October 23 2019

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

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Volume 59 • Issue 43

Nelson House woman identified as victim of Oct. 17 homicide in Thompson

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RCMP photo The body of 29-year-old Bobbie Lynn Lee Moose was discovered near Nelson Road in Thompson Oct. 17 in what RCMP are investigating as a homicide.

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An RCMP dog handler searches with a police service dog Oct. 19 in the area along Nelson Road where Bobbie Lynn Lee Moose’s body was found Oct. 17. Bobbie Lynn Lee Moose, 29, of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation was identified by RCMP Oct. 21 as the victim of an Oct. 17 homicide

in Thompson. Moose’s body was found last Thursday around 5 p.m. in an area near Nelson Road between Mystery Lake

A shrine with signs, candles and flowers on Nelson Road Oct. 19, two days after Bobbie Lynn Lee Moose’s body was found across the street.

Thompson Citizen photos by Ian Graham RCMP officers on Mystery Lake Road Oct. 20 near where Bobbie Lynn Lee Moose’s body was found three days earlier. Road and Station Road Thompson RCMP and Major Crime Services continue to investigate her killing and multiple police

officers, including a dog handler, were at and around the scene over the weekend. RCMP are asking anyone with information on this

crime or on Moose’s activities between Oct. 1 and Oct. 17 to call the Thompson RCMP detachment at 204-677-6909.

Niki Ashton wins fourth term in House of Commons with decisive victory in Oct. 21 federal election BY IAN GRAHAM

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The NDP’s Niki Ashton won re-election as Churchill-Keewatinook Aski’s Member of Parliament in the Oct. 21 federal election, capturing more than 50 per cent of the votes as of just before midnight Monday, with 115 of 155 polls having been counted in unofficial election night results.

“I am truly honoured by the support,” Ashton said in her victory speech at her campaign headquarters on Selkirk Drive in Thompson. “I will say the NDP in Churchill-Keewatinook Aski crushed it. We crushed it in an election where people said we’ve got real issues and we want to make it clear who is on our side. Tonight Church-

ill-Keewatinook Aski sent a strong message that the people of our region will not stand for those broken promises [of the Liberal government] and our region will stand for respect for First Nations, for true reconciliation and reconcili-action, more importantly, in communities across our north.” Ashton had more than

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4,000 votes more than second-place candidate Cyara Bird of the Conservative party with 74 per cent of polls having been counted. “I’d like to congratulate Niki on her re-election,” said Bird. “I am happy with the work that I put in. I’m pleased with the result that I had. I got to meet so many amazing people on

this journey. Everywhere I went it felt like home and that was something I really enjoyed about this campaign. I just want to say thank you to everyone for voting for me and voting in general. I’m just so thankful that I got to do this. I’m building for next time. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next time.” Continued on Page 9


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