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June Bourguignon has been awarded the honour of Thompson’s 2016 Vol-unteer of the Year Award, presented April 12 by city councillors Dennis Foley and Kathy Valentino. The award recognizes Thompsonites nominat-ed by friends and family who have displayed un-wavering commitment to volunteerism.

Foley opened the event by commenting on the state of volunteerism in the north, and the import-ance of recognizing those who continue to contribute out of passion alone. “We live in a world of social media, where people get caught up in sharing and liking quotes online,” he said. “They walk away feeling like they’ve made a change, but it’s volunteers like the ones we have in this room, that log off, get out there, talk the talk and walk the walk. The reason that we’re here tonight is that we’ve impacted some-one’s life so much, that they feel the rest of the city needs to recognize it.”

Bourguignon was joined by four other nominees, each who have committed considerable time to bring-ing services and events to Thompson which could not otherwise exist: Crys-tal Dawn Carlson, hockey mom extraordinaire, who has committed countless hours fundraising for and organizing minor hockey, both in town and out; Joan Goble, whose compassion keeps her volunteering with the Northern Spirit Manor, running errands, assisting with outings and

providing companionship in the home itself; and Owen Settee, who at only 16 has co-ordinated sever-al donation drives for both the homeless and those af-fl icted by mental health, and has won a Manitoba Heroes Compassionate Ac-tion Award.

Also nominated, as a couple, were Ron and Donna Dyre, who have contributed countless hours and energy in sup-porting the Thompson Humane Society: Donna worked in fundraising and organized countless events (including six dog fashion shows for dogs which raised $6,000 per show), while Ron has con-tributed his handy skills

in keeping the property in top shape, as well as build-ing fi ne furnishings and other prizes for fundrais-ers when necessary. One of his largest projects was tripling the size of the so-ciety’s cat kennels.

But Bourguignon’s lifelong achievements no doubt stand out as an exemplary model. Coming to Thompson in 1979, Bourguignon’s in-volvement in community organizations has been extensive – Bourguinon has helped with Brownies, youth bowling, assisted with the Manitoba Winter Games and the Festival of the Arts, and helped with traffi c control for the Calm Air 10K run for 10

years. She also provided assistance to evacuees of the 1988 forest fi res and has served on several com-munity boards. She was treasurer and president of the Thompson Garden Club, bingo chairperson of the Royal Canadian Legion Burntwood River Branch #244, and a board mem-ber of Northern Options for Women. She continues to hold three board seats as secretary for the Thomp-son Seniors Resource Cen-tre, vice-president of the Thompson General Hos-pital Auxiliary and treas-urer/life member of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary.

Bourguignon was al-most speechless in ac-cepting the award: in per-

fect form, she mentioned she almost didn’t attend the award ceremony, as she had already made prior commitments to help with bingo that evening. “This is quite a shock,” she said.

Valentino also took the opportunity to mark the passing of another com-mitted volunteer, the late Bob Mayer, who spent much time volunteering with the Rotary Club, and politically with the NDP. “I think it’s an important lesson, that we remember volunteers in the past that have helped us build our community to what it is to-day. As leaders and volun-teers, we have to pass that message on to people.”

June Bourguignon namedThompson’s volunteer of the year

Thompson Citizen photo by Kacper Antoszewski

Volunteer of the year June Bourguignon, centre, with Thompson councillors Dennis Foley, left, and Kathy Valentino, right,

after receiving her award during a reception at the Thompson Regional Community Centre April 12.

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Cross Lake youth, stands with Andrea Pochinco of Operation HNC and Richard Larkins. Ciere has also agreed to match

up to $2,000 in cash and Canadian Tire money donations received by Operation HNC as of April 28. The money raised will

go towards additional sports equipment, such as portable basketball nets, various balls, and complementary equipment

that may be required. Operation HNC thanks its additional donation drive sponsors ET Blades, Walmart, Doug’s Source

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BY IAN [email protected]

The City of Thompson is proposing a 1.5 per cent increase in the municipal mill rate for residential and commercial properties in its 2016 fi nancial plan.

