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Volume 57 • Issue 18

Pedal car challenge team brings home top prize from World of Wheels in Winnipeg JOAN DAWSON NAMED VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR NEWS - PAGE 2

NORPLEX POOL REOPENED MONDAY NEWS - PAGE 7

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham From left to right, Tyler Sylvester, Jordan Lounsbury, Keinon Haas, Kelsen Monteith and Luke Bonner-Audet with their pedal car that won first prize at the World of Wheels pedal car challenge in Winnipeg in March.

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WESTWOOD WINS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AGAIN SPORTS - PAGE 12

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

A group of R.D. Parker Collegiate students did as well as they possibly could as the school’s first entry ever in the World of Wheels pedal car challenge in Winnipeg in March, bringing home first prize.

“They had five schools from across Manitoba compete and they each were given a base model of the pedal car and you modify it and they choose the most creative one out of the fi ve there,” said Grade 11 student Luke Bonner-Audet, one of five members of RDPC’s pedal car challenge team.

One of the factors contributing to the win was the paint job, says Grade 10 student Kelsen Monteith, who works in the Thompson Ford body shop, which helped with the painting of the pedal car body.

“That was the first time they’ve ever seen that paint,” he said. “It’s the most expensive factory paint that Ford offers. It’s chrome illusion or mystic chrome. It’s a variety of colours that shines in a different way in different light settings, so it reflects different shades of light in natural sunlight, which is the best for it, and we went

with that since it was so unique.”

Keeping the paint job immaculate was one of the hardest parts when performing other work, said Grade 11 team member Keinon Haas, who worked on the seat and electrical components like lights.

“You don’t want to nick a little off because you don’t want to redo it,” he said.

Haas said he was proud that RDPC won against schools that mainly focus on autobody work.

“We were the only school there that was automotivebased,” he said. “All the other ones that were there

were body and that’s it so it’s pretty cool to find out we won. We’re just the mechanics side.”

Grade 12 student Tyler Sylvester was in charge of the welding that the project required.

“I welded all the tracks together and we took old snowmobile handlebars in half and welded them together and made them fit on the car,” said Sylvester.

“The handlebars were kind of tricky to do properly and the tracks needed to be all straight so they needed to be lined and done properly but when everything went together nicely it was good.”

Several of the team members aid they felt confident that they had a shot at top spot when they saw what they were up against.

“There was one other one there that was pretty good that we thought we might lose to,” said Bonner-Audet.

“I thought we were going to win," said Grade 11 student Jordan Lounsbury, who assembled the car once all the components were ready. “Ours looked pretty nice.”

“There were some nice cars but I knew ours was pretty unique and would’ve placed well,” said Sylvester.

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OBITUARY STUART ROBERT NUNN January 28, 1945- April 26, 2017

Stuart Robert Nunn, passed away peacefully on the morning of April 26, 2017 with his loving wife by his side. He met Olive, and was loving and faithful to her for 28 years. They raised four children together and celebrated the welcomings of 5 grandchildren. Stuart lived in northern Manitoba his whole life and wouldn’t have it another way. He was surrounded by the things he loved; lakes, places to camp, good ¿shing spots. Oh he loved the outdoors!

He left his family with a legacy of love and sacri¿ce, that you put others before yourself. “You never look at what you didn’t get, but you look at what you have to give.” It won’t take you too long to realize that his legacy will continue through his children. Stuart was a good man, a proud father, an amazing husband, and a true gift to the lives he touched.

Funeral Service was held on Saturday, April 29th at the Thompson Pentecostal Assembly at 2 pm and was of¿ciated by Pastor Dan Murphy. Cremation followed.

IN MEMORY

Donalda (Don) Fenske Nov. 19, 1957 - May 10, 2007

The brightest star in the heavens above continues to be our angel watching over us

Love you forever Dennis, Germaine, Allison and Kate.

Retired teacher Joan Dawson named volunteer of the year for work at hospital gift shop The City of Thompson recognized retired teacher Joan Dawson, who has managed the Thompson General Hospital gift shop for the past nine years, as the 2017 volunteer of the year at a reception April 27 and presented her with a take-home trophy at City Hall May 5.

Dawson has racked up more than 1,000 volunteer hours at the gift shop since 2008, managing staff and volunteers, shopping for and stocking the store and making her own blankets and quilts to sell at the store, revenues from which have enabled the Thompson Health Auxiliary to donate $25,000 to $45,000 per year to hospital departments and programming.

Dawson, who calls volunteering a way of life and has been doing so herself since she was eight years old, says retirees like her provide a lot of volunteer labour and that you can usually spot volunteers by the smiles on their faces.

“Volunteers fill the holes wherever they are, and seniors are among the most important volunteers,” she said. “They have the time, the energy and the expertise.”

Dawson was announced as the volunteer of the year

by Mayor Dennis Fenske, who thanked her and all other volunteers for the services they provide.

“We spend countless hours in churches, rinks, halls and gyms every year,” Fenske said. “With-

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out volunteering, a lot of things we enjoy wouldn’t take place. We appreciate every minute of people’s free time that they donate every year.”

The mayor said he hoped the spirit of determination and community pride exemplified by volunteers would help the city shine in 2018 when it hosts the Manitoba Power Smart

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Other nominees for the award included Grant Brown, a Burntwood Curling Club board member who has served the club in many volunteer roles, and Joan Buckinger, who at 84 years old still volunteers with Cancer Care Manitoba, at Northern Spirit Manor and with the Burntwood Baptist Church.

Tom O’Brien and Bruce Cameron were nominated

for their play-by-play radio coverage of Norman Northstars games, while Sue McCartney was nominated for her service as the treasurer of the Thompson Health Auxiliary and hospital gift shop, an organization she has been with for the all the years that the shop has been managed by Dawson, who said she could never have offered as much time as she did without McCartney’s support.

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Editorial

Penny wise, pound foolish?

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f Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government proceeds with plans, reported upon last week in an article in the Flin Flon Reminder, owned by the same parent company as this newspaper, which was reprinted in the May 5 Nickel Belt News, to do away with subsidized airfare for escorts of Northern Manitoba patients who are sent to Winnipeg for medical treatment unless a doctor authorizes air travel, it may find that the headaches and bad publicity it generates for itself will be much more costly than the projected $1 million it expects the change to save it annually.

When your overall deficit is more than $800 million, you need to look for savings where you can, of course, but the fairly insignificant difference that this change will result in makes it look like its something that is being done more for the sake of style than substance.

Contrary to stories you may hear about people in remote communities overdosing on mild sedatives in order to get a medical trip to the city for the weekend, the truth is that most people who make the long trip from Thompson and other Northern Manitoba communities to Winnipeg for medical reasons would probably prefer to get their treatment close to home but can’t because the specialists they need to treat their condition are not available here. And while most people living outside of major centres can accept that some inconvenience comes with the territory, they probably won’t appreciate being made to feel like second-class citizens for doing so. Even if you do fly, as you have been able to opt to by paying an upgrade fee of $75 each for the patient and any escort, you still may have to take time off work, or arrange for someone to look after your kids or your pets and potentially pay to stay in the city if you need to be there overnight and the reimbursements for expenses like that that you can receive through the Northern Patient Transportation Program might not cover the total cost. Still, it’s a lot better than having to take the Greyhound and spend over 16 hours – or more, depending where you live – travelling back and forth for what, in some cases, may be nothing more than a quick consultation with the doctor and maybe an ultrasound or some tests. This option is technically free, but only if you consider your time as having zero value.

People can accept government cutbacks in a lot of areas, but when it comes to their health care, they aren’t apt to be overly forgiving. Obviously, this is the biggest area of government spending and so the province has to look for savings opportunities within health care budgets. But to tell people who can’t get the medical care that they need close to home that the person accompanying them on such trips may have to pay several hundred dollars to do so because it will help reduce overspending by 1/800th is not going to go over well, especially if cabinet ministers continue to fly on arguably unnecessary trips rather than driving themselves or taking the bus. The province should consider if this is really an example of fiscal responsibility or just plain miserliness.

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Waiting for emergency care – how long is too long?

BY ALAN KATZ AND JENNIFER ENNS Emergency departments in Canada are very busy places. Every year, Canadians make about 16 million visits to emergency rooms and more than one million Canadians are admitted to hospital through emergency departments.

Given how complex it is to assess, treat and admit this large and variable population to hospital, it likely comes as no surprise that nearly all emergency department patients spend some of their time in hospital waiting.

Emergency department wait times are a matter of concern for many Canadians. We wonder if we, or our loved ones, will have to wait in pain or discomfort for hours before being seen. Or if a life-threatening condition could get worse while we wait.

Let’s face it – most of us have been there: wondering what’s taking so long and hoping they’ll call out our name next. No one

likes waiting, especially for urgent care.

Several research studies have explored the factors that contribute to wait times. A few studies have shown that emergency departments can become overwhelmed by the sheer number of patients arriving for care. Emergency medicine clinicians and leaders often point to hospital overcrowding as the main culprit for longer waits because patients who are waiting to be admitted to hospital occupy stretchers that would otherwise be available to new patients.

These observations highlight important opportunities for improving wait times. But one aspect of emergency care that has not been well studied is the time it takes to assess patients’ conditions once they have been seen by a practitioner in the emergency department.

How long patient assessment takes depends partly on how sick the patient is, but can also be in-

fluenced by other factors, such as the need for blood tests, x-rays or consultation with other healthcare specialists.

So how long do we wait for care?

A recent study led by Dr. Malcolm Doupe at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy provides a detailed picture of the many factors affecting Winnipeg’s emergency department wait times – and also studies the patient assessment period for the first time.

The study team used the relatively new Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) to track patients as they move through emergency from their initial assessment (triage) to treatment, and then to hospital admission or discharge back to the community.

