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Volume 56 • Issue 19

Message in a bottle

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Harlan Cordell made an unexpected connection with the past on May 1, when he stumbled upon that oldest and subtlest of memes: a message in a bottle.

Cordell found the bottle in the backwoods along the Grass River, where he was duck hunting with his son Scott, and his son’s girlfriend, Peyton Chuckrey. Harlan Cordell spotted the clear glass bottle when he went to retrieve a stick from the shoreline, but it was his son who managed to pry the rusted cap from the bottle and retrieve the note.

“Don’t open it,” Harlan Cordell warned.

“It smells.”

The note is a typewritten one: “Dear Finder: Thanks for finding my bottle. If you will please let me know in a letter the place and time of your find and the number of this note, I’ll be able to send you exact data on where & when it was set afleat [sic]. Perhaps you could resend it in water with both our names and addresses? Thanks Again!”

Harlan Cordell estimated the bottle to be from the early 1980s; he’s found a few such bottles, though none with a note inside so far. If the estimate is correct, it means the bottle is roughly 30 years old, making it anyone’s guess whether the address is still valid. But Cordell says they’ll be sending a letter anyway. In fact, they’ve already written one out.

Harlan Cordell and the type-written note he and his son found in a bottle on the shore of the Grass River while duck hunting.

Thompson Citizen photo by Kacper Antoszewski

Fort McMurray evacuation underlines the importance of preparing for emergencies

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Local Red Cross disaster response volunteer Tammy Leslie was preaching the message of preparedness during Emergency Preparedness Week May 1-7 and couldn’t have had a more attentive audience due to the massive evacuation of Fort McMurray in Alberta, which was overrun by a fire that reached the city limits within days of igniting.

“It’s incredibly fresh in everybody’s minds right now with what is happening in Fort Mac,” said Leslie, particularly given the parallels between that community and Thompson. “It’s a similar community. They’re a resource-based community so very similar to Thompson on a much larger scale. Fort

Mac residents had only 30 minutes to get everything they could think of and get out.”

Thompson has plenty of experience with evacuations due to forest fires, though thankfully as a destination for evacuees rather than a source of them to this point.

“We’ve done that as recently as last summer,” said Leslie. “We’ve evacuated community members to Thompson.”

Being prepared doesn’t necessarily have to be a massive undertaking, she says.

“In the preparedness kit you want to have things such as food, clothing, information on medical histories, health card numbers, water, any extras that you might require and something that can sustain you for up to 72

hours,” Leslie says, as well as extras such as diapers if you have babies and medications. A full tank of gas is a good idean in case you have to evacuate. “If there was a mass evacuation out of Thompson there’s only one highway in, one highway out so you have to consider the resources that might be available along the highway leading into and out of town.”

Planning is just as important as having needed supplies.

“A really good thing to do is to plan a meeting place if you have to leave your home or if you have to leave your community so if you become separated from your family members you might have already had a predetermined place to meet up,” Leslie said.

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Week is also a time when the Red Cross evaluates its own preparedness and trains volunteers to be more effective.

“What they like to do is a whole lot of training with each of their individual volunteers and then practise together as groups as well,” Leslie said. “Their mandate for the volunteers is to train us in how to assist people in actual disasters. So many times our jobs might include assisting people in finding accommodations, assisting people in getting the basic necessities of life like their accommodations, clothing, food, water, anything that they might need for personal hygiene.”

There are currently about 6,000 Red Cross volunteers involved in disaster response across Canada, but the roster

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“They’re always looking for more,” Leslie says. “We all have jobs, we all have personal lives so the more people that we can have, definitely the better. No prior training or experience is necessary.

It’s just a simple application on the Red Cross.ca website.

You’ll be contacted for an interview and all training is provided by the Red Cross.”

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204-778-7000 OBITUARIES NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER BROPHY

It is with deep regret that Nicholas Christopher Brophy was senselessly taken away from us on September 8th 2015.

At the young age 18 years, Nicholas is survived by his Mother Tammy (Glenn), Father Darcy Graham, Sister Ashleigh (RJ), Brother Landon, His loving Nieces Chloe and Hadlee, Grandparents Wayne and Patricia Brophy, Auntie Danielle Brophy(Rob), Aunt Sylvia & Melvin Fillier, Uncle Murdock Fillier, Aunts Stephanie Bennett, Trudy & Dayna(Dean) Fillier, Uncle Shawn Fillier, Cousins Cassandra, Denika, Bessie, Matthew, Kayla, Arieona & Stuart, as well as many Aunts, Uncles & cousins in Newfoundland.

Nicholas was born in Thompson on September 11th 1996.

Growing up he always enjoyed riding around on Quads and dirt bikes. Throughout his school years he enjoyed running track and playing soccer which he excelled at. Aside from school he spent a lot of time snowboarding, going to the skate park and hanging out with friends. There were many memories made at his Nanny and Poppy’s cabin at Setting Lake.

Nicholas was always kind and put other people ¿rst. He was always pleasant to be around and willing to lend a hand when needed. He spent a lot of time at his sister’s home helping her with his two nieces which he admired and was very proud of. He was thoughtful of others and very protective over his family. We will miss his witty charm and practical jokes. Nicholas touched the hearts of many and will be truly missed. No words can describe the loss of such a gentle young man with so much potential.

The memories of you will never fade and will be carried on in our hearts. We love and miss you so much...until we meet again.

Nicholas was predeceased by his Great Grandmother Bessie Fillier and Cousin Andrew Bennett.

Funeral Service will be announced at a later date.

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Thompson Citizen photo by Kacper Antoszewski Grassroots Daycare officially opened its doors on April 19 at the site of the former Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church on Thompson Drive.

BY KACPER ANTOSZEWSKI KACPER@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Grassroots Daycare officially opened its doors on April 19 at the site of the former Ukrainian Greek Orthodox church on Thompson Drive. Acting director Sandra Gagne and Keewatinowi Awasisak Opi-Ki-Wak (KAO) Daycare vice-chair Barb Carlson had

invited parents and organizers alike to witness the ribbon cutting and meet the staff who would host their children throughout the day.

The opening is the culmination of eight years of fundraising and organizing, beginning with efforts under the Thompson Community Childcare Commit-

OBITUARIES EILEEN MACDONALD (ALLEN) August 13, 1917 – May 6, 2016 Our hearts are saddened by the loss of our dear mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother.

Eileen was born in Southhampton, England, she immigrated to Canada with her parents at the age of three months. She married Don MacDonald on September 17, 1935. Eileen and Donald arrived in Thompson, Manitoba in 1959 where she began her position as Director of Housekeeping at the Thompson General Hospital (Which at that time was four beds in a house on Juniper Drive), as the hospital expanded so did her role, she continued with her career until she retired in 1983 at the age of 67 years.

Eileen was predeceased by her husband in 1977, and her son in-law Ron Stoker in 2014.

She is survived by her daughters, Dorothy Stoker and Sharon (Dennis) Johnson. Grandchildren, Tracy Danyluk (Ed), Terry, Tim (Sandra), Tonya Muska, Duane (Georgette), Jeff (Margo) Dawn and Steven (Mareo).

20 Great-Grandchildren (hence the name GG), Kaitlyn, Allysa, Tanner, Tim, Jack, Danika, Casper, Chase, Colby, Josh, Tayler, Dylan, Austin, Rachel, Cydney, Thomas, Kennedy, Jay, Marrin and Libby. Two Great Great-Grandchildren, Mason and Khalli, and 3 Sisters, Betty, Joan and Barbara.

Cremation has taken place and there will be a Family Gathering at a later date.

If friends desire, donations may be made in memory of Mom to the Northern Spirit Manor in Thompson where she was so wonderfully cared for.

Boardman Funeral Home in care of arrangements, call 204-778-7982.

tee of Liz Sousa, Angela Hause and Rhonda McDonald to replace the Juniper Daycare shortly after it closed, the fruits of which later passed on to KAO. After a failed appeal to the city to receive funding for additional spaces, University College of the North (UCN) purchased the current space and approached KAO with the opportunity to renovate and utilize the building, and currently lease the building to KAO at minimal cost. UCN early childhood education (ECE) students helped set up the childcare space.

The daycare was funded largely through provincial capital funding provided by Manitoba Early Learning and Childcare, as well as a $75,000 contribution from Vale.