The residential and com-mercial municipal mill rate will rise from 20.670 to 20.980. When combined with the School District of Mystery Lake mill rate in-crease of fi ve per cent, from 17.628 to 18.529 mills, the overall mill rate will be up 3.2 per cent for residential properties. Commercial property taxes will only be up 0.2 per cent overall be-cause the provincial educa-tion support levy mill rate is being reduced from 11.610 mills to 10.500 mills.

Council gave fi rst read-ing to the 2016 levy by-law at its April 11 meeting. Second and third reading will follow at a future meet-ing after the fi nancial plan public hearing April 21 at City Hall at 7 p.m.

For a residential prop-erty valued at $200,000, the combined mill rate of 39.509 mills will be levied on each $1,000 of the tax-able portion, which is 45 per cent or $90,000. The

total tax property tax bill would be $3,555.81, or $2,855.81 after the provin-cial education tax rebate of $700 is applied. Last year’s tax bill on a $200,000 property would have been $3,446.82 ($2,746.82 after rebate.) Effectively, once the rebate is deducted, the overall increase in the ac-tual tax bill the property owner would pay is a little less than four per cent.

The 2016 fi nancial plan, a copy of which can be downloaded from the City of Thompson website at http://www.thompson.ca/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=1587 or requested at City Hall, shows that total budgeted revenues for the 2016 fi scal year are $30,399,311.74, up about eight per cent from $28,081,092.78 in the 2015 fi scal year. Total budgeted expenditures for 2016 are equal to budgeted revenues, which represents a projected increase in spending of about 12 per cent from the 2015 total of $27,071,477.14. Last year’s surplus of revenues over expenditures was $1,009,615.64.

The cost for police servi-ces will rise about 12 per

cent from $4,637,916.33 in 2015 to $5,213,872.23 in 2016, while fi re pro-tection is projected to in-crease about 12.5 per cent from the actual spending of $934,772.18 in 2015 to $1,052,530.27. Bylaw enforcement expenditures are expected to increase by a third from $707,758.75 in 2015 to $946,171.07 in 2016.

Economic development initiatives are projected to fall by nearly $100,000 from $150,000 in actual expenditures last year to $50,000 this year, which is the amount being provided for Thompson Unlimited by Vale in the fourth year of a $500,000 funding agree-ment that began in 2013.

Operation of the fi tness centre at the Thompson Regional Community Cen-tre is budgeted at $65,000, more than double the $28,594.03 that was spent on its operation last year.

The water and sewer utility is expected to bring in $5,256,643.10 from consumption rates while spending $1,478,756.46 to supply water and $1,371,021.75 on sewage services for difference of $2,406,864.89.

Overall residential

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3.2 per cent from 2015


Conservation and Water Stewardship environment officers conducted an unannounced inspection of the Thompson waste disposal grounds March 3 and called the condition of the site “acceptable with a few exceptions.”

Several plastic pails of cooking oil were observed by the burn pile, said a

letter to mayor and coun-cil from environment of-ficer Amanda Jacobs, who conducted the inspection with fellow environment officer Jeff Fountain. Jacobs noted that burn-ing plastic is prohibited under the site’s operating permit.

“Debris from a previ-ous burn contained the remnants of several mat-tresses, metal siding,

sinks and a microwave,” wrote Jacobs. “Burning of these items is prohibited. This has been an issue for several years and must be addressed. There have been warnings issued in the past for prohibited items being burned in the burn cell. Greater effort at removal of prohibited items from the burn pile must be made going forward.”

Prohibited items being burned at waste disposal grounds, environment offi cer says

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In my own

words: family

threadsTo the Editor:

“Family threads.” We are like uneven branches on a tree. We all grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one. Each one of us tries to embrace the pain by adjusting ourselves cordially. Our pain of staying as “family threads” within our immediate families is surely unique. We remain the same as roots because it becomes too unbearable to change. Sometimes the best part of us is how our family threads become un-precedented. There comes a time when we should care in the nest of “family threads.” Many of us today for-get the little things in life that we should remember. Remembering the remarkable “family threads” is what we shouldn’t forget.