They found that Winnipeg emergency departments are functioning moderately well in most instances, even though they are often at more than 100 per cent capacity

during daytime hours.

Across all types of emergency department, half of the patients had a visit time of 5.1 hours or less, and half stayed longer than 5.1 hours. With a national wait time average of 4.4 hours for emergency departments, there’s clearly plenty of room for improvement.

It was a better news story for urgent care. The study corroborated many findings from previous studies and found that wait times were very short (median wait time of six minutes) for those who needed care immediately.

For less urgent conditions, wait times varied and depended on how many higher urgency patients were receiving care, and how many other lower urgency patients were waiting.

But the study’s striking finding was the importance of the diagnostic testing process in determining wait times – a new piece of evidence that will Continued on Page 11

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Young readers raise money for museum

We have opened our new state-of-the-art, medical-graded dental clinic to serve you better.

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During “I Love to Read” month in February, Westwood students held a very successful campaign to raise some money and promote awareness about Canada’s 150th birthday.

Students brought their own brown bag lunches, a small monetary donation and their youthful enthusiasm to share in learning about several aspects of Canadian literature, history and culture. The school will be presenting a cheque for $225 to the Thompson Heritage North Museum, an organization that actively promotes our history and heritage.

Library programming changing up in June

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Do you need more space to roam? Have you always wanted your own slice of the boreal forest?

The City of Thompson is exploring opportunities to develop larger lots on the north shore of the Burntwood River.

We’ll be hosting an information session on May 16 to gauge public interest. If this sounds like something you’d love, join us at the time and place below!

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BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Results of a survey are leading to some programming changes at the Thompson Public Library in June.

“Story time will be changing at the beginning of June,” says library assistant Amanda Sanders.

“We ran a survey in April and it turned out that the times that we were running our story times weren’t all that ideal for that many people. So we have decided that at the end of May we will be ending Thursday story time and we will be moving Saturday story time to two in the afternoon.”

Both Thursday and Saturday story times had been at 10:30 a.m. for at least the last eight years, she said.

The library is also offering a new program for future readers.

“We are going to run a Friday morning baby story time which is a registeronly program,” Sanders said. “We have 13 babies registered so far as of May 4 and we were originally only opening it up to 10 but it filled up the first couple hours so we announced that we might do a second session if we need to, if we have more than 15 babies registered.”

There won’t be any weekday programming for

toddlers until the summer.

“Then later in the summer we are going to run a toddler program on Tuesdays in the afternoon,” said Sanders. “That’s a toddler sing and dance program and that’s going to be register-only as well and we also are going to be holding a registration-only summer reading program. We used to do a drop-in in the past but we decided that most of our programming is going to be register only.”

The only remaining dropin program is the Saturday afternoon story time and the reason for moving to a registration-based system is to ensure that the time staff spends preparing is not wasted.

“It takes time to prepare a program and when one kid shows up that you’ve put a lot of effort into because you didn’t know how many kids were coming, it’s disheartening.”

The library also has three more workshops in May, including a wine and paint night with Bronte Hendren on May 12, which costs $40 per person, and, closer to the end of the month, a henna workshop at a cost of $15 per person and a kids’ gardening workshop with a fee of $5 per participant.

“The kids’ll get to take home a bulb and a bean that they’ve planted and

they can watch it grow at home and they’ll get to learn how to take care of it,” says Sanders.

Money charged for the workshops goes towards the cost of supplies and honoraria or workshop fees for the workshop conductors.

“It does not go to the library unless it’s reimbursing us for supplies that we’ve already bought,” Sanders said.

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Yogifoodipreneur

BY KYLIE MATECHUK I often talk a lot about digestion. A lot of us are learning about certain healthy foods to include in our diets, but we often don’t put too much thought into when we should be eating. When we eat actually makes a huge difference in our digestive function, and ultimately the quality of our health.

In my accompanying chart I have ex-

plained the simple reasoning on when to eat, according to Ayurveda and natural health practices. Sometimes I have to tweak it a bit for shift workers, but it can be done!

Cut this chart out and keep it on your fridge. Lunch really should be the largest meal of the day. Energy levels improve, as does the overall health of our digestive system. Heartburn, gas and bowel problems

can be significantly improved by eating properly throughout the day.

I always love hearing your questions and comments! Please write to me here or email kylie@yogifoodipreneur.com.

Here’s to your health!

As always, check with your doctor or health practitioner for any medical-related questions. This information is to be used as

a guide and not to replace medical advice.

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

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

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Friday, MAY 12, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. (CST) RFT #12717 – SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF FABRIC STORAGE BUIDING. Friday, MAY 12, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. (CST) RFP #12617 – PROVISION OF BENEFITS CONSULTATION SERVICES. Bid documents may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Agent, 120 Seal Road, Thompson, MB. Phone (204) 677-7974, email aadeyemi@thompson.ca between the hours of 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

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

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

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

The City of Thompson seeks a full-time Community Economic Development Coordinator for the department of Planning and Community Development.

The Community Economic Development Coordinator will work closely with residents, business, and other major stakeholder groups by providing economic development and redevelopment recommendations, market research, and implementing project and programs that support commercial, residential, office, and industrial development; business attraction, business retention, development of public facilities and infrastructure; small business development initiatives; and other economic development; redevelopment or capital improvement programs or projects, working closely with the Thompson 2020 Project Manager.

The successful candidate will possess a post-secondary education in business administration, economics, planning or social sciences and have a minimum of 2 years’ related experience. The candidate will possess skills in facilitation, strategic planning, research and implementation, business networking, with extensive experience in economic and business development, business networking and building business cases. The candidate will have strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate, exercise sound judgment and manage politically sensitive issues. In addition to the requirements listed above, a more detailed account and full list of required skills, knowledge and personal attributes being sought at www.thompson.ca under Employment Opportunities.

The City of Thompson offers a highly competitive salary and benefits program. The starting salary for this 40 hour/week position is $65,062. Please send detailed resumes outlining experience, education, qualifications and references by Friday, May 19, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. to: Human Resources - City of Thompson 226 Mystery Lake Road Thompson, Manitoba R8N 1S6 FAX: (204) 677-7981 E-Mail: dkondakor@thompson.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The City of Thompson is committed to providing a superior quality of life and unlimited opportunities.

We are dedicated to supporting healthy growth and our northern urban lifestyle while providing our residents with high quality municipal services and facilities.

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Norplex Pool reopened on Monday

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

The Norplex Pool, which had been closed since April 23 when a seven-year-old from Split Lake drowned, reopened May 8.

The pool is open as usual except that from until May 14 it will be closing one hour earlier in the evening.

The boy’s drowning has been investigated by the RCMP and investigations at the pool were also undertaken by the City of Thompson and Manitoba Public Health, which conducted an inspection April 29 and cleared the facility to reopen as per Manitoba Regulation 132/97, which governs swimming pools and other water recreational facilities.

Mayor Dennis Fenske said the pool is prepared to

PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING 2017 FINANCIAL PLAN PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to subsection 162(2) of The Municipal Act, that the Council of The Town of Churchill intends to present its financial plan for the fiscal year 2017 at a public hearing in the Council Chambers of The Town of Churchill on May 24, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

resume operations safely.

“Safety is paramount for the City of Thompson, for the families that use our facilities as well as the employees who serve them,” Fenske said in a press release. “We have full confidence in our facilities and our staff.”

Those who were enrolled in spring session swimming lessons that were interrupted by the pool’s closure will have lessons rescheduled in the coming weeks to make up for lost time, the city announced on its website, but no credits or refunds are being offered. The June summer session of swimming lessons has been cancelled and those who were enrolled in them will be contacted regarding refunds and credits.

Council will hear any person who wishes to make a presentation, ask questions, or register an objection to the financial plan, as provided.

Copies of the financial plan will be available for review on May 19, 2017 and may be examined by any person during the regular office hours of the Administration Office at 180 LaVerendrye Avenue.

Gail Hodkin, CPA, CGA, CA, CMMA Director of Finance

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The Norplex Pool reopened May 8 after having been closed since April 23 when a seven-year-old boy from Split Lake drowned.

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Spoken word performer bringing living, breathing poetry to Thompson library May 13

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Spoken word poet Tanya Neumeyer of Toronto, who is putting on a free performance at the Thompson Public Library on Saturday at 4:30 p.m., doesn’t have the sort of educational background one automatically associates with the craft in which she specializes.

“Once upon a time I did study geological environmental engineering so the first time I was in Sudbury and Elliot Lake and Timmins was for a mining tour so I think I’ve been fascinated with the north from that 10 or 15 years ago because southerners don’t get to see it and yet we really depend on what happens on faraway pieces of land,” said Neumeyer, who grew up in Bradford, Ontario – which she calls the carrot capital of Canada. “I kind of appreciate what mining towns do for the country.”

But it was while she was studying at Queen’s University in Kingston that she was first turned on to spoken word poetry.

“I came to Toronto from Kingston and someone told me, ‘Hey, there’s this thing that you’ll really like,’ and the someone who told me was a friend I’d made who was at

the Kingston Library promoting poetry for National Poetry Month so when I get to do shows throughout April and workshops at different places I like to usually remember that in some ways I got a spark about poetry being more than something dead in books from somebody promoting poetry in a library, going out of their way to say, ‘Hey, poetry’s alive and well,’” Neumeyer says.

Her visit to Thompson, which comes on the heels of shows in Saskatoon May 7 and in Vancouver May 8, is the result of a local connection.

“I’ve been hearing about Thompson for years and years from two of my friends, Paul and Natasha, who are teachers there and I’ve even had the opportunity to Skype

Tanya Neumeyer, a Toronto poet who facilitates spoken word workshops for youth and adults and was a member of the 2012 Poetry Slam team that represented Toronto at the U.S. National Poetry Slam in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Saskatoon, where the team won bronze, will perform a free show at the Thompson Public Library May 13 at 4:30 p.m.

Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Tanya Neumeyer in to Natasha’s class to meet some of her students and answer their questions so I’m looking forward to meeting some people and seeing my friends in person,” she says, as well as taking in some local events. “I guess I’m going to the after party, somebody’s engagement or stag and doe.

I think I also arrive just in time to catch a glimpse of the prom so I feel like I’ll get a little glimpse into Thompson life.”

Having her perform was a pleasant surprise for the staff at the Thompson Public Library.

“She arranged the trip 100 per cent on her own,” said library assistant Amanda Sanders. “We’re just the place. She contacted us

about a month-and-a-half ago and asked if we would be interested.”

Thompson doesn’t host many authors because it isn’t a regular stop for most of them.

“We have to bring them in ourselves and it’s very taxing on the budget,” Sanders says. “Flin Flon and The Pas libraries get people all the time because it’s a lot easier to get to them. If somebody’s in Saskatoon, they’ll hop over to Flin Flon or if they’re in Winnipeg, they’ll hop up to The Pas or vice versa but we don’t get those. Unless they’re going to Churchill, they’re not stopping in Thompson.”

One of the joys of performing spoken word poetry and introducing others to it through workshops is getting to know a bit about the places she performs, Neumeyer says.

“In Regina I was doing workshops in schools and they were north of Dewdney [Avenue] which is a very important street, so they really took to the Toronto Raptors’ ‘We the North’ because it really distinguished them from other parts of Regina, the more downtown,” Neumeyer says. “It was that kind of old-fashioned folks had been painted as the

wrong side of the tracks but they reclaimed that. I like that I get to know places through people when I get to hear their poetry that they write.

I had someone say that they really loved everything but the kitchen sink in Sudbury and I had no idea what they were talking about and later someone clarified, ‘Oh, you don’t know, the pizza place that we order from, that’s one of the kinds of pizzas.’ In big and small ways, I learn about what people value and what they see and take in from where they are.”

Neumeyer first saw spoken word poetry performed at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word a little more than a decade ago.

“I saw top poets from across the country performing and it was just amazing what they did on stage with their body, their voice, their stories, their heart,” she remembers. “I wanted to give it a try and it all flowed from there because I was pulled into a community of amazing and inspiring people and I still get to be a part of that community to this day.”

While spoken word poetry might not be familiar to everybody, it is part of a long tradition of oral history and performance that is common

to people around the world.

“It’s managed to break through that barrier because when you see another human being using their body and their voice and often having a memorized poem, you remove that barrier from something that could be read to something that’s performed, that’s alive,” said Neumeyer.

“When you can see someone breaking a sweat and raising their voice and using their whole body, it’s really an embodied art form and I’ve been inspired by it and in certain cases also – my most recent book is called what breaks me open – I’ve been literally kind of struck by what I’ve seen like it’s changed me.

I feel like I’m part of some tradition.”

Neumeyer’s May 13 performance is free to attend and will feature an opening act familiar to many people in Thompson - Poetry in Motion.

“I’m really honoured,” Neumeyer says. “I’m inspired by their work. It’ll be great to have a local taste and spoken word often functions as a call and response so I’m sure that I’ll be inspired by what I hear and that will mean that we’ll, in a way, make music together through the poetry.”

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Appeal of conviction in 2009 murder of Bernard Hart dismissed

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

One of two men convicted of murdering Bernard Hart in Thompson in 2009 had his conviction, for which he received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years, upheld by the Manitoba Court of Appeal in February.

Skylar Spence of Leaf Rapids, who was convicted in September 2015 of first-degree murder in connection with Hart’s death, along with Raymond McDonald of Nelson House, appealed his conviction on the grounds that statements made to an undercover police officer posing as his cellmate should not have been admitted as evidence by the trial judge.

The Feb. 17 Court of Appeal decision, authored by Justice Jennifer Pfuetzner, found that the trial judge considered the proper factors when deciding whether to admit evidence obtained by the undercover officer [UCO] and which of the statements Spence made to him to admit.

“His findings of fact were reasonable and supported by the evidence,” wrote Pfuetzner. “His conclusion that a decision not to exclude the second UCO statement would not bring the administration of justice into disrepute is entitled to deference.”

Two youths, who were 12 and 16 at the time of Hart’s murder and cannot be named under the terms of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, had previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in youth court.

Hart was reported missing on June 6, 2009 after visiting Thompson. His body was discovered a month later by a civilian search team near the hydro lines to the east of Thompson. An initial autopsy could not determine the cause of death but Const. Pat Olson of the Norway House RCMP

detachment received a phone call in August 2009 from an inmate at The Pas Correctional Centre, who told him that his cellmates Spence and McDonald had confessed to him that they had killed Hart. Hart’s body was exhumed and re-examined, with the second autopsy revealing that every one of his ribs and some other bones had been broken and finding cut marks on the skeleton.

The youngest of the convicted murderers was arrested in December 2009, with McDonald, Spence and the second youth arrested over the next two months.

The youths confessed their involvement to police and implicated Spence and McDonald.

McDonald stuck to their foursome’s original story that a woman in a red truck had beaten up Hart and drove off with him.

What actually happened was that Hart showed up drunk at 55 Duke Place on the night of the murder. The mother of his son lived there and she had told her older son that if Hart showed up intoxicated that he should not be allowed to see his son.

Hart’s son was left in the care of Spence, McDonald and the two youths by the mother’s older son.

Hart arrived and was allowed to stay but a fight broke out, with Spence, McDonald and the two youths ganging up on him in the living room.

Spence decided that they should finish him off and he was dragged approximately half-a-mile into the bush, where he was stabbed and possibly decapitated.

Spence was arrested Feb. 3, 2010 while serving a sentence for an unrelated crime at Stony Mountain Institution and taken to RCMP “D” Division in Winnipeg, where he was placed in a cell with an undercover officer for about two hours before having a chance to

speak to a lawyer. He was then returned to the cell and twice more taken out for questioning. During his second interrogation he confessed to having killed Hart and told the interrogator that, when they dragged Hart into the bush to kill him by slitting his throat, “He kinda looked like he was in shock, like shaking.”

That statement countered Spence’s argument that Hart may have been dead already when they cut his throat, which could have meant he was guilty of only second-degree murder or manslaughter. After confessing during the interrogation, Spence was placed back in the cell with the undercover officer, whom he told: “So me and one a my buddies tied him up, broke his arms, carried him to the bush and killed him.”

Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Richard Saull considered the admissibility of Spence’s statements to police in a voir dire (trial with a trial) and ruled that, although Spence’s Charter rights were violated when he was placed in the cell with the undercover officer before speaking with his lawyer, that violation was rectified when Spence was allowed to speak with his lawyer. Saull ruled that all statements made after Spence spoke with his lawyer, including those to the undercover officer, were admissible but those made before he spoke with his lawyer were not.

“The breach of the accused’s right to counsel was for a relatively short period of time and was neither deliberate nor egregious,” wrote Saull in his voir dire ruling.

“I regard the confession provided by the accused in this case as highly reliable given the corroborative nature of the physical evidence and the witnesses who are available to testify in their case.”

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Sixth in girls’ singles RDPC’s top finish at badminton provincials

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

R.D. Parker Collegiate had a pair of athletes finish in the top 10 at the Manitoba high school badminton provincials in Brandon May 5-6, with Alyssa Campbell finishing sixth in the girls’ singles event and Murphy Krentz and David King winding up 10th in the boys’ doubles competition.

Campbell went 4-3 in the round robin and then won her first and third playoff matches before ultimately being knocked out with a 2110, 21-15 loss to Rachel Bochinski.

King and Krentz were also 4-3 in the round robin and then won their second and third playoff matches before ending with a 21-13, 21-13 loss to Cyrus Brandt and Oliver Kampen.

Kali Cummings and Daksh Vyas went 5-2 in the round robin and then lost all four of their playoff matches in the mixed doubles event.

Kerri Allard and Logan Bobesko went 3-5 in

Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of RDPC Athletics Coach Bruce Krentz talks strategy with Kali Cummings, left, and Daksh Vyas, right, during the high school badminton provincial in Brandon May 5-6. the girls’ doubles round robin and then lost their first playoff match, won their second and were knocked out with their second playoff loss by

Heidi Rodriguez and Mary Torrefalms.

Gavin Alcock won two of five round robin games in the boys’ singles competition.

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New study sheds light on an old problem Continued from Page 4 help us find solutions.

Diagnostic tests are an essential part of an emergency doctor’s work, but when tests and scans were ordered, wait times for other patients began to climb significantly.

For example, Winnipeg’s emergency departments had periods of time where up to 45 per cent of treatment areas were occupied by patients waiting for xrays or other tests. During these peak periods, wait times for patients with moderate to less urgent conditions could increase from 15 minutes to as much as five hours.

These findings indicate that new strategies to shorten wait times should be considered. Could processes within the emergency department be streamlined to reduce the time it takes to get tests done? Are diagnostic tests quickly available at all hours and at all emergency departments? Are community-based providers sending patients to emergency departments to access diagnostic tests that would best be done in doctors’ offices?

Bringing about improvements to wait times in emergency departments will require collaboration and new ap-

proaches between leaders and experts in emergency medicine. But there’s no reason we can’t get there.

Patients deserve no less.

Alan Katz is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca and Director of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. He is a practicing Family Physician and the Research Manitoba/Heart and Stroke Chair in Primary Prevention Research. Jennifer Enns is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. She has expertise in population health, health equity, and knowledge translation.

