects of that which is why it’s so imMonias, the BFC’s housing more money directed toward and finance executive assist- vulnerable people, youth and are going to be felt by those portant that they receive ant, it’s normal for some the elderly. youth for years to come and the proper funding to help “Particularly, people who will be passed on to other people, Gray said. programs within friendship centres to receive funding are addicted [to substances] children.”

Gray, however, remains while others go without. For almost always have a bunch Elderly people, especially optimistic about the future of example, a program for chil- of other problems, and they those living in care homes, in friendship centres in Manidren younger than preschool fall between the cracks,” he many ways fared even worse toba. He’s also looking forage often gets overlooked said. “We really need a re- during the pandemic, and are ward to working with Clarke for funding, while the pre- ferral worker whose job it is in need of help now to get to ensure those organizations school program at the BFC to fill those cracks and help back on their feet, Gray said. don’t get left behind leading is well-funded. those people.”

His mother, who lived in a up to this year’s provincial “A lot of times certain Youth are still feeling the personal care home during election and into the future, programs don’t ever see effects of the COVID-19 the pandemic, is one of those he said. an increase,” Monias said. pandemic, which saw them people.

“If that cabinet, and that “But then some of them cut off from their peers and Friendship centres are minister of finance, can be get healthy budgets and social groups and meant they used to working with people moved by anyone, it’ll be increases.” had to learn in less-than-ideal from all walks of life, demo- by Eileen Clarke.”

ing to shorten those limits to two years for lobbyists who work closely with a candidate (say, on a fundraising campaign) and one year for lobbyists who are less involved (who canvass, for example).

A press release from Democracy Watch said the one-year limit applies “only [to] people who campaign for 30 hours or more a week, or who have frequent in-depth interaction with the candidate or party officials.”

There is also a proposed “no risk” lobbying category, which would allow people who support politicians through attending fundraisers or campaign events or who donate less than $1,650 to have no cooling-off period — meaning, the letter argues, they could “secretly campaign up to near full-time and fundraise unlimited amounts of money for politicians and parties while lobbying them.”

Unpaid lobbyists, who do not need to register, do not fall under the code. Democracy Watch has called out that loophole in the past, along with other ways lobbyists can avoid registered communication with the

federal government.

“Under the proposed regime, we might expect to see a common cycle of lobbyists doing favours for government ministers by campaigning and fundraising for them and their parties and then turning around and lobbying those same ministers to return the favours by changing laws, regulations and policies in ways that are in the lobbyists’ clients’ interests rather than in the public interest,” Bhabha said.

The letter urges the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics to reject the suggested changes.

Last month, Bélanger told the CBC that she hoped to have the changes in place by the end of March.

On March 7, the House of Commons ethics committee met in private to discuss the proposed changes. The current Lobbying Code is from 2015, and the rules take up just two pages, while an accompanying document breaks down the code further.

In a statement to Canada’s National Observer, Bélanger said there has been “a lot of misunder-

Lawyers and professors rally against proposed changes to lobbying rules

BY CLOE LOGAN

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, CANADA'S NATIONAL OBSERVER

On March 6, more than 30 lawyers and professors joined forces in an open letter to speak out against proposed changes to lobbying rules in Canada.

Opponents say lobbying stands to become more unethical if suggested changes from the commissioner of lobbying Nancy Bélanger go through. Faisal Bhabha, associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, said he signed the letter released by lobbying watchdog group Democracy Watch because current rules “help protect the integrity of our fragile democracy.”

They join citizen groups and individuals who have spoken out against the suggested changes to the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct, which governs how paid lobbyists operate on Parliament Hill.

As of now, a lobbyist who works on a politician’s campaign can’t contact them for a full election cycle afterwards to avoid politicians feeling obligated to help people who have helped them. Bélanger is propos-

standing” about the proposed lobbying rules. She pointed to an appearance before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, as well as a letter she sent to the committee in March that addressed misconceptions about the proposed rules.

In her letter, she addresses concerns from both sides: those who think the proposed laws are too weak and those who view them as too strong. She said the suggested cooling-off periods would protect against conflicts of interest and noted there is leeway to adjust if necessary.

“This one-year period could be reduced in appropriate circumstances.

In particular, the updated rule on political work authorizes the commissioner to reduce the cooling-off period taking any relevant circumstances into account, including the importance or prominence of the political work and its frequency, extent or duration,” Bélanger writes.

The Democracy Watch letter highlights concern about the window for reduction, and ultimately

Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Faisal Bhabha/ Canada’s National Observer/Local Journalism Initiative Faisal Bhabha is an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. argues for a minimum four- it easier for politicians to year cooling-off period for make decisions that serve people engaging signifi- the private interests of the cantly in political activities clients of the lobbyists who or fundraising, adding there helped get the politicians should be no reduction on a elected. This will only case-by-case basis from the breed further loss of pubcommissioner. lic confidence in electoral In Canada, lobbyists are politics,” he said. already able to sway pol“Anyone who cares itics in an unreasonable about the value of their way, said Bhabha. vote should be deeply con“Protections help miti- cerned about the impact of gate the risks presented the proposed changes on by such influence. Gutting the quality of Canadian the protections will make democracy.”

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Budget 2023 just an attempt to buy votes The Progressive Conservative government recently passed their 2023 budget and once again they’ve disappointed Northern Manitobans.

It’s clear Budget 2023 is nothing more than an attempt to buy votes and try and reverse the premier’s worst-in-Canada approval polling. Yet Manitobans know better – they simply can’t trust the PCs after seven years of cuts. This is especially true for northerners as Budget 2023

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doubles down on the poor decisions and neglect of northern communities by the PCs. There are a mountain of issues affecting Northern

Manitoba that should have been addressed in Budget 2023. Northern Manitoba deserves the attention of this government, and the longer that this government

goes without investing in the north, northern families and communities will continue to struggle to make ends meet.