Ken RossThompson

Dear politicians, whatever you do, please don’t hold any more elections

for the next little while No matter what

the results of y e s t e r d a y ’ s

provincial election turn out to be – either a new party in government or the NDP in power for another four years – Thompsonites can at least rest easy knowing this: barring unfore-seen circumstances, they aren’t scheduled to have to make an-other trip to the ballot box until 2018 and for that, they can all feel grateful.

It’s been a busy three years, electorally, for residents of the Nickel City. In October 2014, voters trudged to the polls to elect a new mayor, city councillors and School District of Mystery Lake school

board trustees. About a year later, they were back at it again, this time voting in a federal election, which saw in-cumbent NDP MP Niki Ashton defeat Rebecca Chartrand of the Lib-erals in a contest that was much closer than the previous election in 2011. This week, it was time to choose who would govern us prov-incially for the next four years, an elec-tion that was originally scheduled to take place in 2015 but had to be pushed back because of the conflict with the federal election.

Now, finally, after 20 months or so of near constant pleas for sup-port from politicians of various stripes at

various levels with various promises of what they can do if elected, Thompsonites can finally rest easy in knowing that when someone knocks at your door in the even-ing, they’ll just be sell-ing cookies, or asking if you want your lawn mowed, not grinning and shaking your hand because they really, really want to repre-sent you in City Hall/the Legislature/Parlia-ment for the next four or so years.

It’s not that we don’t appreciate being asked for our opinion and having the right to have a say in who makes important deci-sions and represents us on the world stage,

or even across town where the decisions have a more immedi-ate and noticeable im-pact on our quality of life and pocketbooks. It’s just that leading up to those decisions is a continual bar-rage of pamphlets and commercials and news articles and polls and disputed statements and attacks on charac-ter and on and on and on. When elections fall one after the other, it begins to feel like an eternal election cycle. Imagine how the Amer-icans must feel, with elections every couple of years for various levels of government, not to mention the fact that they usually have even more candidates

to vote for, like judges and sheriffs and coun-ty water commission-ers. Is it any wonder that so many of them express dislike for pol-iticians? They never get a break from them.

It’s still the better part of a year before the calendars turn to 2017, but, at this point, we can confi-dently say that what-ever challenges next year brings, at least none of them should be an election. Heck, with more than two years of election-less peace stretching out ahead of us from now until municipal elec-tions roll back around in October 2018, by the time we’re called upon to vote again, we might

even have started mis-sing it. But that feel-ing won’t last too long, in all likelihood. Four years from now, voters in Thompson and else-where in Manitoba will once more be breathing a long-held sigh of re-lief after living through another cycle of one election after another and another.

And for those maso-chists who just can’t get enough of polit-icians talking trash about each other and throwing decorum to dogs in their efforts to gain or maintain their hold on power, don’t worry. The American presidential election campaign still has more than six months to go.


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BY DANIEL MCSWEENEYWhen we first arrived

in Solihull, we stayed just a few hundred feet away from the historic medieval church of St. Alphege. Every evening around supper hour, the soothing sound of ringing church bells drifted down from its steeple; a time-honoured ritual that uplifts the spir-its of Sihillians living in this 800-year old English Midlands community.

There was a time though when the bells went silent; thick, black acrid smoke hung in the air and the night horizon was lit with the sinister glow of fires set alight by waves of German planes dropping bombs on Bir-mingham and Coventry. And on occasion Solihull was rocked with explo-sions as the enemy at-tacked the local gas works and the “Rover” aircraft engine works.

It was all part of “The Blitz” that took place over 267 days between September 1940 and May 1941 when the Germans carried out aerial attacks on 16 British cities. It is estimated more than a million homes were de-stroyed or damaged in the bombing campaign. And tragically, it resulted in the death of 40,000 Brit-ish civilians, almost half in London.

ON THE DOORSTEP OF WAR

It must have been a try-ing time to live in Eng-land during wartime. Many young men were fighting overseas and the lives of people trying to keep things together here were torn asunder by the German Luftwaffe raining terror on them from the skies. While worrying about their loved ones fighting in Europe, they also harboured fear German parachutists would invade their home from above. In the face of such threats, they de-fended their families and homes with every tool at their disposal.