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Westwood wins 15th straight Knights of Columbus track title with Riverside second for the third straight year

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As they have the previous two years, the Westwood Vikings outran the runner-up Riverside Rams May 3 to claim the school’s 15th-consecutive Knights of Columbus indoor track

meet championship.

Westwood amassed 175 points, 33 more than the second-place Rams, to defend the title they have had a stranglehold on since 2003. The Vikings’ margin of victory was slightly less than last year, when

they had 25 points more than Riverside but not as much as in 2015, when they finished 55 ahead of the Rams, who knocked Deerwood School out of the runner-up position it had held for the previous four years in the 2015 edition.

The Deerwood Dragons finished third this year with 68 points, followed by the Burntwood Bobcats with 40, the Juniper Jaguars and La Voie du Nord with 16 points each and the Wapanohk Wolves with 10.

Westwood took the most points in the 30 metres, 50 metres and co-ed relays and cemented their victory with a dominant performance in the 4x100-metre relays, the final event of the competition, gathering 62 points, 20 more than

Riverside.

The Rams outdid the Vikings in the shot put, high jump and 1,000 metres.

This year’s meet was different than past years, being held on a Wednesday rather than a Friday due to scheduling conflicts.

April’s athletes of the month have finished fourth and final season of high school basketball

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R.D. Parker Collegiate’s athletes of the month for April have both played their last basketball games for the Trojans after four years representing their school on the hard court.

Grade 12 student Dale Cook got one more game in after RDPC’s season as one of three players from the boys’ team chosen to compete in the Basketball Manitoba graduating allstars game in Winnipeg along with Tyler Braun and Erik Sinclair, the latter being unable to attend because he was away in Europe.

“A couple of guys who went to it before have told me that everybody’s relaxed so that’s what I thought about it,” Cook said. “I went into the game relaxed and then saw there were some scouts so I tried to put on a show. I started off pretty slow then started picking it up towards the end of the game, finished pretty strong. We ended up losing that game, though.”

For the Trojans, the end of the season was a bit disappointing, he said.

“We didn’t finish it the way we wanted at the end of it but all around it was pretty good,” Cook said.

“It started off a little slow then we started picking it up, then towards the end we kind of fell short of our goal at provincials.”

Cook credits his leadership for getting him the nod as the athlete of the month.

“I didn’t really lead the team during Grade 9 and Grade 10,” said Cook. “I started leading in Grade 11 and in Grade 12 myself and two other guys on the team took a big role in leadership and I feel like my leadership got me this.”

After graduation, Cook hopes he may have a chance to keep playing basketball.

“Brandon University has looked at me to be a red shirt so once I heard that I really wanted to win and show those guys I could play and hopefully next year I can go there,” he said. “I hope I get accepted to Brandon and go there and red shirt for a year.”

The female athlete of the month is Grade 12 stu-

dent Jamie Verhaeghe and it marks the fourth time she has received the distinction in three different sports – volleyball, soccer and basketball. She said the girls’ season was a big transition from last year.

“We had a lot of new players coming in and it was just a totally different dynamic to our team that we weren’t really used to so we had to relearn how to be a team but once we started working together we really came together and had a really good season,” she said. “We went to provincials. We didn’t really do that well there but we still had fun so that’s all that matters.”

Personally, Verhaeghe felt she played pretty well in her final season of high school basketball.

“I didn’t have the best season of my life but all around it was a great season and I couldn’t be happier with how I ended it up,” she said.

Verhaeghe says her attitude likely earned her recognition as athlete of the month.

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Grade 12 students Jamie Verhaeghe, left, and Dale Cook, right, are R.D. Parker Collegiate’s athletes of the month for April.

“I just like to motivate my teammates a lot and I’m a good positive person on our team,” she says.

Following graduation, Verhaeghe hopes to attend the University of Manitoba and to continue playing sports.

“I’m looking at a couple of sports teams for soccer

but nothing too serious,” she says. “I’ll probably just play intramurals at college.”

“Thanks to the physed department for giving us the gym time and the coaches and especially my teammates for pushing me to be better,” said Cook.

“Thank you to our phys-

ed department for everything they’ve done and especially to our coaches Courtney McKay, Nicole Robson and Megan Thorne because they put a lot of their own time into it,” said Verhaeghe. “There was a lot of team drama so I’m glad they stuck with us through the whole season.”

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New DVDs Reviewed in This Column Will be Released the Week of May 22, 2017 HOLLYWOOD — Steve Harvey is the busiest man on television. He’ll host Fox’s new version of “Showtime at the Apollo,” which will tape in New York City. His four-hour morning radio show is still going strong after 17 years. “Family Feud” has taped in Atlanta since 2010, and “The Steve Harvey Show” has been taping in Chicago since 2012. ABC’s “Celebrity Family Feud” has been taping in Los Angeles since 2015, and “Little Big Shots,” which he co-produces with Ellen DeGeneres, has shot in L.A. since last year. Throw in the Miss Universe Pageant, and you’ve got Steve all over. Imagine his frequent flyer miles!

In other TV news, when Bill O’Reilly learned he’d been fired from Fox news, he was in a VIP line meeting Pope Francis at The Vatican. That was nervy, in view of his recently lecturing Pope Francis on his hurtful comments about our president being, “not Christian.” Luckily, Pope Francis doesn’t have a TV. *** The third Hemsworth brother, Luke, is getting his chance at stardom. Following the successes of Chris (“Thor”) and Liam (“The Hunger Games”), it won’t be easy. Luke, star of eight episodes of HBO’s “Westworld,” will carry the “Twilight Zone”-inspired film “Encounter,” about a group of neighbors who find an alien in a field.

It started shooting in April and will hit theaters Nov. 1.

Hugh Jackman is keeping his word about being done with “Wolverine,” despite pleas from Ryan Reynolds to play him in “Deadpool 2.” Production has begun and Josh Brolin has been cast in his place ... as a character, not “Wolverine.”

Chris Pratt, now on screens in “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2,” is filming three movies at once. First out will be “The Avengers: Infinity War” (April 4, 2018), then “Jurassic World

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Steve Harvey 2” (June 22, 2018) and the untitled “Avengers” sequel (May 3, 2019).

Richard Gere, already on screens in “Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,” now has a second film out, the thriller “The Dinner,” with Laura Linney and Steve Coogan. He also is shooting Jon Avnet’s film (which he wrote and is producing and directing) “Three Christs,” with Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”) and Julianna Margulies, the true story of three paranoid schizophrenics who each believe they are Jesus Christ.

Charlize Theron, who won her Oscar for “Monster” (2003) and currently can be seen in “xXx: The Fate of the Furious,” has “Tully,” with Ron Livingston, and “American Express” (she’s also one of the producers), with David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton and Amanda Seyfried coming soon.

Charlize’s perfume ads are spectacular; wonder what she’ll take off for the American Express card to plug the film? © 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

PICKS OF THE WEEK Get Out (R) — Psychological horror has finally caught up with modern psychology thanks to the debut of director Jordan Peele. This pitch-perfect addition to horror cannon follows Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young black man traveling into the manicured suburbs to meet the parents of his adoring white girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams). Rose’s parents (Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford) are smiling upper-middle class liberals, who are just so pleased to welcome Chris with awkward attempts at slang.

In a slow build, Chris uncovers the horror just beneath this smooth, milkwhite exterior.

Peele is perhaps better known as half of the TV sketch-comedy duo Key & Peele. Social commentary is woven into a lot of what he’s done in the past, but the execution of this feature film — and the depth of knowledge it shows about horror — is more what you’d expect from a veteran director.

Logan (R) — Wolverine, the blade-brandishing X-Men poster boy played by Hugh Jackman, is one of the last mutants alive in a bleak-yet-plausible version of the near future. The once-unstoppable slashing machine is starting to feel the years — he’s not healing like he used to, and he has nobody left but Caliban (Stephen Merchant) and Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), who’s losing his mind and control of his terrifying psychic powers. Quite reluctantly, Wolverine gets roped into one last rescue: transporting a little mutant girl (Dafne Keen) to a supposed safe haven.

This is the only good Wolverine-centric flick in the X-Men canon.

Really good, not just relatively good.

I was never that psyched about Jackman’s Wolverine, but here stands a convert: Jackman plays Logan with such commitment that you believe he’s limping under the weight of five lifetimes of trouble, ready to sign his last page. The R-rating also puts real fight into a character who has always felt a little declawed.

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I’ve been hooked on “The Originals” since it began. I especially like the actress who plays Sofya. Can you tell me a bit about her? What else can I see her in? — Barry T., via email Taylor Cole is the model-turned-actress who plays the ancient vampire/hired killer Sofya Voronova in the CW drama. When Cole isn’t playing a character hell-bent on revenge against Klaus for killing her family 500 years ago, she’s portraying an art professor at Boston College who’s aching to make tenure in the Hallmark Channel original movie called “The Art of Us” (which premieres May 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT). Dr. Harper Collins (played by Cole) has a short time to mold a handsome artist — who happens to be her dog walker — into the star painter of her recently curated art gallery at the college.

I spoke with Cole recently about this contrasting character (at least from what we are used to in “The Originals”), and she was thrilled to get the chance to play Harper, telling me: “Everything about her is me. I’m very black-and-white and very structured.

I need to let loose a little more, and she’s the same way. She’s a character I haven’t gotten to play yet. She’s very driven and she’s passionate. Her determination to follow through was really exciting to play.”