We know that the government has no plans for the north because they have avoided making commitments to our communities and have avoided meaningful investment in the north during their time in office. Instead, they’ve actually cut the services that northerners rely on, such as the Thompson

foot care clinic, obstetrics services in Flin Flon and much more.

I will continue to raise these issues with the PC government until they finally invest in the north.

However, I don’t have much hope that they’ll do the right thing and adequately support Northern Manitoba given their terrible track record. That’s why it’s so important that this year is the last year the PCs are in power, and that we elect an NDP govern-

ment in the next general election. The Manitoba NDP is committed to fixing the problems in the north that the PCs have created by years of underfunding, cuts, and broken promises.

I look forward to hearing from you, so please do not hesitate to reach out by calling my office at 204677-4789, reaching us by email at Eric.Redhead@ yourmanitoba.ca, or coming to see us at 402-79 Selkirk Avenue in Thompson.

MUN president steps back, university ponders next steps

BY PETER JACKSON

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, THE TELEGRAM

Memorial University president Vianne Timmons is on six weeks of paid leave as the university's board of regents decides how to deal with the controversy regarding her claims of Indigenous heritage.

Doubts about her claims to Mi’kmaw ancestry were raised in a lengthy CBC feature last week.

In a statement on March 13, board chairman Glenn Barnes said the university plans to convene a roundtable of Indigenous leaders to provide guidance on MUN's next course of action.

Dr. Neil Bose, interim provost and vice-president (academic), has been appointed to take on Timmons’ duties in her absence.

“Our vision is, and remains, to create a Memorial University where every aspect of the academy is integrated with Indigenous ways of doing, being and knowing,” Barnes said.

“Our strategic framework for Indigenization is a key tool in this journey, which we recognize requires cultural humility alongside structural and systemic changes. We want to be clear that all of this work has been led by Indigenous members of our community and that the board will continue to seek their guidance to inform any of its actions, perspectives or decisions.”

Cape Breton roots While she grew up in Labrador, Timmons has frequently claimed to have ties to a band in Cape Breton called Bras d’Ors First Nation.

She says her father was told as a child not to talk about his native roots, but that he and his family spent time investigating them in later years.

Timmons declined an interview request, but did provide The Telegram with documentation that includes census

data and correspondences she and her brother have accumulated.

Much of it appears to be the same information provided to CBC for its investigation.

In that piece, Timmons admitted she once held an identity card as a member of the band, even though it has no official status and is not recognized by the broader Mi’kmaw leadership.

“But then I looked into it on my own and I didn’t feel comfortable identifying as a member of a band that wasn’t official or as a member of a band anyway because I was not raised Mi’kmaw and so I removed it and never referred to it again,” Timmons told the authors.

Most of Timmons’ documents refer to a 17th-century couple named Martin Benoit and Marie Chaussegros, but they appear to have come to Cape Breton from France. As is typical of the time, there also appear to be variations on their names.

One archival reference consists of a petition for land in Bras d‘Ors by one “Benwa the Indian,” but that’s from 1810.

‘Deeply apologize’ Timmons issued a statement March 13, the second since the CBC story surfaced, in which she said she regretted any confusion or offence caused by her claims.

“I have been reflecting on this feedback from the Indigenous community, and I sincerely regret any hurt or confusion sharing my story may have caused,” she said. “That was never my intention and I deeply apologize to those I have impacted.”

She said her intent was driven by a spirit of reconciliation, curiosity and continued learning and respect for Indigenous people.

“While this personal process started many years ago, I recognize these actions may be hurtful or cause harm.”

Thompson Citizen photo by SaltWire files/Local Journalism Initiative Memorial University of Newfoundland president Vianne Timmons One of the harshest criticisms has come from Pam Palmater, an outspoken Mi’kmaw professor from New Brunswick who spoke to media last week.

“People have been complaining about her for a long time,” Palmater, a member of the Eel River Bar First Nation and chair in Indigenous governance at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), told The Telegram.

She said the problem with “pretendians” in academia is nothing new.

“There are pretendians at my university. There’s pretendians everywhere that we’ve been trying to get people to deal with, and they won’t deal with it because it’s not in their best interest.”

Familiar story Palmater says the Timmons narrative is similar to that of other high-profile Canadians such as

former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and author Joseph Boyden.

At least two universities rescinded honorary degrees awarded to Turpel-Lafond after questions arose over her claims of Cree heritage.

Boyden faced widespread criticism in a similar dispute.

“It amazes me how many pretendians will cite that they’re Indigenous, they open up all their speeches that they’re Indigenous, they apply for Indigenous awards, they apply for Indigenous positions, and then when they get caught, they say, ‘Oh, no, no, I’m mixed race. I’m exploring my heritage. That’s what my parents told me.’ They always backtrack to try to make a technical argument,” Palmater said.

Timmons received an Indspire award for education in 2019, an honour that’s meant to be bestowed on Indigenous

people by their peers.

However, she insists the organization was fully aware of her story.

Indspire did not reply to a request for comment.

Even if benefits are intangible and intentions honest, the confusion taints any good work that person may have done, Palmater says.

“It causes more harm than good,” she said.

Seeking bloodlines The controversy comes at a time when DNA testing has become a popular means for tracing ethnic and geographical roots.

In recent years, researchers have discovered genetic traces of the lost Beothuk tribe in living subjects, which has led some to identify as such.

Palmater says the motives of people who pay for DNA tests to find Indigenous bloodlines are not necessarily opportunistic.

But they can be misguided.

Kim Tallbear, a professor of native studies at the University of Alberta, has written extensively about the conflict that arises when bloodline is treated as a reason for adopting Indigenous identity.

