March 17 2023

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Fire destroys Shoppers Drug Mart

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

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

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to write things that you have to figure out. It’s pretty clear when I get through.”

DeMeulles said she wrote her book, titled Whispers in the Wind: Stories from the North - Life in Churchill for a couple of reasons.

A Tataskweyak Cree Nation teenager who helped rescue people from a burning apartment complex in February was recognized for her heroism with a standing ovation from MLAs in the Manitoba legislature March 9.

Though she’s now written a book about her experiences growing up in Churchill, Addictions Foundation of Manitoba northern director Gisele deMeulles said writing wasn’t something she always thought she would do.

Shenika Chornoby, 17, who was watching from the gallery, was lauded for her lifesaving actions in a member statement by Thompson MLA Eric Redhead.

Chornoby saw the building was burning as she was walking to work on the afternoon of Feb. 11 and rushed inside, helping two youths get out before firefighters and other people arrived at the scene. She want back in with them to help other occupants trapped inside escape. Moments after she exited the building for the last time, Chornoby collapsed from smoke inhalation. CPR was administered by a bystander before Chornoby and a two-year-old resident of

“In my youth I never felt good at writing,” she said. “But when I moved to Thompson to get into the school of social work, at that point I had to write for university and realized, ‘Holy, I’m not bad at this, right?’ I certainly developed a lot of skill in university and came out of there with a very strong skill in my writing and confidence in my writing. I write very clear and that’s it. It’s there. Some people say it’s kind of blunt or direct. I don’t tend

“I just sort of thought, you know what, this history, this stuff that’s in my head, it’s going to be gone if I don’t write it down,” she said. “My kids are not going to get it if I don’t do it and it’s something I’ve always wanted my mom to do. My mom’s an elder and she’s an artist, she’s got so many wonderful stories because she always tells her stories at Parks Canada in Churchill and I’ve always hounded her, ‘Please, just put it on tape, I will write it for you because your story is going to be lost,’ and she’s never done it and I thought,

‘Oh, I’m just as bad, right?’ I have all these stories and I need to capture them for my grandchildren really because they will be lost if I don’t.”

the building were medevaced to Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg.

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.

She also has a reputation as a storyteller herself.

“I had such a varied history and I would tell people stories and they would go, ‘That’s not true, is it?’ I’d go, ‘Yeah it’s true.’ They’d go, ‘You didn’t do all that, did you? You’ve got to be really old.’ I was like, ‘No, actually I did all that before I was 27,’ and they went ‘What?’”

Looking back, some of those experiences are things she might not do again.

“Shenika woke up three days later to recognize she had become an overnight hero in our province,” Redhead said in his statement. “Thanks to her actions, all of the residents from the building were able to escape the inferno. Her quick thinking, bravery, selflessness saved the lives that day and earned her gratitude and admiration from her community. Shenika Chornoby, while still humble, is a hero, and her selfless act of courage should be seen as an inspiration to others. In the end, this young woman's bravery, selflessness serves as a powerful reminder and true meaning of heroism. It is not about fame or recognition, but about putting other's needs before your own and doing whatever it takes to help those in need. We can all learn from her example and strive to be a hero in our own lives, no matter how big or small the situation may be.”

“I did some pretty bizarre stuff like fuel hauls into the high Arctic at -35,” said deMeulles. “It didn’t dawn on me until after. That was a very dangerous thing to do. Being on a plane full of fuel

Because of that, deMeulles finds it hard to

your loved ones and your history is gone?’”

“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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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.

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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“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.

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.

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.

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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

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

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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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

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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.

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Hijacked Nunavut poverty site promotes gambling

BY STEWART BURNETT LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER, KIVALLIQ NEWS

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The solution?

“When people live in extreme poverty, finding the way out of it can be a challenge,” reads the text on the front page of the website. “One of the options that can solve the problem of poverty is online gambling. If they gamble responsibly, individuals can change their financial situation for the better. Hitting the jackpot and winning the sum so big it can transform many lives is always possible.”

Readers are forgiven for racking their brains, wondering if this is some sort of progressive 21st century approach to poverty or if the whole thing is a hoax.

The next line writes, “It is very important to have a positive approach towards gambling,” and it goes on to explain how people should start with small bets and try

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different games. Later on the page, the website lists suggestions for online casinos where people can win money.

“Our organization is committed to reducing the level of poverty in Nunavut Provine (sic) through responsible online gambling,” states a line near the end.