Carlson, an ECE instructor, also thanked several other contributors, including A&B Builders, the Thompson Community Foundation, Community Futures North Central De-

velopment, the YWCA, the Northern Regional Health Authority, the School District of Mystery Lake, the Society of Manitobans with Disabilities, the City of Thompson, the provincial government, the Rotary Club, McDonald’s, the Thompson Chamber of Commerce and Safeway.

She also thanked Terri Tretjak, who put in considerable time and energy into renovations, including latenight calls due to break-ins.

Tretjak was also involved early in the process, joining the Community Child Care Committee shortly before it evolved into the KAO Daycare Expansion Committee responsible for the final opening.

Carlson and Gagne were joined by KAO board members Nicole Marques and Andrea Robinson, KAO staff Lindsay Horton and Melissa Harris, as well as contributor Liz Sousa.

Also present were UCN ECE students who helped put together the space.

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UCN hosts North American Occupational Safety and Health Week kickoff

BY KACPER ANTOSZEWSKI KACPER@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Industry and city leaders gathered in the University College of the North’s (UCN) main lobby May 3 to kick off North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week, led by Manitoba Heavy Construction Association (MHCA) Worksafely chair Peter Paulic.

Throughout the week, NAOSH partners organized workplace programs in order to “focus the attention of employers, employees, the general public and all workers in occupational safety and health, of the importance of preventing injury and illness in the workplace,” said Paulic, who was joined by guest speakers Mayor Dennis

Fenske, Wescan Mechanical’s Chris Henry, Vale Manitoba Operations vicepresident Mark Scott, and UCN’s Dan Smith.

Paulic recalled how safety culture has changed rapidly in recent years. “I can remember back in ‘96, Ted Smook talking to us saying that we’re going to start a safety program.

There were six or seven of us, and of those seven I was the only one that was not injured at the time. And yet we were questioning Ted over why we were doing this.” Henry had similar sentiments: “We relied on a lot of luck back then.”

Paulic noted proudly that Smook Contractors today carries the lowest Workers Compensation Board (WCB) costs in its indus-

try, and has not experienced a lost-time accident in over a year. “One of the most gratifying feelings as someone running a business is that everyone gets to get home, with their families, without issues.”

Fenske remarked on the City of Thompson’s SafeOperations framework, based on Vale’s own SafeProduction program. In February, the city credited the program with a twothirds reduction in the city’s WCB costs. “It’s important topic in the city of Thompson, as an employer, and as a mayor as well.”

But for Henry and Scott, it was critical to remember that safety wasn’t about the savings. “The amount of money somebody’s life is worth immeasurable. I’m

sure an insurance company could tell you what that value is, but seeing someone not go home to their family is something that would hurt me forever,” said Henry. Scott agreed: “Safety is a moral imperative, not a financial one.”

Smith acknowledged the role of education in fostering a culture of workplace safety. “Ensuring safe work is a critical managerial responsibility at UCN, and it’s a critical curriculum outcome for UCN as an educational institution.”

Several speakers also reminded Thompsonites of the ongoing spring cleaning in the city, which will mean machinery and reduced visibility in working areas.

Record-breaking McHappy Day raises $10,630 for Hope North flag football camp

Thompson Citizen photo by Kacper Antoszewski Peter Paulic speaks on behalf of the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association in a very safe high-visibility vest.

BY KACPER ANTOSZEWSKI KACPER@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

May 4 was McHappy Day, McDonald’s annual local charity drive, and this year’s beneficiary is the Hope North flag football camp taking place on the first weekend of June. Along with the proceeds of over $10,000 in silent auction prizes, McDonald’s contributes $1 from every Happy Meal, Big Mac and hot beverage purchased that day, as well as the red shoe donations being collected throughout the month.

The record amount collected on this year’s McHappy Day highlights just how much the issue of mental health has touched Thompsonites: McDonald’s raised $10,630 for Hope North, twice the $5,000 that the outlet raises in an average year. By 1:30 p.m. that day, the restaurant had already raised $4,000.

“We’ve had a phenomenal community response,” owner Brett O’Meara said. “Suicide in the north has really been highlighted recently, and if we can put on an event that helps celebrate life, that’s really critical for the community.”

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Editorial

Act on lessons learned quickly

T

he Boy Scouts’ motto is well-known to most of us: be prepared.

Unfortunately, however, there is often a gap between what we as individuals and citizens know we should do and what we actually follow through on.

And while last week’s events in Fort McMurray, Alberta – where 80,000-plus people had to evacuate the city as parts of it were overrun by wildfire – were undoubtedly a tragedy for those forced to flee their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs, and particularly for those who lost their lives, and others who lost their homes, if any good can come of it, it will be the realization it forces upon the rest of us, who so far have not been so unlucky, of how underprepared we are for disasters large and small.

If you can assess your current disaster readiness and say with confidence that you have water and food and clothes for three days, maybe a flashlight and some cash, and originals or copies of important documents like passports, birth certificates and insurance policies, you may be in the minority.

The situation in Fort McMurray is analogous to what Thompson would face in the event of a wildfire threatening the city: there are only two ways out by land, and only one direction in which you can be sure of eventually finding services needed to survive, whether accommodations or fuel or food, and of not running out of road. Ironically, what makes Thompson, for many residents, the ideal place to live – namely, the reality of being surrounded by so much wilderness to enjoy and explore – also makes it vulnerable to the sort of situation that unfolded in Fort McMurray. From the perspective of a forest fire, we are surrounded by thousands of hectares of fuel.

What’s more, large-scale natural disasters are not the only threat we face. Many of us can probably not state with certainty that all the smoke detectors in our homes are fully functional, or even that we have a well-thought-out escape plan, despite the fact that students in local elementary schools come up with such plans every year during Fire Prevention Week.

If forced to flee our homes in the middle of the night because of a fire, there’s no guarantee we’d have a chance to grab the things that it’s almost impossible to function without in our modern technological society: ATM cards, cell phones, photo identification and the like.

Another unpleasant truth is that people frequently dismiss unpleasant truths from their minds nearly as quickly as they enter them. This is not always an undesirable thing: the ability to move on from bad experiences is part of what helps us keep going in the face of tragedies. But this trait also makes it more likely that we will think of the lessons taught to us

by Fort McMurray only as long as the enormity of the situation is fresh in our minds. As it fades when the daily updates from that community dwindle to come only every other day, and then once a week, and eventually not at all, unless we know someone affected and are actively keeping tabs on occurrences two provinces away, the likelihood that it will spur anyone to action will also fade. So if you plan to use the Fort McMurray fire as a springboard to jumpstart becoming better prepared for an emergency, do it now.

By this time next week, we may already be forgetting the reminders it provided of how underprepared so many of us are.

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Audience entertained, volunteers honoured

BY DONNA WILSON Lights, camera, action!

Slight exaggeration, but there was lots of action at the Juniper Centre April 30 during Thompson Playhouse’s performance of Polter-Heist. Between a nagging wife (Delsie Jack) chasing around her henpecked husband (Anthony Wake), two secret service agents (Shannon Ethier and Amanda Fulton), a so -called paranormalist inspector (Kevin Hopton), a wacky DJ (Darlene Tsitsos) that doesn’t know her CD from a … well, let’s not go there …The hilarious Madam Zelda (Coral Bennett) invited ghosts to run around the centre, one named Olivia showed up in her wedding dress. A fake ghost hiding under a flowered sheets scared some guests enough to scream, but the face on the impersonator was priceless as Madam Zelda ripped off the flowered sheet. The play heard many laughs from the audience who in fact all had a role in the play as they wore nametags as guests of the “Boo” convention.

The play ended in tragedy as Madam Zelda tippy-toe

Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Donna Wilson There was lots of action at the Juniper Centre April 30 during Thompson Playhouse’s performance of Polter-Heist. danced across the room in a long drawn-out death scene which had the audience laughing when she hit the stage legs up. The audience were then challenged to guess “who done it.”

There were few guesses for other characters, even I, the director, was suspected, but most Boo guests hit the nail on the head with the wacky DJ taking the blame.

The night was not over with the end of the play.

Rachel Templeton, executive director of the Juniper Centre, and board member Jennifer Dyke, announced the winner of the Juniper Centre Volunteer of the Year.