One of the stories that fascinates me most involves the subter-fuge of creating huge “smokescreens” in areas outside the town. So-called “smokescreeners” lined up barrels of dark heavy oil that were then set blaze. The purpose was to mislead Germans into believing the smoke came from factories that produced everything from tanks, aircraft and muni-tions. Instead of hammer-ing away at real factories in nearby industrialized Birmingham, they might

choose to drop their bombs in empty fields – a diversion that would save British lives and factories from destruction.

That does not mean So-lihull was not bombed. Bombing incursions here killed dozens of people. Sometime the Germans were trying to destroy the local gas plant or the big “Rover” plant in So-lihull. On one occasion, bombs actually hit The High Street. As the story goes, the German bomber took a hit, and to lighten its load, the plane’s crew released the bombs into the center of town.P I C T U R I N G 1 9 4 0 BRITAIN

So what did commun-ities like Solihull go through during the war years? Picture a night in November 1940: the air raid sirens have just gone off and the sound of planes heading to Bir-mingham fill the sky. Searchlights scan for what the menacing Heinkel bombers while the Home Guard and ARP patrol the streets or man the obser-vation posts.

Families huddle in air raid shelters; or curl up under staircases for-tified with sheets of cor-rugated iron. Off in the distance, the night sky glows and the rumble of explosions and staccato pounding of ack-ack guns can be heard. And then a German bomber makes a run at the gas plant; drop-ping a bomb that makes the earth rumble. A huge explosion in Malvern Park where I now go for walks lights up the sky. Another bomb hits White-

field’s Road, the street where we live. Fire and emergency crews rush through the night, fight the blazes and pull the wounded and dead from the wreckage.

In the morning, lo-cal officials tally up the damage and count the dead. A bomb intended for an industrial target has missed its mark and a whole family is gone. Gas leaks are being re-paired and people wander about town shaking their heads at the carnage. In the days ahead, children will pick up pieces of deb-ris in the streets. In one case, a young boy found an undetonated incendi-ary bomb and took it home with him. Luckily his friends grassed on him and local authorities were able to remove the ordnance

Throughout this bomb-ing campaign, men and women went to work every day. Children at-tended school where they studied the usual subjects – and practised how to wear gas masks. Many Sihillians tended gardens of parsnips, brussels sprouts and carrots – all part of the “Dig for Victory” cam-paign to minimize food imports. At night, they blacked out windows so not even a shard of light could be seen from above. And some evenings they gathered around radios listening to the reassur-ing words of coming victory from arguably the greatest Briton ever, Prime Minister Winston Churchill. And at even-ing mealtimes, no one

heard church bells ring-ing. And strangely as it may seem, they were glad because they were only to be rung when invasion was imminent.

The story of the war years in Britain is brought to life at the Imperial War Museum in London. You can actually see some-thing called a “Morrison Shelter” – a metal cage used indoors during bombing raids. If you didn’t have a “Morrison,” you might have owned an “Anderson shelter” installed in an outdoor garden. Some people bur-ied them for added protec-tion. The downside was that they were subject to flooding. Today, some of those shelters are still around – ideal for bikes and storage of garden tools. As I sit here writing this blog reflecting on the wartime years, I look out the window and imagine an ARP Warden wander-ing along the Whitefields Road. And when he spots me writing by the light of my lamp, he blows his whistle; gives me a dirty look, and shouts: “Put that light out. Put that light out!”

Dan McSweeney, a Halifax native, first worked as a reporter at the old Halifax Herald, then got a taste of public relations work at Cana-dian 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 mcsweeneys-diversion.wordpress.com.

When church bells went silent

Daniel McSweeny


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2016 Prom Committee Raffl e Winners • B. Nicholson won the fi rst prize (2 Calm Air Flights & 2 Nights at the Best Western Plus Airport) • Leonard Monias won the second prize ($300.00 cash) • Robert Perreault won the third prize:($200.00 cash)

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Congratulations!