The site bears the logos of the Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction and government of Nunavut.

Makiliqta is also a real name used on now-abandoned social media profiles by the territorial government, and www.makiliqta.ca is listed as the contact page in the 20172022 Makimaniq Plan 2.

“It’s a long and complicated story,” said Lindsay Turner, director of the poverty reduction division with the Nunavut government, about what happened to the website.

She said it had essentially been hacked, or something

along those lines. She was not eager to discuss it for long, lowering her head in shame that the subject was raised.

“We’re working on it,” she said when asked if the government was trying to regain ownership of the site.

Mads Sandbakken, director of policy and planning with the Department of Family Services, stated in an email to Kivalliq News that the department is aware of the hijacking and working to get it removed and replaced with another website.

“We have been in contact with a contractor that will assist in removing and replacing this,” stated Sandbakken.

“Thanks for flagging and, of course, the information on the website is inaccurate and does in no way reflect the views of Family Services or the Poverty Reduction Division.”

Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding 29-year-old Mitchell Howard Ledoux, 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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A screenshot from www.makiliqta.ca. This once was a legitimate government of Nunavut website. Now, it has been taken over and uses the language of the Nunavut Roundtable for Poverty Reduction to redirect visitors to gambling sites.

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.

Province increases support for victims of abuse and exploitation

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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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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.”

One day earlier, 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.”

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.

Violent woman arrested in Shamattawa Preteen girls in stolen pickup flee from police, endanger other motorists

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 REPORTER, 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-

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

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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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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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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The fire consumed 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 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 Citizen photos by Ian Graham Firefighters from Thompson Fire & Emergency Service, Vale Manitoba Operations and the Paint Lake Volunteer Fire Department

as heavy equipment operators battled a blaze at Shoppers Drug Mart in the Burntwood Plaza on the morning of March 9.

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.

According to Jeremy Monias, the BFC’s housing and finance executive assistant, it’s normal for some programs within friendship centres to receive funding while others go without. For example, a program for children younger than preschool age often gets overlooked for funding, while the preschool program at the BFC is well-funded.

“A lot of times certain programs don’t ever see an increase,” Monias said. “But then some of them get healthy budgets and increases.”

For Gray, he’d like to see more money directed toward vulnerable people, youth and the elderly.

“Particularly, people who are addicted [to substances] almost always have a bunch of other problems, and they fall between the cracks,” he said. “We really need a referral worker whose job it is to fill those cracks and help those people.”

Youth are still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw them cut off from their peers and social groups and meant they had to learn in less-than-ideal

environments, Gray said.

“All of the effects of that are going to be felt by those youth for years to come and will be passed on to other children.”

Elderly people, especially those living in care homes, in many ways fared even worse during the pandemic, and are in need of help now to get back on their feet, Gray said. His mother, who lived in a personal care home during the pandemic, is one of those people.

Friendship centres are used to working with people from all walks of life, demo-

graphics and backgrounds, which is why it’s so important that they receive the proper funding to help people, Gray said.

Gray, however, remains optimistic about the future of friendship centres in Manitoba. He’s also looking forward to working with Clarke to ensure those organizations don’t get left behind leading up to this year’s provincial election and into the future, he said.

“If that cabinet, and that minister of finance, can be moved by anyone, it’ll be by Eileen Clarke.”

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-

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-

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

argues for a minimum fouryear cooling-off period for people engaging significantly in political activities or fundraising, adding there should be no reduction on a case-by-case basis from the commissioner.

In Canada, lobbyists are already able to sway politics in an unreasonable way, said Bhabha.

“Protections help mitigate the risks presented by such influence. Gutting the protections will make

it easier for politicians to make decisions that serve the private interests of the clients of the lobbyists who helped get the politicians elected. This will only breed further loss of public confidence in electoral politics,” he said.

“Anyone who cares about the value of their vote should be deeply concerned about the impact of the proposed changes on the quality of Canadian democracy.”

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.

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Indigenous Relations Minister Eileen Clarke.

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

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

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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

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

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.”

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.”