This year the award went to three people: long-time volunteers Lorraine and Gord Rogerson, and Delores Kern who has volunteered for the centre for more than 30 years! All very deserving winners. But they weren’t the only winners that even-

ing. Guests of the dinner theatre ended up taking home some great prizes, too.

It was a great evening with delicious food, catered

by Amanda with help from the Juniper Centre staff and we had over 30 volunteers!

Great food, great service, great entertainment, great big laughs and great prizes: can it get any greater?

Thank you to everyone from the Thompson Playhouse cast to all of the Juniper Centre volunteers, and to our great sponsors for making our dinner theatre another great success. This year our dinner theatre was sold out within one week of printing tickets and maybe next year, if all goes well, we will consider having it held over two nights in an effort to allow more people to enjoy the fun evening. A lot of work goes in to preparing for a one-time play but thanks to a great audience we felt it was worth the effort. And it’s always worth the effort to help raise funds for a great cause such as the Juniper Centre.

I’m tired of typing great now so I will go and take a great rest.

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Let the bull loose To the Editor: Since most rational North Americans are appalled by the appearance of Donald Trump as a candidate for president, why not give a little thought to what empowers him?

Starting with Republican Ronald Reagan, the American economy was cut loose from legitimate rules and regulations, much to the delight of the super-greedy. The attack on working people began when he fired all the air traffic controllers during a labour dispute. Mr. Reagan sold American arms to Iran to finance CIA insurrections in Latin America – and the blame was placed on the shoulders of Oliver North. The inquiry into his shady deals as president were labelled “the Reagan I forgot to remember tapes!”

Then, former CIA director George H. W. Bush promptly declared his old ally Saddam Hussein another Hitler and invaded Iraq.

They killed tens of thousands fleeing back from Kuwait after the Gulf War and left Saddam in power to justify a heavy American presence in the Middle East. Not a bit of attention was paid to domestic problems in the United States.

Next, Democrat Bill Clinton, whose foreign policies (Somalia, Yugoslavia) were anything but a success story. But his fling with Monica made him shudder; but the electorate loved Bill and his sexual indiscretions weren’t a big concern for them.

Returned to office for a second term and left office with the treasury in a surplus situation in Washington.

Then, by God, came George W. Bush.

His brother (governor of Florida Jeb Bush)

rigged the presidential election, so even though George W. lost Florida he became commander-in-chief without the votes required. The reign of this cowboy is plagued with foreign policy blunders and so much corruption, it would take a hundred books to document.

With the assistance of Cheney and Rumsefld, George started a war in Iraq, the consequences of which are still being felt today.

Because of the criminal neglect of the Bush administration, the American banking system crashed and trillions of tax dollars were given to “bail out” the corrupt bankers.

Big change when Obama came to power: all the men who orchestrated the nearcollapse of the world banking system were hired by Obama and took high-profile jobs in the finance and treasury departments; not one person prosecuted!

Trump is capitalizing on thorny stupid issues, making outrageous statements that would “make a sailor blush,” yet he appeals to a shocking amount of people who feel betrayed by the traditional Democrats and Republicans. People get the exact type of representation they vote for – and if any person has suffered in the United States, it is the millions of working people who lost their jobs and homes recently. Tell them that Clinton has something to offer the people; four more years of deception and half-truths. So much for “trickle-down” economics and all of the benefits of wealth for middle-class Americans.

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Library a lively place as 50th anniversary approaches

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Libraries. They’re all about reading quietly, books and getting shushed, right?

Think again.

In the Internet age, when people can obtain more reading material than they could ever possibly get through without getting off the sofa, libraries can’t be only about books if they want to keep attracting patrons. So the Thompson Public Library is redoubling its efforts and trying to transform itself into a venue for arts and cultural events as well.

“We’re trying to branch out because that’s what libraries have to do now,” says library assistant Amanda Sanders. “They can’t just be centres for books and reading and all that. You have to be a community centre that does more than just reading because people don’t have to come to the library to access their reading material.

So we’re trying to convince them to come in for other reasons.”

The library recently held its first paid registration event in a long time – an evening of learning and practising henna designs.

“It was very well-attended and we had a lot of fun,” says Sanders. “We had almost 20 people at it and we had a lot of fun and we were there for three hours and we were not planning to be, that’s how much fun we were having.”

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“The gardening workshop is getting put on by the retired teachers who do our planters outside so we asked if they would also teach the kids how to do plants because usually they come in and they teach the kids about plants once they’re already bloomed,” Sanders says.

There are also plenty of free events that aren’t bookrelated, including a weekly exercise session and craft times a couple of months for kids, as well as crochet workshops for adults and feather painting and dreamcatcher making coming up, along with a movie night for teens, who are one of the hardest groups to get out to the library.

Don’t get the wrong idea: the library isn’t giving up on books and will have two authors visiting in June as the Thompson Public Library celebrates its 50th anniversary.

“On June 4 we’re going to be having a barbecue from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.,” says Sanders. “We will be joined that day by author Ruth Ohi. She is a children’s author. She’s

going to be doing story time in the morning just before the barbecue.”

Two days later, on June 6, another author – Beatrice Mosionier, author of The Search for April Raintree – will be the special guest.

“She’s going to be joining us in the library and doing sessions during the day for classes and then doing an open session for the public in the evening,” Sanders says.

Special events will be taking place every Saturday in June, including a kids’ rock painting workshop on June 11, and dream-catcher workshops (at 2 p.m. for kids and 4 p.m. for adults) on June 18, and staff will participate in the Nickel Days parade June 25. On the literary side, a junior book club will be meeting every Saturday in June to read and discuss Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach.

“It’s going to be superbusy at the library,” Sanders says, noting that some events have already gotten some new faces through the library’s doors.

“We’ve had quite a few people who don’t use the library coming to our work-

shops and hopefully they decide after they’ve come to our workshops that they want to use the library because we are a great free resource,” Sanders says.

“We’re trying to make the library somewhere where we can consistently bring in artists and people who can share their culture.”

The library doesn’t receive any money from the events with paid registration – those fees go towards the cost of supplies and to the people running the workshops.

“I have just started pestering everybody in town to come do things at the library and some of them have said yes,” says Sanders.

Despite this, and despite the poster that warns library users, “This is not your parents’ shushing library,” there’s still plenty of time and space for peaceful reading.

“We like to make the library as comfortable as possible and if people need a quiet space we try to make it quiet for them,” Sanders says. “Sometimes we’ll put them in the basement if there’s nothing booked in the basement.”

Ashton asks Liberals for public study of proposed MTS takeover

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

The May 2 announcement that BCE, the parent company of telecommunications firm Bell Canada, intends to purchase MTS in a $4 billion acquisition has ChurchillKeewatinook Aski NDP MP Niki Ashton concerned that decreased telecommunications competition will lead to higher phone and Internet prices for Manitobans.

“Canadians already pay some of the highest wireless prices in the world,” Ashton said in the House of Commons May 5. “Greater competition in Manitoba means that we pay lower prices than other parts of the country but the proposed takeover of MTS by Bell could erase this advantage, lead to job losses and sharply increase the prices that we pay. Will the Liberals commit to a public study of this potential takeover or will they rubber stamp this deal and stand with wellconnected business interests instead of standing up for

Manitoba jobs and Manitoba consumers?”

“Our number one concern is to ensure competition for Manitobans and continued investment in rural service,” replied Liberal Minister of Economic Development Navdeep Bains. “While the government does not comment on individual companies’ plans, such transactions would be subject to all relevant regulatory approvals.

We’ll be looking carefully to make sure the concerns of Manitobans are addressed.

The government supports competition, choice, availability of service. We want to make sure we have a climate that it is good not only for businesses but for consumers as well.”

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The deal is subject to review by the federal government under the Competition Act and the Broadcasting Act. The Competition Act stipulates that mergers of all sizes and in all sectors of the economy are subject to review by the Commissioner of Competition to determine if they are likely to result in substantial lessening or prevention of competition.

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Crazy clinic: NRHA holds health circus

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The Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) hosted its annual health circus May 6, providing a fun and friendly environment for children to receive their check-ups prior to entering kindergarten in fall of 2016.