“I think what people are scrambling for is this ancient noble savage or noble Indian in their bloodline. They’re not very interested in contemporary Indigenous people who are alive, who are living in a still very colonial society at a severe income and class disadvantage, people living with multiple generations of trauma from residential schools, from other forms of discrimination and systematic exclusion,” Tallbear, who was raised on a Sioux reservation in South Dakota, told The Telegram last year.

“That’s not what people want. They want that ancient noble savage that they see in paintings.”

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RCMP still searching for missing Manitoba woman — 7 years after she last called home LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, WINNIPEG SUN

Seven years after a Manitoba woman suddenly went missing, RCMP say they are still searching for her and holding out hope that she is still alive, and they are asking the public to come forward with any information that might finally reveal what happened to her.

In a media release on March 9, Manitoba RCMP

said they continue to look for answers in the disappearance of Lorlene Bone of Swan River, who they say last spoke to her mother over the phone seven years ago, and has not been seen or heard from by any friends or family since.

“On Feb. 29, 2016, Lorlene called home for the last time,” RCMP said. “On March 9, 2016, Lorlene was reported missing to Swan River RCMP. She was 31

years old at the time.”

RCMP have said previously that Bone made that final call to her mother from the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, about 90 kilometres north of Swan River.

As the search for Bone continues, RCMP say they are seeking information that could provide answers to members of her family, including her children, and to grandchildren they say were born after she went missing,

and that she never met.

Sgt. Steve Henson of the Swan River RCMP said that he has been working on Bone’s missing persons case for years, and hopes to one day provide those answers to Bone’s family.

“I have been with this detachment since the initial report about Lorlene came in,” Henson said. “This is an investigation that has really had an impact on me, and I want to be able to provide

answers.

“We have been looking for her so long, conducting numerous searches and following up on many tips, but nothing has led us to the answers we seek.”

He said with seven years passing, police still consider Bone to be a missing person, while knowing there is a possibility she could now be deceased.

“I don't want to provide false hope, and as investi-

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES CITY OF THOMPSON Pursuant to subsection 367(7) of The Municipal Act, notice is hereby given that unless the tax arrears for the designated year and costs in respect of the hereinafter described properties are paid in full to the Municipality prior to the commencement of the auction, the Municipality will on the 5th day of April, 2023, at the hour of 9:00 AM, at City of Thompson, 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson, MB, proceed to sell by public auction the following described properties: Roll Number

5808

Description

Assessed Value

AT THOMPSON AND BEING PARCEL A PLAN 5562 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS L -$233,000 1 -$46,400 AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 78-3 WPM Page - 60 1B of COMMERCIAL PLACE

Amount of Arrears & Costs for Which Property May be Offered for Sale

$49,850.82

OF PUBLIC AUCTION AT THOMPSON AND BEINGNOTICE LOT 18 BLOCK 7 PLAN 739 PLTO (N DIV) IN 78-3 WPM EXC ALL L -$45,100 OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES MINES, MINERALS SALE AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS B -$89,000 ACT - 203 JUNIPER DRIVE TOWN OF SNOW LAKE

$13,722.23

60700 LOT BLOCK 52367(7) PLAN of 751The PLTO (N DIV) EXC MINES, MINERALS MATTERS L -$33,700 Pursuant to 16 subsection Municipal Act,ALL notice is hereby givenAND that OTHER unless the tax arrears for AS SET FORTH IN THE LANDS ACT IN 78-3 WPM - 23 SILVER CRESCENT B -$161,100 the designated year and costsCROWN in respect of the hereinafter described properties are paid in full to the

$13,788.08

229100 AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 20 BLOCK 169 PLAN 846 PLTO (N DIV) IN 78-3 WPM EXC L -$30,700 RollALL MINES, MINERALS AND Description Assessed Amount of Arrears & B -$138,700 OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS Number Value Costs for Which ACT - 96 YALE AVENUE

$11,042.50

360900 AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 19 BLOCK 2 PLAN 33681 PLTO EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS L -$16,500 Offered for Sale AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 78-3 WPM - 1013 WOLF B -$61,500 AT SNOW LAKE AND BEING: LOT 13 BLOCK 3 PLAN 646 2300 STREET L -$12,200 $7,210.89

$11,902.29

361250 AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 26 BLOCK 2 PLAN 33681 PLTO B EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS L -$16,400 -$58,100 RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT AND148 OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 78-3 WPM - 1006 WOLF B -$46,100 WILLOW CRESCENT STREET

$13,616.48

PLTO (N DIV) IN 68-17 WPM SUBJECT TO THE 362000 AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 11 BLOCK 3 PLAN 33681 PLTO IN 78-3 WPM EXC ALL MINES, L -$19,800 RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT -CROWN LANDS ACT - 1255 PIPE B -$41,000 MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE 145 WILLOW CRESCENT ROAD

$12,327.77

11700

184100 AT THOMPSON BEING LOT 21 BLOCK PLANthe 778 Municipality PLTO (N DIV) will IN 78-3 EXC day L -$34,100 Municipality prior to AND the commencement of the 125 auction, on WPM the 11th of ALL MINES, AND RESERVATIONS ASSnow CONTAINED THE CROWN B -$139,800 September, 2018, MINERALS at the hour of OTHER 1:00 PM, at Town of Lake, IN 113 Elm StreetLANDS Snow Lake, ACTproceed - 64 WESTWOOD DRIVE auction the following described properties: Manitoba, to sell by public

Property May be

PLTO (N DIV) IN 68-17 WPM SUBJECT TO THE

3400

AT SNOW LAKE AND BEING LOT 5 BLOCK 5 PLAN 646

L -$12,200

$4,176.75

15600 AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 21 BLOCK 3 PLAN 33681 PLTO IN L -$12,200 $6,487.01 362500 78-3 WPM EXC ALL MINES, L -$20,300 FEET PERP OF ALL THAT PORTION OF MAPLE AVENUE B -$18,800 MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT 1245 PIPE B -$31,400 (NOW CLOSED) PLAN 646 PLTO (N DIV) IN 68-17 WPM ROAD WHICH LIES BETWEEN THE STRAIGHT PRODUCTIONS AT SNOW LAKE AND BEING PARCEL ONE: THE NWLY 30