Thompson Minor Hockey

Association

to take place

May 10th, 2016 at 7:00 pm at TRCC in the multi-purpose room.

Any person interested in becoming a Board Member, the following

positions are open for nominations at this time:

President, VP Technical, Secretary, Publicity, Munn Cup, Ice

Operations, Treasurer, Fundraising Coordinator, Tournament Director,

Female, Pre-Novice, Atom, Peewee, Bantam and Midget Program

Directors.

*Draw for members attending the AGM for one free TMHA

registration for 2016-2017 season.

Article 15 - Changes to the Constitution and By-Laws

15.1

The Constitution and By-Laws of the TMHA can only be changed:

a. on even numbered years at the AGM; and

b. by motion made at a duly constituted General Meeting and

carried by a majority of those present and eligible to vote;

and

c. the notice of General Meeting must state that a motion will

be put forth to have the Constitution or By-Laws changed;

and

d. details of the proposed changes(s) must be made available

to any Member desiring to obtain information in advance of

the General Meeting called for that purpose; and

e. any member wanting to submit changes must do so a

minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the AGM and the

President shall circulate said notices of motion to the TMHA

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the AGM; and

f. there shall be no votes by proxy.

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The School District of Mystery Lake (SDML) was awarded the Manitoba School Board Association’s Premier Award for School Board Innovation in March for the district’s Educating for Action project initiated in 2013. The award is ac-companied by $3,000 to be reinvested into the Edu-cating for Action program. Recipients of the award are assessed on several factors, including not only the raw innovation behind a pro-gram’s approach, but also its sustainability as a long-term program, its trans-ferability to other schools and districts, and it’s cost-benefi t ratio.

The program is offered through SDML in conjunc-tion with Juniper Elemen-tary School; Juniper princi-pal Lucy Mayor recognized an opportunity to fi ll a critic-al need at her school when district superintendent put out a call for schools to take on the project. “Historically, Juniper doesn’t have a high percentage of kids leaving from Grade 8 and complet-ing Grade 12 in a four-year timeframe,” Mayor noted. “Our fi nal goal was to in-crease our graduation rate.”

The project was born out of Making Education Work, a similar program initiated in 2006, and ap-

plies lessons learned from the original undertaking. While the original program began working with stu-dents in Grade 10, Educat-ing for Action began at the beginning of junior high in Grade 7, allowing program co-ordinators to both pre-pare students for the transi-tion to high school as well as assist them through it.

Intensive focus is a main aspect of the program: small-group tutoring en-sures students succeed aca-demically, while fi eld trips, both within the community and beyond, supplement a land-based education com-ponent that encourages cultural understanding. A cornerstone of the project was the Digital Lodge instal-lation, developed by Winni-peg fi lmmaker Jim Sanders, and supported by a revolv-ing door of nine other artists from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Through-out the program, at various times, a roster of 10 differ-ent artists have taught stu-dents the skills they need to document and communicate their experiences through sound and video. With each year, students are taught new production and the-matic skills: this year (year three), the students focused on fi ctional screenwriting and production. Tight-lipped program co-ordinator Ryan Barker would only say one

thing: “It does involve a sasquatch”.

The fi lms are presented every year in a dome-shaped lodge, much like a planetarium. The students build the lodge out of re-spectfully harvested tam-arack trees, with help from the district’s Cree language and aboriginal perspectives co-ordinator Ron Cook (a part of the cultural literacy component of the student’s education). At the end of the program, in Grade 12, the students will edit a fi nal documentary of their six-year journey.

To fi nd more information about the Digital Lodge pro-ject, or to view videos from past years, visit www.digit-allodge.ca.

But while the project out-lines the aforementioned fi ve pillars, it’s clear that one theme unifi es all aspects of the program: continuity. Beginning the program in Grade 7 allowed teachers and co-ordinators to sup-port the students not only through high school, but for the transition as well. The students are also en-couraged to maintain a connection with their alma mater and return as leaders: Mayor notes that for the fi rst time, former students have returned to help coach for Knights of Columbus, and some came to help with the school’s Winterfest. “We’ve

come back to visit and keep in touch with them, and many have done the same.”