Children could receive immunizations, vision and hearing tests, and dental screening, while the whole family could learn from a variety of educational displays for topics such as head lice, healthy eating, bicycle safety and others.

In between tests, kids could get their faces painted, do a little bowling, or fish for facts at the fish pond.

Thompson Fire & Emergency Services were also present to give kids tours of the fire truck and ambulance. Unfortunately, rain and hail made Friday a poor afternoon for outdoor activities.

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Tim Johnston spoke to the Thompson Chamber of Commerce May 4 on behalf of Community Futures North Central Development (CFNCD) to encourage it to become a signatory to the Declaration of Common Values for the Sustainable Development of the Boreal in Northern Manitoba (now more briefly known as Northern Values).

Northern Values was born out of the 2015 Boreal Summit hosted in The Pas where Johnston met Mathew Jacobson of Pew Charitable Trusts’ International Boreal Conservation Campaign. With the financial support of Pew, CFNCD spearheaded the formulation of a unified vision for a development and conservation plan for Northern Manitoba among stakeholders and rightsholders on all levels.

The document outlines eight cardinal values for Manitoban boreal stakeholders, each seeking to maximize benefits to northern communities hosting any future development, whether indigenous or non-indigenous, to ensure all development is feasible in the long term and that communities are earnestly consulted in order to create regionally meaningful policies.

Jacobson presented the declaration to Northern Manitoban chiefs at a Thompson conference in January. For Jacobson and Pew, conservation is the primary priority. But Johnston’s priority was development. Johnston stressed what he saw as the subordinate role that northern communities have played under southern-dominated governments: “I always quote [Thompson city manager] Gary Ceppetelli, he told

me this long ago: despite whatever political persuasion has been in government, there’s fundamentally been a philosophy of limited development in Northern Manitoba.

Northern Manitoba has undersold itself, and has languished in development because of that concept of limited development.”

Johnston cited the de facto ghost towns of Leaf Rapids and Lynn Lake, single-industry towns viewed as disposable once their mining operations became inactive. Johnston also compared Brandon’s development to Thompson’s since the 1970s to highlight the prioritization of southern development. “[In] 1974, the population of Brandon was 29,000.

The population of Thompson was 24,000. If you ever want to see the impact of a limited development philosophy, there’s one.”

Consultation, according to Johnston, has been a key element lacking in northern policy-making.

“We had political parties coming up with documents about Northern Manitoba – Northern Manitoba wasn’t saying, ‘This is critical, this is important.’ So our goal is to take this document, put it in front of government and say, ‘Understand, Northern Manitoba has grown up and matured. Everyone’s at the table together, and you’re going to have to listen to what’s important to the north.’”

Pew’s boreal conservation campaign was instrumental in the formulation of Quebec’s Plan Nord, a unified vision for economic development in Quebec’s north that prioritized ecological and economic sustainability, local consultation and respect for aboriginal rights. Johnston pointed out that Plan Nord had been outlined as a model document for

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“These incidents are occurring when vehicles are not being locked overnight and valuables that have been left in the vehicles have been stolen,” Thompson RCMP said in a news release. “Please ensure your vehicles are

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the Thompson Economic Diversification Working Gropup (TEDWG) process.

The Northern Values declaration’s goal is a comparable economic development plan that prioritizes local consultation and regionspecific policies.

Johnston praised the TEDWG process, but noted that a process is just a process without a mechanism for action, but believed that the new Northern Values coalition was a critical next step to accelerate community development.

Current signatories to the document includes municipalities such as Thompson, Churchill, Snow Lake and Flin Flon, industry representatives like Tolko and the Manitoba Mining Association, First Nations councils such as those of Norway House and Grand Rapids, and conservation groups like Ducks Unlimited. “We think we have enough of a cross-section of Northern Manitoba to push for that meeting with government,” Johnston noted, “But we had to make sure we had that critical mass.”

CFNCD intends to approach the provincial government with the declaration, supported by a delegation of representatives from all signatory parties. Following preliminary discussions, Johnston believes the organization should push for an institute of northern development, much like Brandon’s Institute of Rural Development.

“The first step is to get the signatories,” Johnston stated. “Then, let’s have a discussion with the new government about where we can take this, and I truly believe that institute of northern development is the key.”

Chamber president Oswald Sawh asked if the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce (MCC) would

be lending its support to the document. Johnston assured that the MCC had expressed their support, but could not say with full certainty that they would be signatories to the document. Coun. Colleen Smook, from her understanding, stated that MCC intended to be a signatory, but did not want to appear to be the first signatory to the document.

Rodney Frost expressed concerns that parties may find ways to exploit the agreement, and that fears of misuse may generate animosity between stakeholders. “You touched base on one of the landmines there, that not everyone will use that document with the same intent.”

Johnston was confident in the signatories’ ability to work towards a common goal: “Even when we go to specific companies in the industry, there’s a tremendous reluctance to be first in. No matter what happens, you’re in the game. The basis for success is a relationship of trust and honesty, and you have to build that with success. But what I was amazed at in The Pas is that those relationships are way further along than we think.”

Johnston cited initiatives like Vale’s POinT (Process Operators in Training) program as an example of northern and indigenous communities entering into fruitful working relationships with industry. “These guys as industry stakeholders are so far ahead of what the public is doing, because they know that if they’re not having that dialogue, they’re not going anywhere.”

Sawh said the chamber board would consider the document at its next meeting.

Emergency plans Continued from Page 1 difficult just because we’re not right there,” Leslie says.

“It’s easier to provide the money.”

The stark reminder provided by the Fort McMurray fire of just how quickly disaster can strike has prompted Northern Manitoba communities to stress emergency preparedness, especially as forest fire season is underway, though there have only been five fires in the northwest and northeast regions so far this year, with only one of those actively burning May 9. The Town of Snow Lake will be holding an emergency operations exercise on May 13 involving the emergency operations centre, fire department, RCMP, school, Manitoba Conservation and the Snow Lake Clinic.

“The exercise will be to practise the town’s organization in the event of a

major emergency, such as a forest fire, requiring a potential evacuation of the town,” said a notice on the Town of Snow Lake Facebook page.

Lynn Lake Mayor James Lindsay posted a message on the Town of Lynn Lake’s Facebook page May 7 reminding residents that although the community is currently not in danger from any wildfires, the scenario is very possible.

“As we have seen in Fort McMurray this week, a wildfire event can strike any community of any size, and preparation in advance of such an event is critical to ensure that both people and property remain as safe as possible,” wrote Lindsay, encouraging residents to review evacuation information provided by the provincial government and the Town of Lynn Lake’s emergency plan.

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Fantastic Paint Lake field trip

BY KEERAT RAI, SUMMYR FUDGE AND SOFIE THOMPSON SPECIAL TO THE THOMPSON CITIZEN

Thompson Citizen photos courtesy of Karen McCartney Westwood students had a great time during a recent field trip to Paint Lake Provincial Park. as tall as Mr. Elmore, not his smart car. We patted it and left it for an hour to harden. After an hour we dug out the inside. Ms. McCartney took pictures of all of us. After that Mr. Elmore started to stack kids on top of the quinzee.

It broke with only eight people on top because the snow was crystallized and Ms. McCartney “accidently” put a hole in the side of our structure. A strong structure is a solid structure. Poor Ainsley and Eddie ended up on the bottom of the snow pile. They were laughing but chilly.

We spent some of our free time sliding. It was so much fun! Drew was not listening to the rules of gravity because he kept flying all over the place.

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Kaitlyn and Olivia used Mr. Elmore as a sled. Kids were racing and setting distance records as well.

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In the warm up shack, we got to have our lunch.

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If you’d asked kayak instructors Ben Sewell and Paul Whissel when they held their first student kayaking sessions in 2008 after first holding adult classes the previous year if they expected to have over 100 participants eight years later, they might not have believed you, though Sewell points out that the amount of preparation is the same regardless of the numbers.

“I can’t believe we went through all the work to do that back then,” says Sewell, noting that whether you’re doing one class of 15 people or back-to-back classes of 20 or more, you’ve still got to get all the kayaks out before you begin and put them all away afterwards. “The City of Thompson makes it all work because we’re able to leave the kayaks out.

They make the time slots back to back.”