$11,810.96

$7,739.65

SELY OF THEAND NE AND SW LIMITS OFBLOCK LOT 1 BLOCK 17 PLAN 363250 AT THOMPSON BEING LOT 36 3 PLAN 33681 PLTO IN 78-3 WPM EXC ALL L -$20,700 646 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES AND MINERALS PARCEL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 1230 TWO: THE SWLY 50 FEET PERP OF LOT 1 BLOCK 17 PLAN OSPWAGON 646 PLTODRIVE (N DIV) IN 68-17 WPM EXC THE NWLY 20 FEET

$11,351.40

AT SNOW LAKE AND BEINGLOT LOT27 24 BLOCK PLAN 7495PLTO (N33681 DIV) PLTO 25900 AT THOMPSON L -$13,700 $14,161.72 369100 AND BEING PLAN IN 78-3 WPM EXC ALL L -$20,900 SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN THE B -$44,800 MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT 1175 B -$20,600 CROWN LANDS ACT IN 68-17 WPM - 118 BALSAM STREET OSPWAGON DRIVE

$7,922.64

369700 AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 39 BLOCK 5 PLAN 33681 PLTO EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND L -$15,700 MATTERS FORTHwill IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 78-3 WPM 1163yet PAINT  OTHER The purchaser of AS theSET property be responsible for any property taxes-not due.ROAD B -$20,900

$10,385.97

SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN 365250 LOT PERP 12 BLOCK 4 PLAN 33681 PLTO EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS L -$19,200 THE CROWN LANDS ACT -LANDS 101 ELM STREET SET FORTH IN THE CROWN ACT IN 78-3 WPM - 1316 MID ROAD B -$28,800

The tax sale is subject to the following terms and conditions with respect to each property:

 LOT The 27 Municipality may33681 exercise right toMINES, set a reserve bid in theOTHER amountMATTERS of the arrears and 371800 BLOCK 6 PLAN PLTOitsEXC ALL MINERALS AND AS L -$15,800 costs.

SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 78-3 WPM - 1098 OSPWAGON DRIVE B -$26,100

 AT If the purchaserAND intends to bid by 4proxy, a letter of authorization mustWPM be presented to 387100 THOMPSON BEING LOT BLOCK 2 PLAN 43392 PLTO INform 10-78-3 EXC ALLprior L -$141,100 the startMINERALS of the auction.

MINES, AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 5 B -$384,800 DRIVEmakes N  THOMPSON The Municipality no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning the properties

$26,356.12

$11,479.02 $164,981.29

sold.to the following terms and conditions with respect to each property: The tax salebeing is subject  purchaser The successful purchaser must, at the of the sale, make payment in cash,taxes certified cheque • The of the property will be responsible for time any unpaid municipal utilities and any property not yet due. or bank draft to the its Town Snow Lakebidasinfollows: • The Municipality may exercise right of to set a reserve the amount of the arrears and costs.

• If the purchaser intends bid by proxy, a letter i) The fulltopurchase price if itofisauthorization $10,000 orform less;must ORbe presented prior to the start of the auction.

• The Municipality no representations concerning properties being ii) If makes the purchase price oriswarranties greater whatsoever than $10,000, thethepurchaser mustsold. provide a non• The successful purchaser must, at the time of the sale, make payment in cash, certified cheque or draft to the City of Thompson as follows: refundable deposit in the amount of $10,000 and the balance of the bank purchase price must i) The fullbe purchase price if it is $10,000 or less; OR paid within 20 days of the sale. ii) If the purchase price is greater than $10,000, the purchaser must provide a non-refundable deposit in the amount of $10,000 and the balance of the  The risk for the property lies with the purchaser immediately following the auction. purchase price must be paid within 20 days of the sale; AND  iii)The purchaser is responsible forplus obtaining possession.

A fee in the amount $367.50 ($350 GST) forvacant preparation of the transfer of title documents. The purchaser will be responsible for registering the  Iftransfer the property is non-residential property, the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if of title documents in the land titles office, including the registration costs. a GST GST Declaration.

• The risk for theregistrant, property liesprovide with the apurchaser immediately following the auction.

• The is responsible vacant possession.  purchaser The purchaser willforbeobtaining responsible for registering the transfer of title in the land titles office, • If the property is non-residential property, the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if a GST registrant, provide a GST Declaration. including the registration costs. th March, 2023.

Dated this 1st day of

Dated this 17 day of August, 2018.

Managed by:

Managed by:

Anthony McInnis City Manager City of Thompson Phone: (204) 677-7934 Fax: (204) 677-7936

Ken Jenkins Interim Chief Administrative Officer Town of Snow Lake Phone: (204) 358-2551 Fax: (204) 358-2112

gators, we have to acknowledge that there is a chance Lorlene is no longer alive, but this investigation is still considered a missing person,” Henson said. “The RCMP continues to receive tips about Lorlene's disappearance, and investigators follow up on those tips closely.

“We have not ruled this as a homicide.”

Anyone with any information regarding Bone’s disappearance, or the days leading up to Feb. 29, 2016 can call Swan River RCMP at 204-734-4686, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.

— Dave Baxter is a Local Journalism Initiative reporter who works out of the Winnipeg Sun. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the government of Canada.