Cole also can’t wait to share this movie with her fans, revealing: “Terry Wilson, the author of the book ‘The Art of Us,’ is so great. She is so sweet and she has great storytelling ability. There’s good character development, and you really get to know each of the characters. Sometimes it gets lost in the other (Hallmark) movies, but in this one, you get to know them and love them and care for their story, and care for them caring about each other. It’s my favorite Hallmark script that I’ve read.” *** Can you tell me when the new “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie comes out? — Paul F., Jasper, Wyoming

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Prepare yourself for more rumsoaked swashbuckling from Johnny Depp as Capt. Jack Sparrow when “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” hits theaters May 26. Lucky Disneyland parkgoers got a sneak peek back in April when Depp got into full Capt. Jack gear on the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, surprising and delighting people on the ride as they drifted past on their boats. *** This sounds too good to be true: Is “Roseanne” really getting a reboot? — Kelly F., via Facebook Everyone’s favorite blue-collar family is indeed coming back for an eight-episode limited series — and everyone is on board for the revival (although it’s not known which Becky we’ll be getting). Details are sketchy, since it’s still in the beginning stages of development, but look for the series to premiere in 2018, which happens to be the 30th anniversary of the pilot episode.

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Seventy years ago, Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier. This week, we remember that juncture and some of the other greatest moments in baseball history — moments that transcend the game and teach us more about life in general than we thought possible at the time.

Earning It Going into the 1941 season-ending doubleheader, Ted Williams was statistically hitting .400, and his manager offered to sit him out so he could accomplish the feat.

Williams, a hero flying ace in World War II, refused to back into the accomplishment — either he was a .400 hitter or he wasn’t. He went 4-5 and 2-3 in the series, and finished the season at .406.

Under Pressure When Roger Maris came to the N.Y. Yankees via Kansas City in 1960, he was derided as a surly hick and an outsider by the hostile New York press.

When Maris and Mickey Mantle began to make a run at Ruth’s record 60 home runs that summer, the press focused on him with the intensity of a magnifying glass concentrating light from a thousand burning suns. Losing both his hair and his mind, Maris finally broke Ruth’s record in the last game of the season.

The Great Wall (PG-13) — Craven, big-budget, global box-office dreams smashed up against this film like clamoring barbarians trying to topple a dynasty. Alas, “The Great Wall” — a fantasy epic produced with Chinese and American collaboration — repelled those dreams with a monolithic and underwhelming structure.

Western mercenaries (Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal) join a legion of elite Chinese warriors (including Tian Jing and Hanyu Zhang) defending a great wall from waves of CG pitbull-lizard monsters. For the sake of international appeal, characters, themes and conflicts are stripped down to bare essentials. Director Yimou Zhang’s distinct flair for colors and dazzling visuals is on display, but doesn’t achieve the same sense of wonder as before.

Paint Lake Cottage Owners Association Annual AGM May 11, 2017 7:00 pm Paint Lake Community Hall The following executive positions are available and looking to be filled; • Vice president • Treasurer • Member at large (5 positions) Everyone is welcome and we look forward to seeing you all there!

Universal Pictures

Allison Williams, Daniel Kaluuya in “Get Out” My Life as a Zucchini (PG-13) — This whimsically animated film off French origin deals with heavy topics, believably filtered through the lighter lens of kids. Zucchini (Erick Abbate) is a boy of 10 when he loses his abusive, alcoholic mother and lands in a group home for children with deceased and/or unfit parents. The kids bond over their shared struggles with individual trauma. It’s an engaging movie that shouldn’t be dismissed as kid stufff because of its visuals.

TV RELEASES Call the Midwife: Season 6 Outsiders: Season 2 Masterpiece: Dark Angel Dimension W: Season 1 Power Rangers: Mystic Force — The Complete Series © 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

Tearing Down the Wall Branch Ricky and Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947, and baseball’s commissioner Ford Frick spelled it out for anyone (including the St. Louis Cardinals, who threatened to strike) who didn’t get it: “This is the United States of America, and one citizen has as much right to play as another.”

Justice in the Face of Prejudice Despite death threats and the thick air of the South’s remaining prejudice heavy in the night in 1974 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, “Hammerin’” Hank Aaron persevered and surpassed Babe Ruth’s home run record with his 715th career homer. Today, Barry Bonds, another black ballplayer, wears the home-run crown with 762 after surpassing Aaron’s mark of 755. But after the example Aaron set, it just doesn’t seem the same.

The Luckiest Man Alive On May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig voluntarily removed himself from a game after playing in a record 2,130 games in a row. Within two months’ time, Gehrig learned he was dying of a debilitating muscle disease that now bears his name. On July 4 of that same year, Gehrig said goodbye to baseball and his fans by acknowledging the incredible fortune he had in just being able to play baseball for a living.

Recordings of the event show a weakened Gehrig uttering his famous lines of gratitude with the echoing sound of feedback, which served to underscore his every word: “Today ... I consider myself ... the luckiest man ... on the face of the Earth.”

Norman AAA Northstars Annual General Meeting Monday, May 29, 2017 7:00 pm Mystery Lake Motor Hotel

The Midget AA King Miners would like to thank their sponsors for the year: • Mystery Lake Body Shop • Bills Lock & Key • USW Local 6166 • Thompson Ford • Minute Muffler • Clarke’s Pharmacy • Stittco • Twin Motors • Northern Inn • Moore Specs • Doug’s Source for Sports • Mystery Lake Body Shop • Clarkes Pharmacy

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. © 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.

The Midget AA King Miners would like to thank the following for their sponsorship and donations to the 2017 Midget Male Rural A/AA Provincials.

• Assante Wealth Management • Baaco’s • Burntwood Hotel • Clarke’s Pharmacy • Community Assoc of South Indian Lake • Days Inn • Doug’s Source for Sports • ET Blades • Grey Goose - Thompson • Jody’s Salon • Kendall Pandya • Keough Construction • McDonald’s • Moore Specs • Miller the Mover • Minute Muffler • Mystery Lake Body Shop • Norman Electric • Orica • O-Pipon-Na Piwin Cree Nation • Rapid Cleaners • Riverview • Sling Choker • Smook Contractors • Steel Cutz • Stittco • The Brick • Thompson Ford • Thompson Lacrosse Assoc • Thompson Minor Hockey Assoc • Thompson Self Storage/Devon Gurniak • Tim Hortons • Twin Motors • UCN • United Steel Workers Local 6166 • Workplace Solutions

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News MORTGAGE SALE The building and land known as 168 Deerwood Drive, Thompson, Manitoba, as described in Certificate of Title No. 2482710/2 will be sold at auction by a licensed Auctioneer on Thursday, the 1st day of June, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at 31 Elk Bay, Thompson, Manitoba.

Vacation donation

To the best of the vendor’s knowledge, there is situated on the mortgage property an approximately 1,000 SF 1973 dwelling which includes an approximately 455 SF basement. The property also consists of an approximately 192 SF verandah and an approximately 154 SF storage shed.

Property taxes are paid in full to December 31, 2016. The property is sold subject to taxes and penalties or any water charges which may have accrued with respect to the property and which have not yet been added to the property taxes after that date and Caveat No. 33795N/3, 33796N/3, 35625N/3 (all International Nickel Company of Canada Limited) and Easement No. 157699N/3 (Steelgas Utilities Ltd.).

TERMS: Deposit of $38,000.00 in cash, certified cheque or bank draft payable to MLT Aikins LLP and the balance according to conditions to be announced at the sale.

Sale is subject to Reserve Bid which will be announced at the auction. If the highest bid does not meet the Reserve Bid then there is no sale.

Further information may be obtained from: MLT AIKINS LLP Barristers & Solicitors 30th Floor, 360 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 4G1 Attn: Christine Becker (204) 957-4773

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Energy drinks. Vitamin waters.

These sugary drinks have little-to-no nutritional value and put our children at risk for heart disease, stroke, obesity, diabetes, cancer and dental decay.

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Thompson RCMP detachment Insp. Kevin Lewis, Staff Sgt. Colby Argue, Special Const. Rob Cleveland and retired detachment member Lois Cormier were at Wapanohk Community School May 5 to present a $4,100 donation to vice-principal Celina Dumas and Grade 8 teacher Caelin Webber towards the cost of a trip to Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler for 16 of the school’s Grade 8 students from May 7-12. The students will visit sites including Chinatown, the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Telus Science World in Vancouver as well as the Royal British Columbia Museum and Butchart Gardens in Victoria before winding up the visit with a day trip to Whistler. The money the RCMP donated was raised years ago by students from Wapanohk and other schools who bagged groceries to fundraise for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program that the RCMP used to present at schools in Thompson.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING THOMPSON GAS BAR CO-OP LTD.

Take notice that the Annual Meeting of the Thompson Gas Bar Co-op Ltd. will be held: NEW Date: Time: Location:

Tuesday May 23, 2017 7:00 p.m.

Steel Centre 19 Elizabeth Drive Thompson, Manitoba R8N 1S7

To consider the business that is usually brought before the annual meeting, as permitted by the charter bylaws.

Help keep

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CLEAN!

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Lambert’s Paint and Carpet Centre’s elaborate display was one of dozens that filled the C.A. Nesbitt Arena at the Vale Regional Community Centre during CHTM’s 28th-annual trade show May 5-7.

Thompson Minor Hockey Association

Say it in

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING May 24, 2017 at 7:00pm in the VRCC Gym The following positions need to be filled: Vice-President Administration Treasurer Registrar On-Ice Officials Coordinator Hockey Development Coordinator Equipment Manager Fundraising Coordinator Novice Program Director Peewee Program Director Midget/High School Program Director Vice-President Technical Bantam Program Director Munn Cup Coordinator

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KITCHEN SUPERVISOR Chicken Shack in Cross Lake, Manitoba is looking for a supervisor. Hourly position- accommodation and meals provided. Please fax resume to 204-676-2274 or email msrawluk@yahoo.ca. 16-4-nb

502 • APT/TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available immediately

9 - 35 Ashberry Place For applications

phone 204-677-5758 or fax 204-677-5803

505 • HOUSES FOR SALE DEERWOOD AREA Three bedroom, one level home. Recently renovated and painted. Yard backs onto ravine. Asking $150,000. Please call 204-778-4271.