The adult classes, which are held weekly, have gone from 13 participants in 2006-07 to a high of 34 in 2014-15 and 23 in 201516. The in-school program, however, has expanded nearly eightfold, from 13 students when it started in 2007-08 to 103 this year, including 48 in the fall semester and a record-high 55 in the spring session that recently concluded.

“That’s almost every boat in the pool,” Sewell said. “The number we had was a perfect prime number where everybody gets good instruction and good practice time.”

Another highlight of the in-school spring session, which included outdoor education class students from R.D. Parker Collegiate and students from Wapanohk Community School, was seeing five students successfully completing the kayak roll, a complicated maneuver in which they capsize the boat and then right themselves without any assistance.

“There were people that, they were going to get that kayak roll before they left and that was their determination,” said Sewell. “Some did it and some didn’t do it and the ones that didn’t build that skill. It’s not because they won’t, it’s that realistically you need more time to get that skill. It’s a complex maneuver and you’re upside down in a non-oxygen environment and we’re making you try to do this. I have no doubt that almost all of the students would get it, it just comes down to more time in the pool and more time in the boats. When you’re upside down, it tends to trip people up and the only thing that helps is more practice and more practice.”

After years of teaching together, Sewell says it’s also possible that he and Whissel have honed their craft as well.

“Maybe Paul and I are just getting better and better at teaching it that we were able to get five in this group,” Sewell said. “This group was, we found, more enthusiastic than some of the previous years we’ve

had.”

Sewell and Whissel first met years before teaming up in Thompson, prior to Sewell joining the RCMP. Sewell and his wife were living in Leisure Falls, Manitoba, near Lac du Bonnet, and Sewell sent an email to a paddling club in Winnipeg, asking if anyone wanted to come up and paddle the area’s rapids with him.

“Paul and a buddy were the first two to take me up on that offer and drove up from Winnipeg and we met and paddled with each other for the day,” says Sewell.

After Sewell joined the RCMP, he was posted in Yukon, where he started a kayaking program in “a tiny little pool in a tiny town.”

When he was posted to Thompson in 2006, he found Whissel was also here and they began offering kayaking classes.

“Paul is a very technical instructor, and I think his job as a crew chief with Calm Air is the reason for this,” says Sewell. “I can always rely on Paul to use the correct terms such as ‘active blade’ when describing a paddle stroke, the Duffek when describing a bow draw.”

Sewell says both he and his teaching partner are organized people who love kayaking and that his own background as an investigator involves similar processes to those he employs in kayak instruction.

“I function systematically and break things down in parts,” Sewell says. “The

Thompson Citizen photographs courtesy of Ben Sewell Over 100 students from R.D. Parker Collegiate and Wapanohk Community School participated in the in-school kayaking program put on by instructors Paul Whissel (top photo, right) and Ben Sewell (top photo, left) at the Norplex Pool in the fall and spring semesters this year. kayak roll is a series of actions that we break down into six parts.”

Their differences also make them a good team.

“His kayaking and whitewater skills all came from Ontario and mine all came from the Yukon, so you come from a different background and you put it all together and we have a lot of patience and that’s really what it takes with kayaking,” he says.

Sewell thinks the students who take the kayaking course – Thompson’s is currently the only in-school kayak program in Manitoba – have some advantages over those who take it up as adults.

“The biggest thing we see

is their willingness to learn and their resilience,” says Sewell. “We find it easier to teach the kids.”

They also have some physical advantages.

“I would say in general they’re in better shape,” he adds.

But perhaps the biggest advantage of all is the schedule, with daily classes every weekday for two weeks, as opposed to once a week in the adult sessions.

“The skills being taught are consecutive and you’re building on them and you’re not forgetting them and I think that’s a benefit as well is having the instruction daily,” Sewell says.

Sewell, whose first job was as a whitewater guide

and who also worked as a lifeguard previously and takes part in ice rescue training through his work with the RCMP, says water is his life and that he and Whissel teach students to respect the power of Mother Nature.

“Nobody has a PFD (personal flotation device) or a helmet on [during instruction] because we’re in a controlled environment inside but we talk about it at the beginning and at the end that outside of that pool environment, if kids are going to hit Paint Lake and jump in a kayak, that the PFD is mandatory and if you’re going to go into moving water, then the helmet’s mandatory,” said Sewell.

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Girls’ doubles badminton team makes it to B-side semifinal in provincial badminton playoffs

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Savannah Szocs, left, and Paige Krentz, right, of R.D. Parker Collegiate, seen here during the Zone 11 championships in Thompson April 30, finished in the 5/6 position in the girls’ doubles championship playoffs at the high school badminton provincials in Winkler May 6-7.

BY IAN GRAHAM EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

Girls’ doubles badminton pair Savannah Szocs and Paige Krentz went 5-2 in the round robin and won one of three games in the champion-

ship playoffs to wind up in the 5/6 position at high school badminton provincials in Winkler May 6-7.

Szocs and Krentz lost their initial playoff match 12-21 to Claire Meier and

REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL INVITATION Sealed Tenders will be received by the Purchasing Agent up to 11:00 a.m. local time, Friday, May 20, 2016 at City Hall, 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson, MB R8N 1S6 and will be opened for the public at that time and date.

RFP #11716 Purchase of One (1) Single Axle Dump Truck.

RFP documents may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Agent, 120 Seal Road, Thompson, MB. Phone (204) 677-7974, email aadeyemi@thompson. ca between the hours of 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, or downloaded from the City website at www.thompson. ca.

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

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

Proposals will be received by the Purchasing Agent up to 11:00 a.m. local time, Friday, May 13, 2016 at City Hall, 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson, MB. R8N 1S6.

RFP #11616 for Rental of Asphalite Truck.

RFP documents may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Agent, 120 Seal Road, Thompson, MB. phone (204)677-7974, email aadeyemi@thompson. ca between the hours of 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, or downloaded from the City website at www.thompson. ca.

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

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

Olivia Meier of Balmoral Hall, who lost in the final to champions Cassandra Bosc and Julia Tan of Vincent Massey Collegiate.

The RPDC duo then beat Lhyanne Soto and Venus Ramos of Garden City

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham Blair Bodie, left, and Jack Kennedy, right, seen April 30 at the Zone 11 badminton championships in Thompson, won three of four round-robin matches in the mixed doubles category at high school badminton provincials in Winkler May 6-7.

Collegiate 21-15, 21-13 before losing 9-21, 2123 to Haley Choma and Kristen Negrich of Gilbert Plains Collegiate in the B-side semifinals.

The Trojans were also represented at provincials

by Jack Kennedy and Blair Bodie, who finished third in mixed doubles at the Zone 11 championships but advanced to provincials when the second-place team of Kunj Patel and Ashon-

tae Clemons of Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute in The Pas couldn’t make the trip. RDPC’s mixed doubles team won three of seven games in the round robin to finish fifth in their pool.

FULL-TIME INSTRUCTOR/GUARD

Norplex Pool - Indefinite Term Position The City of Thompson invites qualified applicants to submit a resume for consideration: The successful candidate will be 18 years of age or older and must possess Lifesaving Society current National Lifeguards Service Award (NLS), Lifesaving Society Instructor (LSI), Standard First Aid and Swim for Life. The candidate must have effective public relation skills and good communication skills which prove an ability to give and receive verbal & written instructions.

Preference will be given to those applicants who also possess Instructor Trainer (IT) and National Lifeguard Service Award Instructor (NLSI).

Duties include preparing, teaching and evaluating lessons and classes; safeguarding and supervising pool patrons; cleaning, disinfecting and maintaining the pool deck and miscellaneous equipment. Ability to maintain fitness level to perform duties and participate in schedules. Effectively communicate with the public, supervisors, part-time staff and participates in staff training sessions. Other related duties as per the job description.

Applications will be accepted up to and including Friday, May 20, 2016. Those interested may apply in confidence to: Deanna Kondakor, HR Manager City of Thompson 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson, Manitoba R8N 1S6 FAX: (204) 677-7981 E-Mail: cmaclean@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.

AUTOMATED COLLECTION

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

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Columnists

Someone is watching

BY DANIEL MCSWEENEY There are countless rather unsettling signs posted everywhere across the United Kingdom that catch your attention immediately. They greet you at front entrances of office buildings; stores on High Streets; in back alleys and adorn gated brick walls fronting tidy vine-covered houses along quiet treelined British streets. They offer stern warnings that someone is watching and recording you on closed circuit television (CCTV).