RCMP Drug Tip Line 204-677-6995

BY DAVE BAXTER

Friday, March 17, 2023

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Provincial ministers meet with Thompson foot care advocacy group

Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Thompson Seniors Community Resource Council From left to right, Thompson MLA Eric Redhead, Thompson Seniors Community Resource Council co-ordinator Penny Byer, Portage la Prairie MLA Ian Wishart, acting seniors council chairperson Molly Stapleton, Seniors Minister Scott Johnston, advocate Lydia Penner, advocate Cheryl Turriff, advocate elder Jack Robinson and chairperson of the seniors council ad hoc foot care committee Barb Henderson.

Seniors Minister Scott Council Molly Stapleton, nipeg and back, reiterated cacy with a letter in 2022. from the Troy Anand Fund, Although the ministers Johnston and Health Min- chairperson of the ad hoc the need for preventive Shortly before his passing, Marlene Rudolph, Ridge- made no commitments, ister Audrey Gordon met foot care committee Barb medical foot care, citing re- he agreed to be videotaped stone Financial, and K.B Johnston asked several with Thompson seniors and Henderson, members at search done in 2022. Penner to talk about his experiences Insurance. The committee questions and said he would elders in Winnipeg March 7 large Cheryl Turriff and and Robinson spoke about since the letter was written. members are grateful for be looking into the matter to discuss preventive foot Lydia Penner as well as their experiences. In addiThe meeting was ar- these donations. further. care. elder Jack Robinson and tion, a video interview with ranged by Thompson MLA Representing Thompson seniors council co-ordinator Cliff Duchesne was shown. Eric Redhead and made KEEWATIN were acting chairperson Penny Byer.

Cliff supported the advo- possible through donations of the Thompson Seniors The Thompson continTRIBAL Community Resource gent, which drove to Win-

KEEWATIN TRIBAL COUNCIL FULL TIME NIGHT SHIFT REFERRAL CLERK 1 Position – Monday to Friday 2300hrs to 0700hrs (11:00 PM to 7:00 AM) Under the general supervision of the Referral Supervisor, the clerk provides patient services for patients in transit by; local transportation, repatriation of patients upon medical clearance; arranging accommodation/boarding, any other special services required while in transit; maintain patient medical records; provide information regarding Non-Insured Health Benefits; maintain medical confidentiality at all time and perform other duties.

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• Must have knowledge and at least 3 years’ experience of medical terminology.

• Must have customer service skills • Previous knowledge of the MTRS National Program • Must have current CPR and First Aid Certification.

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• Should have a thorough knowledge of health care facilities within the Province of Manitoba.

• Should be aware of Indigenous culture, lifestyles and spiritual beliefs.

• Ability to speak Cree or Dene an asset.

• Knowledge and proven proficiency in computers and various software programs (i.e. Database, Word processing, etc.)

• Work well under pressure – fast pace environment; problem solver • Candidate must submit a Criminal Record Check or Fingerprint Check and also a Child/Adult abuse registry check; within one month of employment All interested applicants must hand in a detailed resume, including at least two references, one being your latest immediate supervisor should be submitted to: Lisa Beardy, Office Manager Keewatin Tribal Council Inc. 23 Nickel Road Thompson, Manitoba R8N 0L6 Fax No.: 204-677-0258 Email address: lbeardy@ktc.ca or dmcivor@ktc.ca

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We would like to thank those that apply for these positions, but only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

For further information or a full job description, contact Dion McIvor, Medical Transportation & Referral Supervisor.

KEEWATIN TRIBAL COUNCIL CASUAL REFERRAL CLERKS Weekends & Holidays Saturday/Sunday and Holidays 0700hrs -1500hrs (7:00 AM to 3:00 PM) OR 0900hrs – 1700hrs (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM) Under the general supervision of the Referral Supervisor, the clerk provides patient services for patients in transit by; local transportation, repatriation of patients upon medical clearance; arranging accommodation/boarding, any other special services required while in transit; maintain patient medical records; provide information regarding Non-Insured Health Benefits; maintain medical confidentiality at all time and perform other duties.

QUALIFICATIONS: • The incumbent should have completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.

• Must have knowledge and at least 3 years’ experience of medical terminology.

• Must have customer service skills • Previous knowledge of the MTRS National Program • Must have current CPR and First Aid Certification.

• Should have good communications and organizational skills.

• Should have a thorough knowledge of transportation systems within the Province of Manitoba.

• Should have a thorough knowledge of health care facilities within the Province of Manitoba.

• Should be aware of Indigenous culture, lifestyles and spiritual beliefs.

• Ability to speak Cree or Dene an asset.

• Knowledge and proven proficiency in computers and various software programs (i.e. Database, Word processing, etc.)

• Work well under pressure – fast pace environment; problem solver • Candidate must submit a Criminal Record Check or Fingerprint Check and also a Child/Adult abuse registry check; within one month of employment All interested applicants must hand in a detailed resume, including at least two references, one being your latest immediate supervisor should be submitted to: Lisa Beardy, Office Manager Keewatin Tribal Council Inc. 23 Nickel Road Thompson, Manitoba R8N 0L6 Fax No.: 204-677-0258 Email address: lbeardy@ktc.ca or dmcivor@ktc.ca

Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, March 28, 2023.

We would like to thank those that apply for these positions, but only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

For further information or a full job description, contact Dion McIvor, Medical Transportation & Referral Supervisor.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FULL TIME PERMANENT AFTERHOURS REFERRAL CLERK 1 position–Sunday – Thursday 15:00-23:00 and 2 positions–Tuesday – Saturday 15:00-23:00 Under the general supervision of the Referral Supervisor, the clerk provides patient services for patients in transit by; local transportation, repatriation of patients upon medical clearance; arranging accommodation/boarding, any other special services required while in transit; maintain patient medical records; provide information regarding Non-Insured Health Benefits; maintain medical confidentiality at all time and perform other duties.

QUALIFICATIONS: • The incumbent should have completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.

• Must have knowledge and at least 3 years’ experience of medical terminology.