16-GCD-21-d FOR SALE BY OWNER 4 Minago Bay. Reduced to $100,000. If interested, please call 204-348-7493.

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510 • RETAIL/ OFFICE SPACE WAREHOUSE--STORAGE SPACE for rent, 73 Hayes Rd., 600 sq. ft. of storage or work space. Available Sept. 1/2017.

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

J.B Johnston Ventures Limited, call 204778-5511. 39-TFN-nb OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE 500-5000 sq ft available. Cameron/Hoe building 83 Churchill Drive. Contact Joe Aniceto.

204-679-0490 or Neil Cameron 306477-5668. 20-tfn-nb COMBO WAREHOUSE/GARAGE/OFFICE Spaces for rent 16- Beren’s Rd., Bay 2, 1380 sq ft. Available Oct. 1/2017 Behind Eric’s Plumbing – garage space with washroom. Commercial sized overhead door in back with man door.

For more info, contact: Carolyn Turpie, 31 Oak St., Ph: 204-677-3516 Friuli Suite Rentals/Bianchini Warehousing email: manager@friulirentals.com 48-tfn-nb

Church Services

ST. JAMES ANGLICAN Rev. Jean Arthurson-Ouskan 10 Caribou 677-4652 11 am Sundays ST. JOSEPH UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC 340 Juniper Drive 778-7547 ST. LAWRENCE ROMAN CATHOLIC Fr Shantha Gandamalla and Fr Guna Sekhar 114 Cree R. 677-0160 Sat. 6:30 pm & Sun. 10 am THOMPSON PENTECOSTAL Pastor Dan Murphy Youth Pastor Colton Murphy Children’s Pastor Karen O’Gilvie 126 Goldeye 677-3435 Sunday school 9:45 am, Coffee time at 10:40 am Church Service at 11:00 am thompsonchurch.ca ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN 249 Thompson Drive 204-677-2799 Pastor Murat Kuntel Regular Hours: 11 am Church Service CHRISTIAN CENTRE FELLOWSHIP 328 Thompson Dr. N. 677-4457 Pastor: Arnold (Arnie) Pedersen Sun. School 9:45 am • Service 11 am FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 456 Westwood Dr. S. Ph. 778-8037 Service @ 11 am LUTHERAN - UNITED CHURCH OF THOMPSON Congregations worship at 52 Caribou Rd. at 10:30 am Sundays.

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

LIGHT OF THE NORTH CHURCH 32 Nelson Road GATEWAY BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor Dave Cook 159 Cree Rd 204-677-3000 Sunday School 10:00 am AM Service at 11, PM Service at 7 Prayer Meeting - Wednesday 7 pm THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS everyone welcome sundays at 10 AM 83 Copper Rd For more information, church tours or home visits call the Missionaries at 204-939-4382 or visit Mormon.org THE SALVATION ARMY Thompson Corps (Church) 305 Thompson Dr. - 204-677-3658 Worship services every Sunday at 11 am APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH 111 Goldeye Crescent Sunday 11:00 am Worship Service 3:00 pm Sunday School 7:00 pm Evening service Wednesday: 7:00 pm Bible study followed by prayer time.

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

St Lawrence Roman Catholic Church On Saturday, May 13, 2017 we will celebrate three events: • The 50th Anniversary of the St. Lawrence Church; • Sr. Andrea Dumont will celebrate 25+ years serving in Thompson; • The 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima, when Mary appeared to 3 little shepherd children.

After the Mass, which starts at 6:00 pm, our parish is planning a procession to honour Mary on this occasion.

You are welcome to join us as we celebrate all events.

Non-Bonded Tender (Construction Order) No. X05961 Supply of One Asphalt Spreader Northern Region – Two Seasons Supply of one asphalt spreader to be used in the Northern Region in various locations for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

TENDERS MAY BE OBTAINED AT: Manitoba Infrastructure Region 5 11 Nelson Road Thompson MB R8N 0B3

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES JORDAN’S PRINCIPLE – CHILD FIRST INITIATIVE SERVICES COORDINATOR The Keewatin Tribal Council is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong case management skills who will successfully implement the Jordan’s Principle – Child First Initiative (JP-CFI) program. This is a new program focusing on all First Nations children living on-reserve, who have disabilities or complex needs. This program will ensure those children and their families have access to the health and social services they need, when they need them and to ensure that they do not experience denials, delays or disruptions of services due to jurisdictional disputes.

Under the general direction of Keewatin Tribal Council (KTC) Director of Health, the JP-CFI Services Coordinator position will be responsible to plan, implement, deliver and evaluate the JP-CFI program at the Tribal Council level, and support the program in each of the area communities.

QUALIFICATIONS: • BN, RN or BSW from a recognized education institution • Current registration and in good standing with respective regulatory body in the province of Manitoba • Criminal Record Check and Child Abuse Registry Check to be submitted • Knowledge and respect for the culture, traditions and customs of the local First Nation communities.

• Excellent writing, communication and presentation skills • Must be computer literate and have experience working with programs (Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) • Knowledge of Federal, Provincial and First Nation Health Care Systems • Experience working with First Nation organization • Must have a valid class 5 Manitoba Drivers’ License at all times and be willing to travel • Ability to speak Cree or Dene would be considered an asset.

A written application with detailed resume and three (3) work related references from most recent employers including one from latest immediate supervisor should be submitted to: Closing Date: May 12, 2017 Please Forward Resumes to the Attention of: Lisa Beardy, Office Manager 23 Nickel Road Thompson, Manitoba R8N OY4 Email: lbeardy@ktc.ca Fax: 204 677-0256 Applications will be accepted until 4:00 pm, Friday May 12, 2017. We would like to thank those that apply for the position but only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT – AY2 Thompson Receiving Homes Job Summary: This position reports to the Thompson Office Receiving Home Supervisor and is responsible for providing secretarial, clerical, administrative and in home support in order to ensure that the receiving home services for the agency are provided in an effective and efficient manner.

Demonstrated Skills & Abilities: • Office Administration • An understanding of relevant legislation, policies and procedures as they relate to CFS • An understanding of the Northern and Aboriginal Culture and Child and Family Services environment • Team player who is challenged by working in a fast moving and changing environment • Excellent oral and Written Communication Skills • Computer literacy • Ability to relate and assist the general public with inquiry’s • Preparing Child Abuse Registry Checks and Priors • Ordering and Maintaining Food Inventory Qualifications: • Grade 12 diploma plus a minimum of one year experience as a receptionist • Other combinations of equivalent education and experience will be considered • Good communication, interpersonal and organizational skills • Good technical (multi-line phone) and computer skills • Accurate typing skills of at least 40 wpm • Knowledge of various filling systems • Ability to set priorities and work in a team setting • Ability to remain positive and enthusiastic under stressful conditions • Valid Class 5 Manitoba Driver’s License • Must be able to successfully complete child abuse, criminal records check and provide upon hire Please apply in as requested with cover letter indicating the position you are applying for. ALL RESUMES RECEIVED WITHOUT A COVER LETTER AND NOT IN THE MANNER AS REQUESTED WILL BE FILED UNDER GENERAL COMPETITION. SALARY RANGE: CLOSING DATE:

$36,381 – $41,227 May 19th, 2017

Submit All Applications to: Amanda LeDrew Director of Human Resources amanda@ncnwellness.ca Family & Community Wellness Centre Nelson House, MB. Phone: 484-2341 Fax: 484-2351 Only those selected for an interview will be contacted

Have you been looking for that “Right Sales Management PosiƟon”?

THEN WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!!!

Come join a very progressive media company as the REGIONAL SALES MANAGER and grow with us in both tradiƟonal media and digital (social) media.

Our company has one of the fastest growing digital departments in the country and we are just on the ground Ňoor in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Key DuƟes and ResponsibiliƟes: • Assist sales teams with the development of the digital business category in their territories • Achieve monthly, quarterly and annual targets • Ability to clearly arƟculate the beneĮts of a digital markeƟng strategy • Successfully deliver compelling presentaƟons for our digital soluƟons • Facilitate the development of online strategies for SMB, and medium to large enterprise clients alike • Ability to analyze and report on campaign metrics and secure long term business • Contribute to the success and growth of the sales team and the overall revenue • ProacƟvely review client’s digital footprint and digital business pracƟces to enable needs analysis selling • Exposure or experience with Challenger Sales mindset • Understand best pracƟces as it relates to digital markeƟng and adverƟsing • Understand the compeƟƟve landscape and be able to appropriately posiƟon our service relaƟve to compeƟtors EducaƟon, QualiĮcaƟons and Skills • Previous sales management experience • Undergraduate degree in Business, CommunicaƟons or MarkeƟng • DemonstraƟon of strong background in or more of the following: Website development, SEO, SEM, Social Media, Display AdverƟsing, Video and/or Brand IdenƟty • Demonstrated sales leadership and the ability to moƟvate team members to hit monthly, quarterly and annual sales targets • Google AdWords and AnalyƟcs cerƟĮcaƟon is a must • Outstanding verbal and wriƩen communicaƟon Personal QualiƟes • Self moƟvated with the ability to Įnd creaƟve resoluƟons and drive for results • Extremely eīecƟve Ɵme management • Detail oriented, mulƟ-tasker • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment • Diplomacy; eīecƟve listening and public speaking skills • Personable, understanding, objecƟve and honest • Outstanding relaƟonship building skills To apply for this role, please send cover leƩer and resume to jambrose@GlacierMedia.ca by May 12, 2017 Only qualiĮed candidates considered for this posiƟon will be contacted for an 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 multi task, 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

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Careers

Your search is over.