In high school, career counselling helps students form and maintain a goal throughout their studies, while the Digital Lodge project provides a context in which students can make sense of their experiences as part of a broader pic-ture. The continued in-volvement of the advisory committee was also critical to the program’s success.Barker, who also instructs the students in English, feels the timing of the award is perfect: “We’re almost halfway, so it’s a nice mile-stone to win this award; I think it shows we’re on the right track. The students themselves are overcoming some pretty serious bar-riers, as individuals and as a group. But they’re tran-sitioning successfully to high school, they’re active, they’re creative.”

Barker also passed on statements from students: Stanley Hart said, “I thought it was awesome that we won the award, especially when we were chosen from a sea of contenders across Manitoba.”

Fellow student Zhan Wen Pei, who also goes by Wendy, said, “I felt good, because our project just won $3, 000. Let’s have a pizza party!”

School District of Mystery Lake wins school boards association award


Thompson’s Sikh Youth Club shared free coffee and doughnuts with local residents near Canadian Tire April 13 to mark the traditional Sikh holiday of Vaisakhi.

Vaisakhi, technically, is a religious celebration: It marks the day that the tenth and last Guru of the

Sikh faith tested his fol-lowers, and named his fi ve Beloved Ones (apostles, in the Judeo-Christian tradition) and thereby formally established the Khalsa Panth (the offi cial community of commit-ted Sikhs). Don’t let the club’s modest celebra-tion fool you; Vaisakhi is a massive celebration in Punjab province, India.

Prime Minister Justin Tru-deau himself celebrated Vaisakhi on Parliament Hill last week, using the opportunity to announce the government’s intent to offer a formal apology for the Komagata Maru refugee incident.

More broadly, Vaisakhi also marks the beginning of the harvest season in Punjab province, and is

marked by community fairs fi lled with attractions and indulgences enjoyed by all faiths and cultures. “It’s kind of like Christ-mas. We all forget our dif-ferences for awhile, and everyone is happy,” said Jaskirat Khehra.

The Sihk Youth Club initially came together to help encourage under-standing between Thomp-

son’s prominent Sikh minority, and the com-munity at large, Khehra explained: “We used to celebrate the holiday every year ourselves, in the temples. But we wanted to break some misconcep-tions about Sikhism and the East Indian commun-ity in general, and the only way to do that is to get out amongst the people. Can-

adian Sikhs have a proud history here.”

This is the club’s second event, the fi rst having been a Punjabi movie night at the Strand The-atre on March 27; an-other movie night is in the works. Until the group registers as a non-profi t, Khehra hopes the movie nights will help support hosting future events.

Coffee and doughnuts mark beginning of Punjabi harvest season

The Thompson Sikh Youth Club serving coffee and doughnuts outside of Canadian Tire. Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Jaskirat Khehra

Our team � e Daff odil Bunch want to thank people who helped us raise $5,465 for the Relay for Life event on April 16th.We had two major fundraisers: a hot lunch with � e Daff odil Bunch and a bake sale. � e hard-working employees from the provincial building helped raise $1,020. We even had people bake treats and then buy them back.I want to thank everyone on the team and their friends and family who helped us reach our goal. With purchasing ingredients and fi nding time to decorate, baking treats and coming out to the big walk April 16th. Next year we will start fundraising a little earlier and maybe reach $10,000 by April 2017.

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On April 4-5, 11 RCMP members from throughout Northern Manitoba attended Ice

Rescue Technician (IRT) training held at Paint Lake. Participating offi cers were

from the Gods Lake Narrows, Island Lake, Moose Lake, Cross Lake, Flin Flon, Ox-

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the equipment used in the training. With temperatures at a balmy -2 degrees

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A day before their par-ents got their opportun-ity, students at Westwood Elementary School in Thompson were among up to 20,000 across the province lining up to cast ballots of their own as part of Student Vote Manitoba 2016.

Elliot Linklater from one of the two Grade 6 classes that took part in the exercise of democracy, did double duty, serving as an assistant voting of-ficer after his class had already filled out their ballots.