• Must have customer service skills • Previous knowledge of the MTRS National Program • Must have current CPR and First Aid Certification.

• Should have good communications and organizational skills.

• Should have a thorough knowledge of transportation systems within the Province of Manitoba.

• Should have a thorough knowledge of health care facilities within the Province of Manitoba.

• Should be aware of Indigenous culture, lifestyles and spiritual beliefs.

• Ability to speak Cree or Dene an asset.

• Knowledge and proven proficiency in computers and various software programs (i.e. Database, Word processing, etc.)

• Work well under pressure – fast pace environment; problem solver • Candidate must submit a Criminal Record Check or Fingerprint Check and also a Child/Adult abuse registry check; within one month of employment All interested applicants must hand in a detailed resume, including at least two references, one being your latest immediate supervisor should be submitted to: Lisa Beardy, Office Manager Keewatin Tribal Council Inc. 23 Nickel Road Thompson, Manitoba R8N 0L6 Fax No.: 204-677-0258 Email address: lbeardy@ktc.ca or dmcivor@ktc.ca

Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, March 28, 2023.

We would like to thank those that apply for these positions, but only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

For further information or a full job description, contact Dion McIvor, Medical Transportation & Referral Supervisor.

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Requirements:  Proficient with Microsoft Office • Strong written and verbal communication skills an asset  Experience working within the financial industry will be considered • Attention to detail Email cover letter, resume, and references to: • Ability to work independently and manage time effectively Assante Capital Management Ltd. • Proficient with Microsoft Office #2-40 Moak Crescent the financial industry will be • Experience working within Thompson, MB considered an asset R8N 2B7

Ability to work independently and manage time effectively

CPR and First Aide Certification; Excellent computer skills Knowledge of Cree language and culture; A highly-motivated individual who is innovative and has a proven ability to workFriday, with a very high 17, degree March 2023 of accuracy and attention to detail; • Excellent time management and facilitation skills; • Effective verbal and listening communications skills; • Strong leadership, critical thinking, decision making problem solving so. Theand safety of our em-skills.mailbox or their door when • Valid Driver’s License, ability toresumes. travel weekly. ployees is our number one with delivery • The position is subject to satisfactory criminal and priority.”

For more information other checks, and is subject to terms and conditions about mail delivery, call Postalin carriers will re- agreement. a proposed written

• Mail delivery suspended in Thompson due to heavy snow

The Child-Adolescent Counselling Therapist provides psychotherapy and counselling to Children & Adolescents and their families. Ability to work and follow directions and recommendations under the supervision of the Clinical Head and Supervisor.

Requirements: • Post-Graduate-level training in Counselling, Social Science, Psychology, and Social Work with membership in good standing with the provincial regulatory body.

• Have up-to-date professional liability insurance or commit to having such insurance before your start date.

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CREE NATION CHILD & FAMILY CARING AGENCY Child & Family Services Worker/ Intake Worker – Permanent Position Lynn Lake Sub Office Lynn Lake, Manitoba Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency (CNCFCA) is responsible for administering and providing for the delivery of Child and Family Services. CNCFCA is dedicated to providing comprehensive CFS Services that are community-based and incorporate both protection and prevention services.

Our agency will strive to maintain family unity.

POSITION SUMMARY: Under the supervision of the Unit Supervisor(s), the Child & Family Services Worker/Intake Worker is responsible for providing and administering CFS Services in accordance with the Child & Family Services Act.

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We have an opening for a service advisor committed to customer service excellence.

Candidate must be able to build customer relations and listen and understand their problems, concerns and service needed, prepare work orders, be organized, possess the ability to multitask, work unsupervised and work in a team environment.

Previous automotive experience is an asset, extensive training will be offered to the appropriate candidate We offer competitive wages and benefits package.

Resumes only please.

Fax resumes to Kayla at 204-778-6700 or email

kayla@thompsonford.ca CREE NATION CHILD & FAMILY CARING AGENCY Child & Family Service Worker (2 positions)–Permanent Position OFFICE: Regional Office – Unit B Opaskwayak, Manitoba Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency (CNCFCA) is responsible for administering and providing for the delivery of Child and Family Services. CNCFCA is dedicated to providing comprehensive CFS Services that are community-based and incorporate both protection and prevention services.

Our agency will strive to maintain family unity.

RESPONSIBILITIES: § Responsible for gathering information and assessing child and family functioning problems; § Responsible for the development of case plans for children and families within program guidelines and provide referrals, support, guidance and problem solving; § Responsible for all file documentation, referrals, ensuring services are applied; § Case Monitoring, Risk Assessment & Follow up; § Provides case management and support for children in care and families.

RESPONSIBILITIES: § Responsible for gathering information and assessing child and family functioning problems § Responsible for the development of case plans for children and families within program guidelines and provide referrals, support, guidance and problem solving § Responsible for all file documentation, referrals, ensuring services are applied § Case Monitoring, Risk Assessment & Follow up § Provides case management and support for children in care and families § Receive & Assess Requests for Service § On-Site Risk Assessment § Determine & Implement Service § Documentation, Practice & Relationship Building

QUALIFICATIONS § Work experience in Child and Family Services with demonstrated knowledge of child development, family centered service, early intervention, family support and community-based services; § Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) or related undergraduate degree in Human Services (preferred); § Ability to converse fluently in Cree (preferred); § Excellent assessment, intervention and writing skills; § Knowledge of the Child and Family Services Act and provincial standards; § Ability to use a variety of computer applications including CFSIS and FACTS.