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

Administrative Assistant

LOCAL 6166

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY United Steelworkers, Local 6166 is looking for an energetic Summer Student, who will be continuing his/her post-secondary education in September 2017.

Job will entail a combination of yard work and general office duties. Employment period is estimated to be for 7 weeks beginning Monday, July 4, 2016.

Please drop off your Resume at the United Steelworkers, Local 6166, 19 Elizabeth Drive, Thompson, MB. Deadline to apply is Friday, May15th, 2017.

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Regular/Full-Time Manitoba Indigenous and Municipal Relations, Finance and Administration Services Branch, Thompson, MB Advertisement Number: 32880 Closing Date: May 23, 2017 Salary Range: $40,323 to $46,091 per year, plus remoteness allowance if applicable The Manitoba government recognizes the importance of building an exemplary civil service that is inclusive and reflective of the population it serves. We encourage applicants to voluntarily self-declare in the cover letter, resumé or application if they are from any of the following employment equity groups: women, Aboriginal people, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.

An eligibility list may be created for similar positions and will remain in effect for 12 months.

Qualifications: Manitoba Indigenous and Municipal Relations, Finance and Administration Services Branch is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the Administrative Secretary (AY3) position in Thompson, Manitoba.

The Manitoba government has a comprehensive benefits package which includes extended health care, health spending account, dental care, vision care, long term disability insurance, group life insurance, maternity/paternity leave, family related leave, and a defined pension plan (some pension plans allow for portability between the Civil Service Superannuation Board and employers).

Essential qualifications include: • Experience providing secretarial and administrative support, including reception duties • Proficiency and experience using Microsoft Office Software including Word, Outlook, and Excel, or equivalent software programs • Experience timekeeping, including tracking absences, vacation leave, and overtime • Experience maintaining hardcopy and electronic files, as well as document tracking Conditions of Employment: • Must be legally entitled to work in Canada • Must be willing and able to work overtime as required • Must be willing and able to travel within the province if and when required Duties: The Administrative Assistant is responsible for performing a wide range of administrative tasks that support the work of the Finance and Administration Services Branch. This position is the first point of contact for the public and other clients, and must be able to respond to queries, as well as direct them to the appropriate staff. The position receives, organizes, circulates processes, prepares, updates information, and conducts record keeping in support of the Branch. The subject matter and scope of work encompasses financial comptrollership, fiscal management, financial advice and administrative support services to the Department.

For a complete listing of the qualifications and duties for this position, please see ad No. 32880 at: www.manitoba.ca/govjobs

Apply to: Advertisement No. 32880 Manitoba Civil Service Commission Human Resource Services 608-330 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB, R3C OC4 Phone: 204-945-4394 Fax: 204-948-2193 Email: govjobs@gov.mb.ca WHEN APPLYING TO THIS POSITION, PLEASE INDICATE THE ADVERTISEMENT NUMBER AND POSITION TITLE IN THE SUBJECT LINE AND/OR BODY OF YOUR EMAIL. We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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

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Marymound is presently seeking:

Leo’s Home Decorating LTD. has one term position, starting date June 1, 2017.

Retail Sales personnel and other applicable duties.

Full time, 40 hrs per week.

Please E-mail resume to leos@mts.net, or drop off resume at 137 Hayes Rd. Thompson, MB between the hours of Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Food service supervisors – McDonald’s Thompson McDonald’s Restaurant now hiring full time managers starting at $12.00 hourly, for 40.00 Hours per week. 5 positions available. Bonus, mileage paid, medical benefits, dental benefits, disability benefits, life insurance benefits, group insurance benefits. Completion of high school and 1-3 years experience at supervisor level in food service is preferred, but not required.

English reading, writing, and speaking. Apply in person at 217 Mystery Lake Rd. Thompson, Manitoba, or email resume to 20669@post. mcdonalds.ca.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AWASIS AGENCY OF NORTHERN MANITOBA LOCATION: FOX LAKE SUB-OFFICE FOX LAKE CREE NATION Position: Family Enhancement Worker One (1) Full-Time Permanent Position The Family Enhancement Worker will be responsible for providing supports to families in crisis, in order to address risk and strengthen family functioning. The Family Enhancement Worker undertakes thorough assessments and comprehensive planning with families, and follows a solution focused, strength based approach to making change. The Family Enhancement Worker will utilize services, develop service plans, coordinate the services needed and arrange connections to community resources. The Family Enhancement Worker will ensure that services are being delivered in accordance with provincial legislation and standards and that all programs and services are also in accordance with the policies, procedures and specific directions/directives of Awasis Agency.

Qualifications: • Knowledge of CFS legislation, issues and standards • Excellent assessment, interviewing, and counselling skills • Excellent written and oral communication skills • Good organizational, time management and prioritizing skills • Demonstrated ability to prioritize workloads and meet deadlines • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook • Must be self-motivated with the ability to work independently as well as a team setting • BSW Degree preferred with experience in child welfare or combination of education and experience in a related field • Enrolled or interest in the BSW program is ideal • Sensitivity to and an understanding of First Nations culture and values • Ability to speak the Cree language would be considered an asset Working Conditions: • Must be able to work in a fast paced environment • Must demonstrate a strong work ethic and be reliable • Must be willing to travel • Must have satisfactory Prior Contact, Child Abuse Registry Check, Criminal Record Check and Driver’s Abstract • Must possess a valid driver’s license and have access to a vehicle Salary: Salary will commensurate with education and experience Closing date: Open Until Filled Employment Equity is a factor in selection. Applicants are requested to indicate in their covering letter or resume if they are from any of the following groups: women, indigenous people, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

A cover letter indicating the position applying for and updated resume can be sent to: Human Resources Department Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba 100-701 Thompson Drive Thompson, MB R8N 2A2 Fax: (204) 778-8428 Email: hr@awasisagency.ca Awasis Agency provides continuous training and a great benefits package to employees We thank all applicants who apply, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted

Youth Care Practitioner – Marymound North Receiving Home – Permanent, Full-Time, 80 Hours Bi-Weekly, Overnights Competition # PC17-48 This position is responsible for supervision and safety of residents in the unit, accomplished through daily interaction, care and supervision. This position reports directly to the Program Coordinator. Experience working with high risk youth and experience in a supervisory position preferred with excellent physical and emotional health. Education and experience considered.

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

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

For more information about Marymound, visit www.marymound.com Submit cover letter and rĂŠsumĂŠ quoting Competition # to: Competition No. PC17-49 Human Resources 442 Scotia Street Winnipeg, MB R2V 1X4 By 4:00pm May 17, 2017 e-mail: careers@marymound.com or online at www.marymound.com We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AWASIS AGENCY OF NORTHERN MANITOBA LOCATION: FOX LAKE SUB-OFFICE FOX LAKE, MB Position: Child & Family Services Worker One (1) Full-Time Term Position (to June 15, 2018) Reporting to a Unit Supervisor the Child & Family Services Worker is responsible to implement the policies, procedures and specific directions/ directives of Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba when working with families and children in the field of child protection. The duties would include managing a case load, conducting interviews and assessments, compiling case particulars for Court, investigating/follow up on allegations of child protection issues, maintaining regular visits, ensuring accurate and timely documentation, developing long/short term case plans, developing/facilitating workshops, community education and networking with collateral resources/services.

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PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AWASIS AGENCY OF NORTHERN MANITOBA LOCATION: THOMPSON CENTRAL OFFICE THOMPSON, MB Position: Special Rates Coordinator One (1) Full-Time Permanent Position Reporting to the Director of Services the Special Rates Coordinator is responsible to provide consultation and expert advice to agency staff on a comprehensive range of Child in Care special rates and needs assessments. Works closely with established committee. Coordinate and provide educational and training supports to ensure quality services are consistent with standards and policies. The Special Rates Coordinator will participate in activities related to building community relations on behalf of the Agency.

The duties would include, but not limited to assist with carrying out organizational and administrative responsibilities as related to the position; Acting as a liaison for Agency and clients, preparing reports, check progress and report status of the Special Needs Funding Requests (SNFR), ensuring accurate and timely documentation, assist with developing long/short term case plans, developing/facilitating workshops, community education and networking with collateral resources/services.

Qualifications: • Bachelor of Social Work Degree with experience in child welfare preferred or an equivalent combination of experience and training may be considered • Strong commitment to community based service delivery • Knowledge of CFS legislation, standards and issues • Knowledge of Child & Family Services Information System (CFSIS) • Excellent assessment, interviewing, and counselling skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Good organizational and time management skills • Demonstrated ability to prioritize workloads and meet deadlines • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook • Must be self-motivated with the ability to work independently as well as a team setting • Sensitivity to and an understanding of First Nations culture and values • Ability to speak and/or understand the Cree and/or Dene language would be an asset

Qualifications: • Bachelor of Social Work Degree with experience in child welfare preferred or an equivalent combination of experience and training may be considered • Strong commitment to community based service delivery • Knowledge of CFS legislation, standards and issues • Knowledge of Child & Family Services Information System (CFSIS) is an asset • Excellent assessment, interviewing, and counselling skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Good organizational and time management skills • Demonstrated ability to prioritize workloads and meet deadlines • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook • Must be self-motivated with the ability to work independently as well as a team setting • Sensitivity to and an understanding of First Nations culture and values • Ability to speak and/or understand the Cree and/or Dene language would be an asset

Working Conditions: • Must be able to work in a fast paced environment • Must demonstrate a strong work ethic and be reliable • Must adhere to confidentiality when working with sensitive information • Must be willing to travel • Must have satisfactory Prior Contact, Child Abuse Registry Check, Criminal Record Check and Driver’s Abstract • Must possess a valid driver’s license and have access to a vehicle