Unlike Canada, CCTV is everywhere and it’s hard not to feel you have unwittingly found yourself starring in a Trumanesque reality TV show – or have woken up to discover with 50 million or so other Britons that you actually do live in a 2016 Orwellian world of “Big Brother.”

In fact, Britain has more security cameras than any other country in the entire world; an estimated one for every 11 people. Some say you most likely get picked up by an average of 70 cameras on a “typical day.”

And in a huge mega-city like London, it’s more like 300 times daily.

Such CCTV surveillance is touted as “the single most heavily funded crime prevention program” perhaps in the entire world. And it appears to be helping out in solving crimes, a claim supported by Scotland Yard using CCTV evidence in 95 per cent of murder cases.

Just recently, there were three drive-by shootings in London in a single week alone. And I bet the blokes down at the Yard are checking every CCTV camera in the vicinity. And in nearbyto-us Birmingham, there was a brazen street shooting this week, captured on CCTV showing a suspect jumping on his bike and fleeing the scene, Critics insist it’s not all that effective; it’s costly to maintain and is yet another way for government (aka Big Brother) to monitor its citizenry. And while I understand this concern, it’s revealing to discover that the vast majority of CCTV systems are not operated by government, but rather by private individuals and businesses.

In some places though, it would seem the use of CCTV has perhaps become a tad excessive. Con-

Daniel McSweeney sider Scotland’s Shetland Islands, where in the capital city of Lerwick, they’ve spent about $500,000 Canadian on a camera network.

That may sound reasonable – but the population of the Shetlands is only 23,000.

San Francisco’s population is 35 times greater, and yet the police department there had the same number of cameras.

So why is the UK so married to CCTV? We certainly aren’t in Canada to the same degree, and yet we have shootings, burglar-

ies, crimes of all ilk every single day. Just read of incidents in places like Toronto, Vancouver or even in my hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia. We have more than our fair share of bad guys out on the streets and yet CCTV is not nearly as widespread as in British society.

At first, I attributed CCTV’s overwhelming UK presence to an incredibly high population density.

Then I speculated it was the legacy of World War II; a time when Britain became a pioneer in surveil-

Cens us 2016 It Benefits Us All.

lance and “spying” in the face of threats from nearby enemies. It would appear, though, to be something else: the horrific 1993 Liverpool murder of twoyear old James Bulger by two 10-year-old boys.

That abduction image was captured on CCTV and was instrumental in police tracking down the culprits. And from the solving of that crime, the British government was inspired to funnel huge sums of money to local authorities to set up such camera surveillance systems in local communities.

I am not against CCTV – I believe it helps solve crime.

In fact, we have cameras set up at our home in Canada as part of a monitored security system. I am saddened, though, that such measures are needed. We have been, however, the victims of crime – a home invasion that could have been prevented had our security measures not been turned off.

This incident of 20 years ago made me realize that by making ourselves unattractive to the criminal element in society, the less chance we have of becoming victims. It would seem that the majority of Britons support such thinking – including support for the use of CCTV. This was demonstrated in a 2013 survey revealing more than twothirds of UK citizens are OK with CCTV – and 81 per cent recognize its crime-fighting

value.

With that said, I heard an airplane flying several thousand feet above Solihull last week. I glinted into the sun and saw it was about the size of single engine Cessna. And yet, it flew unlike any normal small aircraft; making unusual turns and flying in circles for almost the entire afternoon. I concluded it was not a piloted craft; rather a large unmanned drone. I have no idea about its mission – most likely less than clandestine aerial survey work.

I have to admit though feeling a little uncomfortable because I didn’t know why it was up there. I even mused that what if the CCTV cameras on nearby buildings and street corners were watching me watching the drone. I decided that was indeed silly thinking. It was, though, the kind of suspicions that grow out of a society constantly under such heavy surveillance.

Dan McSweeney, a Halifax native, fi rst worked as a reporter at the old Halifax Herald, then got a taste of public relations work at Canadian National Railway in Moncton, before coming to Thompson in 1980 to work for Inco. He retired back home to Bridgewater on Nova Scotia’s south shore in June 2007 after 27½ years with Inco here. He blogs at mcsweeneysdiversion.wordpress.com.

Thank You Legion Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank everyone who came out to support the Mother’s Day Tea on Saturday, May 7. Special thanks to all who donated or helped in any way in making the tea a success.

Thanks to the scouts & leaders also to Skate Thompson group for serving the tea tables and clean up. All was greatly appreciated.

Door prize winners: Adults- Emily Jacobs Juniors- James Pelland

Thanks again

There’s still time. Complete your census today.

For every person ultimately missed in the 2016 Census, Manitoba loses $46,000 in federal transfer payments over the next five years. This money, as well as information from the Census, is used to make important decisions about your community’s roads, hospitals, schools and social services.

Take the time to do your part for Manitoba. Complete the Census today.

manitoba.ca/census

The Thompson Humane Society is pleased to annouce its upcoming Annual General Meeting: Date: Tuesday May 31, 2016 Time: 12 noon to 1 pm Place: Meridian Hotel Boardroom Please come out join us for a light lunch and to hear about the operations of the Thompson Regional Humane Society!!! We will also be recognizing some of our volunters and supporters.

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603 • TENDERS

JOB?

NOTICE OF TENDER

CLASSIFIED@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET 302 • BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

201 • SERVICES STRUGGLING WITH DEBT? LET OUR FAMILY HELP YOUR FAMILY Understand the options available to assist with your financial situation (Arrangements with Creditors or Bankruptcy) FREE CONSULTATION

KEITH G. COLLINS LTD. Trustee in Bankruptcy Phone 944-0187 1-800-263-0070 46a-e-tfnb

LICENSED FAMILY RESTAURANT and lounge. Established in 1985. Restaurant seats 92, lounge seats 40. Presently has 22 VLTs. Call 204-307-0119.

15-gcd-20-d COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY and dry cleaners for sale. Coverall and mat rental business. 5000 sq ft building (new roof 2013) 145 Hayes Rd. Satellite store at Thompson Plaza. Interested parties contact: 204-778-8393. 9-tfn-nb

502 • APT/TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT

J.B HOME IMPROVEMENTS Residential & commercial renovations. Phone 204-679-1970. email: jburton800r@ icloud.com CANINE OBEDIENCE classes starting May 12, 6:30 pm at the Baffin Cres dog park. 18-2-d

1 & 2 bedroom apartments available immediately

301 • HELP WANTED

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

TREE SUNS IS LOOKING for a mechanic. Fax resume to 204-778-4168 or contact Jason 204-677-4801 19-1-nb LEO’S HOME DECORATING LTD is looking to hire a permanent full time floor installer/trainer. Must be able to install a wide range of floor coverings including Tarkett, sheet vinyl, vinyl click and glue down, hardwood, laminate and carpet, Must have valid driver’s licence. Duties include removing and replacing flooring such as commercial Tarkett, and all types of residential flooring. Floor installer wage is $27.00/hr plus benefits package. A minimum of 5 years experience as a floor covering installer is mandatory. Please email resume to leos@mts.net, or drop off resume at 137 Hayes Rd. Thompson, MB. Monday- Friday 9:00 am- 5:00 pm or Saturday between 11:00 am - 5:00 pm.

19-4-22nb FULL TIME IN HOME NANNY for 2 children in Thompson. Evenings, weekends and shift work required. $11.50/hour.

First aid, CPR and experience are an asset. Apply by email:gstuckless@hotmail. com. 13-12-d PARTICIPATE IN A CUSTOMER experience improvement program. Evaluate your experience at a local dealership and provide feedback. Receive reimbursement on auto service + $60 for your review! Visit Shop.Bestmark.com to apply or call 800-969-8477. 18-3-d

9 - 35 Ashberry Place For applications

3 BEDROOM BUNGALOW on Eider Bay. No pets/non smoking home. Must have references. Available June 15 $1500 per month plus utilities. Call 204-6779113. 19-2-d TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT 3 bedrooms, stove, refrigerator, large deck and shed. $1270/ per month, plus utilities.