QUALIFICATIONS § Work experience in Child and Family Services with demonstrated knowledge of child development, family centered service, early intervention, family support and community-based services § Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) or related undergraduate degree in Human Services (preferred) § Ability to converse fluently in Cree (is an asset) § Excellent assessment, intervention and writing skills § Knowledge of the Child and Family Services Act and provincial standards § Ability to use a variety of computer applications including CFSIS and FACTS

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT § Must pass a criminal records check, child abuse and prior check; § Cannot be active on a protection case; § Maintain absolute confidentiality; § Varied amounts of travel required; § Travel is required to work in Lynn Lake office one week per month; § Must have a valid Manitoba driver’s license; § Must be able to provide own vehicle for work; § Other duties related to the position may be assigned.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT § Must pass a criminal records check, child abuse and prior check § Cannot be active on a protection case § Maintain absolute confidentiality § Varied amounts of travel required § Must have a valid Manitoba driver’s license § Must be able to provide own vehicle for work § Required to provide on-call services on a rotating basis § Other duties related to the position may be assigned

Deadline: March 21, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

Deadline: March 24, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

Deadline: March 20, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

Submit cover letter & resume along with three (3) references marked “personal & confidential” to: Human Resource Manager Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency Box 10130, Opaskwayak, MB. R0B 2J0 Fax: 204-623-3847 Email: hr@creenation.ca

Submit cover letter & resume along with three (3) references marked “personal & confidential” to: Human Resource Manager Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency Box 10130, Opaskwayak, MB. R0B 2J0 Fax: 204-623-3847 Email: hr@creenation.ca

Submit cover letter & resume along with three (3) references marked “personal & confidential” to: Human Resource Manager Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency Box 10130, Opaskwayak, MB. R0B 2J0 Fax: 204-623-3847 Email: hr@creenation.ca

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

“Please visit our website at https://creenation.ca” Our office ensures that best practices in COVID-19 are observed. Under Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency’s COVID-19 vaccinations policy, all applicants are required to be fully vaccinated.

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

“Please visit our website at https://creenation.ca” Our office ensures that best practices in COVID-19 are observed. Under Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency’s COVID-19 vaccinations policy, all applicants are required to be fully vaccinated.

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

“Please visit our website at www.https://creenation.ca” Our office ensures that best practices in COVID-19 are observed. Under Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency’s COVID-19 vaccinations policy, all applicants are required to be fully vaccinated.

POSITION SUMMARY: Under the supervision of the Unit Supervisor(s), the Child & Family Service Worker is responsible for providing and administering CFS Services in accordance with the Child & Family Services Act. RESPONSIBILITIES: § Responsible for gathering information and assessing family functioning problems § Develop and implement intervention plans within program guidelines for families within program guidelines and provide referrals, support, guidance and problem solving § Provides for the placement, case management and ongoing support for children in care § Responsible for all file documentation and ensuring services are applied § Case Monitoring, Risk Assessment & Follow up QUALIFICATIONS § Work experience in Child and Family Services with demonstrated knowledge of child development, family centered service, early intervention, family support and community-based services § Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) or related undergraduate degree in Human Services (preferred) § Ability to converse fluently in Cree (preferred) § Excellent assessment, intervention and writing skills § Knowledge of the Child and Family Services Act and provincial standards § Ability to use a variety of computer applications including CFSIS and FACTS CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT § Must pass a criminal records check, child abuse and prior check § Cannot be active on a protection case § Maintain absolute confidentiality § Varied amounts of travel required § Must have a valid Manitoba driver’s license § Must be able to provide own vehicle for work § Other duties related to the position may be assigned

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Successful applicants will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination by providing a Government of Manitoba issued QR code and photo identification or providing proof of 8 an exemption from7 the COVID-19 vaccination approved by the 9 Government of Manitoba We would like to thank those that apply for the position but only those being considered for an interview will be contacted. For further information or a full job description contact Lisa Beardy, KTC Office Manager.

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• Accounting Data Entry for the Technical Department’s Project Management Infrastructure Projects.

• Record and prepare minutes of meetings.

• Travel arrangements for staff; • Prepare, key in, edit and proofread correspondence, reports, invoices, presentations, forms and other related material using computerized systems.

• Conference and event planning: • Compile data, statistics and other information and conduct research as requested using computerized systems.

• Set up and maintain manual and computerized information filing systems.

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Reporting to Supervisor Technical Services, the Gaming Technician, within Video Lotto, is responsible for providing customer and technical service for all VLD and WCLC site holders in the province of Manitoba.

FULL TIME This includes installation and servicing of machines within the PATIENT SUPPORT LIAISON-CASE MANAGER province. Four to six months of on the job learning time is required to fully understand all systems, processes, procedures and the The goal of the Patient Support Liaison Case Manager is to expectations of the position.

Licensed Technician: ensure Non-insured Health benefits are delivered in accordance Duties: with the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Transportation • Licensed Heavy Equipment Technician.

• Perform installs, removals and equipment dependent on and field program policy guidelinesand to eligible in Keewatin • moves Perform shop repairs to and all Surface U/G clients Epiroc Tribal Council Inc Region.

Siteholder requirements. Review site plan to ensure everything Equipment as required. is in place.

Under the general direction of Keewatin Tribal Council (KTC) • 5) Machine audits • Install required communication cable (CAT to complete the VLT as required.

Medical Transportation and Referral Supervisor and Director • Developing and maintaining a positive relationship with machine network on site. of Health of Keewatin Tribal Council, the Patient Support operators and customer representatives.

• Ensure equipment is in proper working order prior to leaving the Site.

Liaison Case Manager will provide, client centered service and • Complete all required documentation related to the service.

• Daily time entry. maintain liaison between the authorized service providers • Liaise Siteholder for required LIVINGwith WATER CHURCH or representative • Dailyrepairs. shift reports. of transportation and accommodations and First Nation and Pastor Archie McKay Ph: 677-2469 • Diagnose problems on VLTs, VLT cabling Ticketduties terminals Inuit Health.