Working Conditions: • Must be able to work in a fast paced environment • Must demonstrate a strong work ethic and be reliable • Must adhere to confidentiality when working with sensitive information • Must be willing to travel • Must have satisfactory Prior Contact, Child Abuse Registry Check, Criminal Record Check and Driver’s Abstract • Must possess a valid driver’s license and have access to a vehicle

Salary: Salary will commensurate with education and experience

Salary: Salary will commensurate with education and experience

Closing date: Open Until Filled

Closing Date: May 19, 2017

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

Employment equity is a factor in the selection. Applicants are requested to indicate in their covering letter or resume if they are from any of the following groups: women, indigenous people, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

A cover letter indicating the position applying for and updated resume can be sent to: Human Resources Department Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba 100-701 Thompson Drive Thompson, MB R8N 2A2 Fax: (204) 778-8428 Email: hr@awasisagency.ca

A covering letter indicating the position applying for and updated resume can be sent to: Human Resources Department Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba 100-701 Thompson Drive Thompson, MB R8N 2A2 Fax: (204) 778-8428 Email: hr@awasisagency.ca

Awasis Agency provides continuous training and a great benefits package to employees

Awasis Agency provides continuous training and a great benefits package to employees

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

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

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Marymound is presently seeking: Youth Care Practitioner – Marymound North Receiving Home – Permanent, Part-Time, 24 Hours Bi-Weekly, Overnights Competition # PC17-49 This position is responsible for supervision and safety of residents in the unit, accomplished through daily interaction, care and supervision. This position reports directly to the Program Coordinator. Experience working with high risk youth and experience in a supervisory position preferred with excellent physical and emotional health. Education and experience considered.

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

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

For more information about Marymound, visit www.marymound.com Submit cover letter and résumé quoting Competition # to: Competition No. PC17-49 Human Resources 442 Scotia Street Winnipeg, MB R2V 1X4 By 4:00pm May 17, 2017 e-mail: careers@marymound.com or online at www.marymound.com We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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

THE GRANDVIEW MUNICIPALITY invites applications and will be recruiting for the position of

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (CAO) Grandview Municipality is a rural based agricultural municipality with the Town of Grandview as its service center. It provides both rural and urban municipal services and operates both a rural and urban water supply and distribution system, and an urban wastewater system.

Grandview Municipality lies adjacent to the south of the Duck Mountain Provincial Forest and Park, and, Riding Mountain National Park lies to the immediate south. The Municipality is home to about 1500 people, and is comprised of an agricultural based economy with the Town of Grandview as its service center. The area offers many outdoor amenities, the convenience of a full range of health care facilities, educational facilities, indoor and outdoor recreational facilities, plus the amenities, close at hand, in the adjacent Duck Mountains and Riding Mountain National Park.

The Municipality offers a competitive salary and an attractive benefits package for this full time management position. The salary is negotiable depending on the qualifications and experience.

The Municipality is seeking an individual interested in a long term career in Grandview, focusing on the individual being a good fit for the community and a location where the rural Manitoba lifestyle and its amenities can be appreciated.

The Position will require the necessary skills and knowledge, in municipal administration, financial and human resource management, strong level of leadership, communication, and analytical skills.

Relevant disciplines shall include, a minimum post-secondary education, a certificate in the Manitoba Municipal Administrators Program or comparable other certified Program in Municipal Administration.

Candidates shall come with: 1. Senior management experience in the many facets of delivering and managing local government services.

2. A proven record of leadership skills 3. Communication skills and personal characteristics to cooperatively and respectfully work with elected officials, municipal employees, established regional municipal service boards, and, all the various other community committees, boards, and organizations.

4. The ability and experience in strategic and long term planning and organizational development 5. Being well versed and knowledgeable with the Manitoba Municipal Act, Provincial Labour Laws, The Planning Act of Manitoba, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, as well as other related legislation and regulations.

6. A good knowledge of researching funding avenues for municipal capital works projects, infrastructure projects, and services, and with experience in the management and overseeing of all such projects.

7. Proven experience in general municipal operating programs and services, as well as general operations of municipal utilities.

8. Candidates can view the full details of the position on the Municipalities’ web site at “grandviewmanitoba.com”, or by contacting the office, by phone at 204-546-5250, by fax at 204546-5269, or by e-mail at grandview@mymts.net Applications deadline: May 22, 2017 Apply To: Chief Administrative Officer Grandview Municipality Box 219, R0L 0Y0 Fax: 204-546-5269 Telephone: 204-546-5082 grandviewcao@mymts.net Your cover letter, resume, and/or application must clearly indicate how you meet the qualifications.

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

Pub ͭ​ͭ is actively seeking an experienced Assistant Manager to join our dynamic team.

We are looking for someone who will take an active, hands on approach in service during all operating hours as a server and/ or bartender and a member of the management team. The ideal candidate must have a passion for food and beverage service backed by knowledge and experience in the industry.

Excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail and a strong ability to multi-task in a high paced, constantly changing environment are necessary. This is a full-time position that requires days, evenings, weekends, holidays and some over time.

Applicants must possess a Smart Choices Responsible Service CertiƤcate, formerly known as Manitoba Serving It Safe or It’s Good Business and be over ͩͰ years of age with a valid driver’s license.

Please provide your resume in person at ͯͫ Commercial Place after ͩ​ͩam or by email to pubͭ​ͭthompson@gmail.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES WORKER (THOMPSON OFFICE) Nikan Awasisak Agency Inc. is seeking (1) one full time Child & Family Services Worker in our Thompson OfÀce. A satisfactory Criminal Record Check and Child Abuse Registry Check are conditions of employment.

Announcer Operator (English Services) Location: Thompson, Manitoba What it’s like working at CBC/Radio-Canada At CBC/Radio-Canada, we’re all about creating content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms and from coast to coast to coast. Want to be part of all this, and think you have the ability and drive to keep pace with this exciting, ever-changing industry?

Then we hope you’ll consider this posting, check out our job-listings, and explore the possibilities of working with us.

Whether it be in front of the camera, on mic, online or or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making the connections and telling the stories that are important to Canadians.

Do you have a great radio voice with a strong journalistic backbone? Have you always wanted to be part of the public broadcaster and serve the Northern Manitoban Community? Here is your chance! CBC Radio in Thompson is looking for an experienced Announcer Operator to engage with Northern Manitoban audiences and share their stories. Reporting to the Senior Producer, the Announcer Operator is responsible for finding, researching, preparing and presenting interviews, packaged items, continuity and news stories, and operating and directing the local radio program.

Under the direction and supervision of the Supervisor, the CFS Worker manages a case load of children in care and/or Family Services Àles including protection and voluntary service cases under Nikan Awasisak Agency Inc. The worker is responsible for case planning, monitoring, referrals, and ongoing assessment and evaluation. Offer assistance to children and families through basic counseling, advocacy and support as required. Works to empower families to adequately provide for the physical and emotional wellbeing of their family members.

This is a unique opportunity whereby you’ll be working in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment that requires close cooperation of working with a team remotely. You are tech savvy, have an established social media presence and adhere to CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices.

QualiÀcations: Bachelor of Social Work Degree or a minimum of 3 years • work experience related to Child Welfare; • Excellent assessment skills, children’s behavior management skills and sound knowledge of separation and attachment issues; • Excellent communication, grammar, and organizational, problem solving, computer and evaluation skills; • Good working knowledge of Provincial Legislation and Standards; • Must have a working knowledge of the Child & Family Services Act and Regulations; • Must be available to work after hours and perform on-call duties; • Ability to take direction; • Willing to train; • Ability to work as a team member; • Self motivated; • Knowledge and understanding of First Nation traditional values and beliefs pertaining to families and children; • Ability to speak and understand Cree considered an asset; • Knowledge of resources and collateral services available in the City of Thompson; • Must have a valid driver’s license;

We are looking for a candidate with the following: • Job requires a university degree or equivalent.

• Job requires three years of comparable and relevant experience.

• Audience focused.

• Passionate about exploring Northern Manitoba talent, stories, issues and ideas.

• Connected to the community.

• Innovative with programming and ideas.

• Critical thinker with strong editorial judgment.

• Demonstrated experience with social media platforms such a Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Periscope, etc.

• Strong, positive, mature enthusiastic team player.

• Contributes to the diversity of skills and perspectives in the team.

• On-air presentation with and without script.

• Demonstrated audio production and control room aptitude.

• Works well under pressure and is able to respond to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities: • Management of case loads as assigned by supervisor; • On-going assessment and evaluation of families serviced; Empowers children and families to develop to their fullest • potential; • Court preparation; • Functions as an effective team member; • Advocate for families and children; • Referrals to other resources as needed; • Network with external/internal collaterals • Ability to enter on an Information Data Base known as Child and Family Services Information System (CFSIS).

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

Your cover letter and résumé must clearly indicate how you meet the qualiÀcations. Please submit three references at time of application.

Salary: Based on qualiÀcations Deadline for Applications: Thursday, May 11, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m.

Apply to: Advertisement #NAA92 Attention: Hiring Committee, Nikan Awasisak Agency Inc. P.O. Box 388, Cross Lake, MB. R0B 0J0

Please note this is a one year opportunity subject to review and renewal. This is a Monday to Friday opportunity that involves an early morning start.

Please include in your application an online link to your demo.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Talent and Diversity section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.

If this sounds interesting, please apply online! We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. https://cbc.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail. ftl?job=YEL00191&lang=en https://cbc.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail. ftl?job=THO00010&lang=en

Or for more information contact: Sonya Kennedy, A/HR Coordinator Fax: 204-676-3251 Email: skennedy@nikanaa.ca Phone: 204-676-3902

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

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

WORK WITH US & GROW A CAREER Glacier Media Group is growing.

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