No pets, references required. Available June 1. Call 204-239-0152. 18-2-d

510 • RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE 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

GARAGE SALES LUTHERAN-UNITED CHURCH of Thompson Spring Garage Sale 52 Caribou Road Saturday, May 14 from 9 am to 1 p.m..

Household, Garden, Camping, Furniture, Clothes Donations will be accepted on Friday evening from 5 - 7.

301 • HELP WANTED Juniper Centre Inc.

Non-Bonded Tender (Construction Order) No.X05948 Mowing Various Locations Grand Rapids, The Pas, Cranberry Portage, and Snow Lake Area The work involves mowing of grade slopes and ditches along various PTHs and PRs in the Grand Rapids, The Pas, Cranberry Portage and Snow Lake area.

TENDERS MAY BE OBTAINED AT: Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation Region 5 11 Nelson Road Thompson MB R8N 0B3 (204) 677-6540 BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 12:00 Noon WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016 Public bid opening will be held at the Bid Submission Location immediately after the Bid Submission Deadline.

The lowest or any bid may not necessarily be accepted.

NOTICE OF TENDER

Non-Bonded Tender (Construction Order) No.X05955 Loading, Hauling, and Depositing Traffic Gravel PR 493 South Indian Lake Access

Qualifications: Must have valid Manitoba Security Guard Training/License.

Must have computer skills and experience working with Microsoft applications including word, excel, outlook and quick books. Incumbent must have sound and independent judgment, reasoning and discretion. Must have the ability to interpret and adhere to company policies and procedures.

General mathematical and bookkeeping skills would be an asset. Applicants must have a valid class 5 driver’s license.

Must be able to manage and prioritize his/her workload and work in a fast paced environment. Effective interpersonal skills, communication skills and proven ability to work cooperatively in a team environment are essential. Applicants must be bondable, have a clear criminal record and provide a child abuse registry check.

Duties: Reporting to the Airport Security Manager or designate the incumbents will carry out all aspects of the security requirements at the Thompson Airport including watchperson, traffic / parking patrols, attending to the ATB as required including cleaning and garbage removal, cash collection and daily reconciliation, assist in emergency situations, as required.

Applicants must present a positive and professional image to all customers, inquiries and other interactions.

Applicants are requested to indicate in their covering letter or resume how they meet the qualifications of the position.

Starting wage is $20.00 per hour. Closing date is May 18, 2016.

Apply to:

Thompson Regional Airport Authority Box 112 Thompson MB R8N 1M9 Melissa.Lounsbury@fly-yth.ca Fax: 204-778-6477

ADVERTISE HERE 204-677-4534

TENDERS MAY BE OBTAINED AT: Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation Region 5 11 Nelson Road Thompson MB R8N 0B3 (204) 677-6540

CLASSIFIED@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET

BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 12:00 Noon FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016 Public bid opening will be held at the Bid Submission Location immediately after the Bid Submission Deadline.

The lowest or any bid may not necessarily be accepted.

Please forward resume to Sabrina Norman (daymanager@junipercentre.org) 108 Nelson Road 204-677-2970

Church Services CHRISTIAN CENTRE FELLOWSHIP 328 Thompson Dr. N. 677-4457 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

Help Wanted Casual (possibility of leading to Part-Time) Security Guards For the Thompson Regional Airport Authority

The work involves loading, hauling, and depositing traffic gravel on PR 493 South Indian Lake Access.

Looking for Summer students Must be over 18 years of age, with clear criminal record check and returning to school in fall of 2016

ST. JAMES ANGLICAN Rev. Jean Arthurson-Ouskan 10 Caribou 677-4652 11 am Sundays also 7 pm 1st & 3rd Sundays ST. JOSEPH UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC 340 Juniper Drive 778-7547 ST. LAWRENCE ROMAN CATHOLIC Fr Subhash Joseph and Fr Guna Sekhar 114 Cree R. 677-0160 Sat. 6:30 pm & Sun. 10 am THOMPSON PENTECOSTAL Pastor Dan Murphy Youth Pastor Lawrence Stratton Children’s Pastor Karen O’Gilvie 126 Goldeye 677-3435 Sunday Service at 11:00 am Sunday School 9:45 am ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN 249 Thompson Drive 204-677-2799 Pastor Murat Kuntel Regular Hours: 11 am Church Service

THOMPSON REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

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

ADVERTISE with us

call 204-677-4534

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

Royal Canadian Legion Burntwood River Branch #244, Thompson, Manitoba

FIELD PLACEMENT INSTRUCTOR

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Optical Assistant Thompson Eye Care is looking for a hardworking, fashion-forward individual to join our team. The successful candidate will be friendly and have excellent communications skills, in person, in writing and on the phone. We are willing to train, however, office and/or retail experience is an asset.

A high school diploma or equivalent is required.

Competitive wages and some flexibility in hours to the right candidate. Approx. 30hrs/week.

Resumes can be dropped off at Thompson Eye Care in the Westwood Mall or emailed to tammie@thompsoneyecare.ca.

Kenanow Faculty of Education Classification: Instructor Full-Time Regular Position The Pas, Manitoba Competition No. 16-048 Closing Date: May 24, 2016 or until the position is filled.

The Royal Canadian Legion is now looking for a Operations Manager who will be responsible for data entry, accounts payable, payroll, managing HR, helping and creating organizational and program budgets in collaboration with the Executive, and other misc. tasks. This position’s primary responsibility is to ensure organizational effectiveness by providing leadership for the Legion’s ¿nancial functions.

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

A job description can be picked up at Royal Canadian Legion Monday – Friday 8am – 12pm or at the bar from Rhonda until 5pm Monday - Thursday Your resume addressed to the attention of the hiring Committee/ President can be dropped off at the Royal Canadian Legion, 244 Elizabeth Drive or faxed to (204) 677-1652.

We thank everyone, in advance, for your interest but only those applicants considered for an interview will be contacted.

Thompson (866) 677.6450

JOB POSTING REHABILITATION COUNSELLOR

Full Time-Permanent ADDICTIONS FOUNDATION OF MANITOBA Thompson, MB Eaglewood Addictions Centre 90 Princeton Drive The Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM) is a Crown Agency that contributes to the health and resilience of Manitobans by providing addictions services and supporting healthy behaviors.

Reporting to the Residential Program Supervisor, the Rehabilitation Counsellor provides individual and group counselling to adult/males/females experiencing concerns related to alcohol and drug use. This position requires a commitment to a client-centred philosophy and approach to the development, provision and support of AFM programs and services.

The Rehabilitation Counsellor will work as a member of the Residential team and will demonstrate the following: • Ability to communicate respectfully and positively with clients and staff and presents self in an approachable and friendly manner.

• Demonstrates a genuine enthusiasm for client-centred care and demonstrates empathy and compassion.

• Exhibits the ability to respond to client requests and crises in a responsible, timely and flexible manner.

• Demonstrates the ability to balance the needs of clients, other staff persons and those of the organization.

• Demonstrates enthusiasm for ongoing professional development activities, and engages in reciprocal learning experiences with colleagues and supervisors.

• Recognizes the importance of regular individual and team supervision meetings.

• Demonstrates active listening abilities, is coachable and responds positively to supervision.

• Works collaboratively in the context of a provincial organization, with numerous colleagues, to ensure a consistent “One AFM” approach.

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to personal and professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.

• Ability to manage one’s own emotions and strong feelings; maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances; think clearly and stay focused under pressure.

• Awareness of the unique circumstances and needs of adults in addictions treatment.

Responsibilities: • Demonstrated ability to conduct bio-psychosocial/spiritual assessments and collaborate with clients to design client-centred, strength-based treatment plans that reflect evidence-based practices and clinical skill.

• Demonstrates knowledge and skill related to individual and group counselling services to adults whose primary concerns are alcohol and drugs.

• Ability to match treatment services to client’s unique circumstances.

• Demonstrated ability to maintain current and accurate confidential records of client files.

• Demonstrates skill and knowledge related to Motivational Interviewing techniques and coaching skills.

• Works collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team within the organization.

• Participates on committees, teams or work groups at the local and provincial level as requested by supervisor.

• Establishes and maintains professional working relationships and regular communication with community and other related organizations relevant to client’s needs.

• Demonstrates the ability to operate Microsoft software applications, internet and email communications.