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• This position inspects service providers by attending/ Schedule: 32 Nelson Road • Complete work order documentation and forward copies as required. arranging regular site visits GATEWAY BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH • 5 days a week ,Monday to Friday • Track inventory usage and reorder parts to ensure proper levels • Meeting and interacting with clients Pastor Chris Lowe of van inventories.

159 Cree Rd 204-677-3000 • Discussing and documenting the client experience Skills and Experience: Help the two cute avocados • Complete assigned projects as required (VLT replacement, Bill Sunday school 10:00 am • Researching the issue including: find each other. etc) • 2-3 years of experience.

AM Validator, Service at 11, PM Service at 7 • Verifying appointment availability/client arrival • Provide basic training to Siteholder regarding equipment START Prayer meeting - Wednesday 7 pm • Great communication• and problem Denial of servicesolving skills. maintenance (changing printer paper, how equipment, THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST • to clean Proven andetc.) motivated whoincluding is able medical to work withexperience minimal • self-starter Standard of service facility • Service video lottery OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS terminals in collaboration with Technical • Standards in meals and accommodation supervision but can take direction. everyone Sundays occur.

Integritywelcome when incidents • Strong team player. • Being the point of contact for issues and complaints at 10 AM 83aCopper • Encourage climateRdthat supports diversity.

• Documenting issues and advocating within current structure For• more information, church tours • Driven to obtain 100% customer satisfaction Performs other duties as assigned. of KTC, would check accommodations and verify and support or home visits call the missionaries at Primary Qualifications: the client and complaint/issue being rectified immediately 204-939-4382 or visit Mormon.org Country and City description • Post-secondary education in a recognized electronics program. with hotel manager/owner.

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• Knowledge and proven proficiency in computers and various 204-778-4494 • One (1) year previous technical experience in diagnosing electronic software, programs, ie: word processing, email, client records Pastor Lee Pickett Send your application to: careers@epiroc.com with a copy to shawn. equipment with the use of the digital multimeter (DMM). software, Excel – creating and use of spreadsheets.

Sunday morning service 11:15 a.m samuels@epiroc.com and henri.beck@epiroc.com • Excellent customer service skills and verbal communication skills • Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment; Sunday evening service 7:00 p.m are required in order7:00 to provide assistance to the Siteholder.

Wednesday prayer meeting p.m • Should have thorough knowledge of transportation systems • The key accountabilities for this position include adapting Deadline: March to 16 , 2018 within the Province of Manitoba; FINISH new changing conditions in a positive manner, communicating • Should have thorough Knowledge of health care facilities and working respectfully with co-workers, consistently delivering within the province; excellence in customer service, demonstrating appropriate job • The knowledge of medical Terminology is an asset; knowledge, following direction from leadership on assigned tasks, • Should be aware of native culture, lifestyles and spiritual following established Safe Work policies and practices, following beliefs; Which two Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries’ policies and procedures, meeting the • The ability to speak Cree or Dene is an asset; are exactly alike? established attendance expectations, meeting the productivity • Must have current Driver’s License and access to vehicle. performance expectations and taking accountability for actions.

• Provide a currently clear Criminal Records Check and Fingerprints, Child and Vulnerable persons checks. Prior to Secondary Qualifications: 3 1 2 commencement of employment.

• Bilingual (French/English) language skills.

A written cover letter with detailed resume, including at least two Salary: $23.38-$28.73 (2) references with written permission to contact the references Bargaining Unit: IBEW and your latest immediate supervisor should be submitted to: Location: North of 53 (Thompson, The Pas etc.)

Lisa Beardy, Office Manager ***Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries is committed to Diversity, Equity and or Dion McIvor, Referral & MTS Supervisor Inclusion. We strive to hire a workforce that reflects the community we 23 Nickel Road serve. Employment equity will be considered therefore applicants who 6 5 Thompson, Manitoba R8N OY4 identify as women, Indigenous people, members of racialized groups, 4 Email: lbeardy@ktc.ca Fax: 204 677-0256 and persons with a disability are encouraged to apply.

Closing Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 If you require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment Late applications will not be accepted process, please let us know how we can meet your needs.

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Athletes compete at Special Olympics Manitoba Winter Games

Special Olympics bowlers, skiers and snowshoers from Thompson returned from the provincial organization’s Winter Games on Feb. 24-26 with fistfuls of medals.

Ramsey Beardy got gold in 500-metre cross country skiing, silver in 2.5-kilometre and gold in one-km cross country. Nolynn Redhead earned gold in the 2.5 km, silver in the 500-metre and bronze in one-km. Cory Beardy got bronze in the 500-metre and 2.5-km and silver in the one-km category. Ryan Miles won gold in 500-metre and one-km races and silver in 2.5-km, while Fate Frank received gold in 2.5-km and silver in both 500-metre and one-km events.

William Hart earned one gold medal and two bronze in downhill aline skiing.

In snowshoeing, Amee earned a gold and a silver, Michael received one gold and two silver and Shane Wood earned one gold medal and one bronze.

Thompson Stars bowling team members also came home

with medals. Mervin Linklater won gold, Todd Bentley received silver and Brandon McDonald captured a bronze.

Thompson Special Olympics volunteer Marlene Enberg was also recognized during the games for all her efforts by Special Olympics Manitoba.

“Congratulations to Marlene from all the athletes and the coaches.Thanks for all her dedication and commitment to our athletes and our volunteer dream team of Sandi, Brenda and Dave,” said Sherrie Benner, who made the trip as bowling team coach alongside fellow coaches Crystal, Steven and Scott. “It was a weekend of excellent athletic performances, lifetime friendship bonds with other athletes and great sportsmanship. Special thanks to Wendell and Maple Bus Lines for an incredible voyage and amazing hospitality.”

It was the first out-of-town competition for local Special Olympics athletes in three years due to cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Thompson Citizen photos courtesy of Sherrie Benner

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