Thompson Citizen photo by SaltWire files/Local Journalism Initiative Memorial University of Newfoundland president Vianne Timmons

RCMP still searching for missing Manitoba woman — 7 years after she last called home

BY DAVE BAXTER 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

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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-

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:

5808 AT THOMPSON AND BEING PARCEL A PLAN 5562 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 78-3 WPM - 60 COMMERCIAL PLACE

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.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES TOWN OF SNOW LAKE

11700 AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 18 BLOCK 7 PLAN 739 PLTO (N DIV) IN 78-3 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 203 JUNIPER DRIVE

60700 LOT 16 BLOCK 52 PLAN 751 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 78-3 WPM - 23 SILVER CRESCENT

184100 AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 21 BLOCK 125 PLAN 778 PLTO (N DIV) IN 78-3 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 64 WESTWOOD DRIVE

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 11th day of September, 2018, at the hour of 1:00 PM, at Town of Snow Lake, 113 Elm Street Snow Lake, Manitoba, proceed to sell by public auction the following described properties:

AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 20 BLOCK 169 PLAN 846 PLTO (N DIV) IN 78-3 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS AS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 96 YALE AVENUE

SELY OF THE NE AND SW LIMITS OF LOT 1 BLOCK 17 PLAN 646 PLTO (N DIV) EXC ALL MINES AND MINERALS PARCEL TWO: THE SWLY 50 FEET PERP OF LOT 1 BLOCK 17 PLAN 646 PLTO (N DIV) IN 68-17 WPM EXC THE NWLY 20 FEET PERP SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 101 ELM STREET

25900 AT SNOW LAKE AND BEING LOT 24 PLAN 749 PLTO (N DIV) SUBJECT TO THE RESERVATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 68-17 WPM - 118 BALSAM STREET

DRIVE

LANDS ACT - 1175

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

369700 AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 39 BLOCK 5 PLAN 33681 PLTO EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 78-3 WPM - 1163 PAINT ROAD

 The purchaser of the property will be responsible for any property taxes not yet due.

371800 LOT 27 BLOCK 6 PLAN 33681 PLTO EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT IN 78-3 WPM - 1098 OSPWAGON DRIVE

 The Municipality may exercise its right to set a reserve bid in the amount of the arrears and costs.

387100 AT THOMPSON AND BEING LOT 4 BLOCK 2 PLAN 43392 PLTO IN 10-78-3 WPM EXC ALL MINES, MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS SET FORTH IN THE CROWN LANDS ACT - 5 THOMPSON DRIVE N

 If the purchaser intends to bid by proxy, a letter of authorization form must be presented prior to the start of the auction.

 The Municipality makes no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning the properties being sold.

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

• The purchaser of the property will be responsible for any unpaid municipal utilities and any property taxes not yet due.

• The Municipality may exercise its right to set a reserve bid in the amount of the arrears and costs.

 The successful purchaser must, at the time of the sale, make payment in cash, certified cheque or bank draft to the Town of Snow Lake as follows:

• If the purchaser intends to bid by proxy, a letter of authorization form must be presented prior to the start of the auction.

i) The full purchase price if it is $10,000 or less; OR

• The Municipality makes no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning the properties being sold.

• The successful purchaser must, at the time of the sale, make payment in cash, certified cheque or bank draft to the City of Thompson as follows:

i) The full purchase price if it is $10,000 or less; OR

ii) If the purchase price is greater than $10,000, the purchaser must provide a nonrefundable deposit in the amount of $10,000 and the balance of the purchase price must be paid within 20 days of the sale.

 The risk for the property lies with the purchaser immediately following the auction.

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 purchase price must be paid within 20 days of the sale; AND

 The purchaser is responsible for obtaining vacant possession.

iii) A fee in the amount $367.50 ($350 plus GST) for preparation of the transfer of title documents. The purchaser will be responsible for registering the transfer of title documents in the land titles office, including the registration costs.

• The risk for the property lies with the purchaser immediately following the auction.

 If the property is non-residential property, the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if a GST registrant, provide a GST Declaration.

• The purchaser is responsible for obtaining vacant possession.

• If the property is non-residential property, the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if a GST registrant, provide a GST Declaration.

 The purchaser will be responsible for registering the transfer of title in the land titles office, including the registration costs.

Dated this 1st day of March, 2023.

Dated this 17th day of August, 2018.

Managed by:

Managed by: Anthony McInnis

City Manager City of Thompson

Phone: (204) 677-7934

Fax: (204) 677-7936

Interim Chief Administrative Officer

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Provincial ministers meet with Thompson foot care advocacy group

Seniors Minister Scott Johnston and Health Minister Audrey Gordon met with Thompson seniors and elders in Winnipeg March 7 to discuss preventive foot care.

Representing Thompson were acting chairperson of the Thompson Seniors Community Resource

Council Molly Stapleton, chairperson of the ad hoc foot care committee Barb Henderson, members at large Cheryl Turriff and Lydia Penner as well as elder Jack Robinson and seniors council co-ordinator Penny Byer.