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences or related field with a minimum of one year supervised counseling experience (or volunteer experience); working in the addictions field an asset or a Diploma in applied counseling with a minimum of two years supervised counseling experience (or volunteer experience); working in the addictions field an asset. Demonstrated knowledge and skills related to assessment, individual and group counselling; excellent organizational, interpersonal and oral communication and documentation skills; knowledge of the addictions and mental health fields and demonstrated ability to work within a complex systems of services are required. Experience working from a client-centred perspective and training and/or experience in the utilization of Motivational Interviewing techniques is essential. Experience in planning, preparing and presenting educational material is an asset. Demonstrated ability working within and contributing to a positive team environment is required. Effective communication and problem solving skills are required. An understanding of, and sensitivity to, working with culturally diverse populations is essential. The ability to communicate in French will be considered an asset. The ability to communicate in Cree will also be considered an asset.

The Competencies for the Rehabilitation Counsellor opportunity are: • Adaptability/Flexibility • Teamwork and Cooperation • Client Centred Change • Case Management • Continuous Learning • Counselling • Diversity and Cultural Responsiveness • Crisis Intervention • Effective Communication • Understanding Substance Use, Abuse and • Ethical Conduct and Professionalism Dependency • Planning and Organizing This position may require the ability to work some evenings and varying hours.

From this competition a three month eligibility list will be established for term and casual positions within the same program, work location and job classification.

It is AFM practice to request a criminal record check and conduct and child abuse registry check prior to finalizing the appointment of successful candidates.

Competition No. 2016-030 Salary Range: $51,538 - $61,865 per annum ($27.25 - $32.71/hr) under review (Potential to move to a maximum of $35.21 per hour with specific qualifications) Closing Date: May 13, 2016 Apply in writing to: Director, Northern Area Addictions Foundation of Manitoba 90 Princeton Drive Thompson, MB R8N 0L3 Fax: (204) 677-7328 Email: afmnorth@afm.mb.ca We thank all applicants and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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JOB POSTING RESIDENTIAL CARE WORKER

PART-TIME WEEKEND POSITION (16 hours per weekend) ADDICTIONS FOUNDATION OF MANITOBA Eaglewood Addictions Centre THOMPSON The Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM) is a Crown Agency that contributes to the health and resilience of Manitobans by providing addictions services and supporting healthy behaviors.

Reporting to the Supervisor, Residential Programs, Residential Care Workers provide client and facility support.

These positions require a commitment to a client centred philosophy and approach to the development and support of AFM programs and client services.

The Residential Care Worker will demonstrate the following: • Ability to communicate respectfully and positively with clients and staff and presents self in an approachable and friendly manner.

• Demonstrates a genuine enthusiasm for client-centred care and demonstrates empathy and compassion.

• Exhibits the ability to respond to client requests in a responsible, timely and flexible manner.

• Demonstrates the ability to consider the needs of clients, other staff persons and the organization when making decisions within the role.

• Demonstrates enthusiasm for ongoing professional development activities, and engages in reciprocal learning experiences with colleagues and supervisors.

• Recognizes the importance of regular supervision meetings.

• Demonstrates active listening abilities, is coachable and responds positively to supervision.

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to personal and professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.

• Ability to manage own emotions and strong feelings; maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances; think clearly and stay focused under pressure.

Responsibilities: • Provide support and be present where clients are.

• Respond warmly, politely and helpfully to everyone, including all visitors to the building.

• Respond appropriately to emergency crisis situations, modelling to clients how this is done in a positive way.

• Conduct facility orientations.

• Facilitation of educational sessions and client house meetings.

• Performing light housekeeping/maintenance.

• Building security duties.

• Coordination and distribution of client and program supplies.

• Copying program materials.

• Responding to telephone calls.

• Documentation according to role requirements.

• Demonstrates the ability to operate Microsoft software applications, internet and email communications.

Qualifications: • Grade 12 education.

• Suitable combination of education and experience working in a residential facility, addictions related employment experience and/or volunteer work.

• Experience working from a client centred perspective.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• The ability to work within and contribute to a positive team environment.

• An understanding of, and sensitivity to, working with culturally diverse populations is essential.

• Valid CPR-C with AED training and First Aid certification are required prior to beginning work.

• Knowledge of the addictions field is required.

• Fluency in English (French verbal and written an asset).

The Competencies for the Residential Care Worker opportunity are: • Adaptability/Flexibility • Planning and Organizing • Client Centred Service • Teamwork and Cooperation • Diversity and Cultural Responsiveness • Crisis Intervention • Effective Communication • Understanding Substance Use, Abuse and • Ethical Conduct and Professionalism Dependency From this competition a three month eligibility list will be established for term and casual positions within the same program, work location and job classification.

It is AFM practice to request a criminal record check and conduct a child abuse registry check prior to finalizing the appointment of successful candidates.

Competition No. 2016-031 Salary Range: $15.91 - $19.91/hour (under review) plus remoteness allowance if applicable.

Closing Date: May 13, 2016 Apply in writing to: Director, Northern Area Addictions Foundation of Manitoba 90 Princeton Drive Thompson, MB R8N 0L3 Fax: (204) 677-7328 Email: afmnorth@afm.mb.ca We thank all applicants and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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RESOURCE GUIDE W. RICHARD WHIDDEN, Q.C. Barrister and Solicitor

Providing legal services in the North for more than 50 years.

D.R. Knight Law OfÂżce Direct: (204) 948-0406 202-900 Harrow St. E. Bus: (204) 948-0400 Winnipeg, Manitoba Fax: (204) 948-0401 R3M 3Y7 Richard.Whidden@knightlaw.ca

2nd oor, 436 Thompson Drive N., Thompson, MB R8N 0C6 5 t '

Burntwood Plaza 33 Selkirk Ave. Ph: 677-4574 • Fax: 778-6622

Brian & Sherrie Kreuger 2 Locations to assist you with all of your Insurance needs.

City Centre Mall - The Insurance Service Ltd.

Insurance Store Ph: 677-9991 • Fax: 778-5145

ISABEL’S HAPPY TAILS - PROFESSIONAL PET GROOMING ISABEL THOMPSON

Professional Pet Groomer for Toy/Small Dogs

Tel: (204) 778-6383 ostilina@hotmail.com

35 Basswood Ave., Thompson, MB

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PRINCE FURNITURE & APPLIANCES 93 Churchill Dr.

Tax preparation services

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THIS SPOT CAN BE YOURS! Call Ashley or Bhawna at the Thompson Citizen

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ashley@thompsoncitizen.net bvarma@thompsoncitizen.net B&W - $21/wk*

Colour - $30/wk*

*Minimum 6 months, taxes not included.

NORTH CENTRE MALL NORTH CENTRE MALL

3 Station Road Thompson, MB R8N 0N3 Phone 677-3642 Fax: 778-6557 Office Rentals

N.C. Crossroad Lanes

10 Pin & 5 Pin Bowling • Glow Bowling Sports Bar • Strikers Lounge Homemade Pizza • VLTs • Video Games Computerized Scoring • Birthday Parties Twoonie Tuesdays • Closed Sundays + Holidays 2nd Floor North Centre Mall - 677-4415 Nick Di Virgilio, Proprietor

Including wolf, polar bear and wildlife related souvenirs.

FIND US... N55 43’38.61 W97 52’18.45. Or ďŹ rst left as you enter, or last right as you leave ompson - 216 Hayes Rd. Pete & Ray are just two old farts with big hearts who will gladly look after you.

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Thompson Scout Trooper Humaid Razool was in Winnipeg April 28 to receive a Volunteer Manitoba service award from outgoing Premier Greg Selinger.

This year’s Volunteer Awards were the 33rd annual and for the past 10 years winners have received their awards from the Manitoba premier during National Volunteer Week. The awards were established in cooperation with Volunteer Manitoba to “honour the efforts and dedication of outstanding volunteers in Manitoba, and to recognize and encourage the valuable services performed by volunteers.”

Razool was one of five individuals among this year’s 10 winners, who were selected from a pool of 200 submitted nominations.

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Scouts volunteer recognized for his service

Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Humaid Razool Thompson Scout Trooper Humaid Razool was in Winnipeg April 28 to receive a Volunteer Manitoba service award from outgoing Premier Greg Selinger.