The Thompson contingent, 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.

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.

nipeg and back, reiterated the need for preventive medical foot care, citing research done in 2022. Penner and Robinson spoke about their experiences. In addition, a video interview with Cliff Duchesne was shown. Cliff supported the advo-

cacy with a letter in 2022. Shortly before his passing, he agreed to be videotaped to talk about his experiences since the letter was written. The meeting was arranged by Thompson MLA Eric Redhead and made possible through donations

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

Medical Transportation & Referral Supervisor.

from the Troy Anand Fund, Marlene Rudolph, Ridgestone Financial, and K.B Insurance. The committee members are grateful for these donations.

Although the ministers made no commitments, Johnston asked several questions and said he would be looking into the matter further.

KEEWATIN TRIBAL COUNCIL

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.

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.

• Resume

• Copy of credentials (licenses, training, education)

• Three references (colleague, supervisor or manager) and contact information

• Criminal record check & child abuse registry checks (or indication that they have been applied for)

Got a job to advertise?

Assante Wealth Management is one of the largest, professional wealth management firms in Canada. A leader in creating wealth and prosperity, Assante provides clients with an integrated and comprehensive approach to wealth planning that incorporates all aspects of their financial lives.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Permanent

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

CREE NATION CHILD & FAMILY CARING AGENCY

Family Enhancement Worker –Permanent Position Thompson Sub Office Thompson & Lynn Lake, MB

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 Family Enhancement Worker is responsible for providing and administering CFS Services in accordance with the Child & Family Services Act.

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.

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;

§ 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.

Deadline: March 21, 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

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.

• 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 work with a very high degree of accuracy and attention to detail;

• Excellent time management and facilitation skills;

Mail delivery suspended in Thompson due to heavy snow

• Personal contact information (phone & email)

BY GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Postal carriers are known for making their rounds in all kinds of weather, but the massive dump of snow that Thompson received from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning kep them off the job for at east one day.

Your application will not proceed to interview without the above information. To obtain a complete job description, for additional information or to apply for this position please contact or submit your application to:

alert for Thompson as a result of weather and ground conditions.

Email or drop off only

Cree Nation Tribal Health Centre 107 Edwards Avenue, The Pas Noreen Singh, Finance Manager, nsingh@tribalhealth. ca or Wilma Cook, TNO/Team Lead, wcook@tribalhealth.ca

Canada Post said shortly after noon March 15 that it had issued a red service

Please mark all correspondence “CONFIDENTIAL”

“A red service alert means that we are suspending delivery for the day and not sending our delivery agents out or recalling them,” said a notice from Janick Cormier of Canada Post’s media relations department. “Delivery will resume once conditions improve and it’s safe to do

Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted

Integrative

Mindfulness Center Inc.

Child-Adolescent Counselling Therapist (Contract Basis)

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.

Please submit a resume and cover letter at Fax: 204-272-3435 Email: coordinatortherapy@gmail.com

CREE NATION CHILD & FAMILY CARING AGENCY

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.

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 (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

§ 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 24, 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

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.

• Effective verbal and listening communications skills;

• Strong leadership, critical thinking, decision making and problem solving skills.

so. The safety of our employees is our number one priority.”

• Valid Driver’s License, with ability to travel weekly.

mailbox or their door when delivery resumes.

• The position is subject to satisfactory criminal and other checks, and is subject to terms and conditions in a proposed written agreement.

Postal carriers will resume their routes when the weather and ground conditions make it safe to do so. Canada Post says Thompson residents can help make mail delivery easier by clearing ice and snow from driveways, walkways and stairs to ensure safe access to their

Please forward a resume with 3 references along with cover letter, in confidence, to:

Email or drop off only Noreen Singh, Finance Manager, nsingh@tribalhealth.ca OR Wilma Cook, TNO/Team Lead, wcook@tribalhealth.ca

For more information about mail delivery, call Canada Post’s customer service team at 1-888-6076301 or visit their webpage at Canadapost.ca/support. Information about current and past service interruptions is available through Canada Post’s delivery service alerts webpage.

Deadline to Apply: Open until filled.

Only successful applications will be contacted for further interview.

SERVICE ADVISOR

Are you looking for a career and not just a job?

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.

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

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

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.

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

Bob’s Towing

Thompson Citizen photos courtesy of Sherrie Benner