“They give us their ID card and we cross off their name and we give them one of these voting bal-lots with our initials on it,” he said. The initials, Linklater explains, enable the voting officers who supervise the placing of the completed ballots in

the ballot box that the ballots are legitimate.

“It was hard at the start but if you keep doing it, it gets easier and easier,” said Deegan Campbell, who was working along-side Linklater.

After the voters cast their ballots they handed them over to voting of-ficers Megan Szabo and Sadie Bishop.

“We have to check their card to see if they have the initials and then she has to take the cover off so no one puts the card in and then they put it in,” said Szabo.

“I thought it was just cool to practise and know what to do,” said Bishop.

Teachers were also part of the process.

“We talked about dem-ocracy and citizenship and the rights and re-sponsibilities of citizen-ship include voting,” said Grade 6 teacher Carolyn

Morrison. “That’s largely what we study in Grade 6 is Canadian history and then we look at citizen-ship and the rights of citizenship.”

Grade 4 teacher Eric Larocque also instructed his students on some of the basics of democracy.

“We spent some time learning about the differ-ent political parties and the candidates that are

in our riding,” he says. “Then we spent more time explaining the process to voting. They made a little ID card so that they can show the assistant voting officer.”

One Grade 4 student who really enjoyed the process was Cole Stuart, who attended the April 13 all-candidates meet-ing at the Manitoba Metis Federation hall and, hav-

ing just turned 10 re-cently, was probably the youngest political junkie there.

“I think it’s kind of good for me to know this now so in the fu-ture I know everything I can do there,” said Stuart, who has dreams of one day running for office in Thompson or perhaps even becoming prime minister, which he

admits are not common in the fourth grade.

“I don’t even know one person that’s really into politics like me,” he said, though his mother was more than happy to in-dulge his passion when he asked to go to the all-candidates meeting. “She said for sure you could go there and learn and you could do it all for school.”

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Inside a dark infl atable tent in the Wapanphk Com-munity School gymnasium, Wilfred Buck is telling stu-dents a Cree story about a boy in the moon.

“He’s standing right here,” Buck says, an im-age of the moon projected onto the inside surface of the dome. “There’s one pail

of water here, there’s an-other pail of water there. There’s his head right here. There’s his neck. There’s his body. Some people say he’s got a cap on. You can see his nose right there, his chin. He’s got a backpack on and he’s got a belt on.”

The boy had no family and had to live with other people who made his life diffi cult and gave him lots of chores, Buck explains. One night, they sent him down to the lake to fetch water.

“He had two pails of water and he was crying and was looking up at the full moon,” Buck says. “Grandmother Moon looked at him and she felt sorry for him so Grandmother Moon

decided she’d take him up in the sky and keep care of him.”

Buck works with the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC), the owners of the dome, which is called a Digitarium and was purchased from Digitalis Education. Buck and his son travel around to band-operated schools in Mani-toba using the Digitarium to introduce students to the wonders of the night sky and to the constellations their ancestors saw when they looked up at the stars.

“One of my mandates when I was hired on to do the job was to put First Nations perspective into sciences and so I talked to

some elders and they said, ‘Well, one of the easiest ways you can do it is look up at the night sky,’” says Buck, an Opaskwayak Cree Nation member. “You have in your curriculum a Roman-Greek mythology that talks about the night sky. Well, every culture in the world has that know-ledge about the sky and so we started researching Cree mythologies and came up with all kinds of constel-lations, all kinds of stories and all kinds of teachings. This is what’s not taught to our youth, our Cree chil-dren, and it’s important. Our elders said it’s important that they know about this. This is their history.”

Over the course of their class, the students see neb-ulas, planets, supernovas and asteroids, as well as some constellations they may never have heard of.

“The Inuit people looked at this and here’s what they saw: caribou or reindeer,” Buck tells the students be-fore making them feel like the dome is spinning by having the caribou circle the sky.

Buck doesn’t just do the presentation and go. He left the school a set of posters with 12 constellations and MFNERC is gradually add-ing more.

“Right now we have an artist working on that and she’s making a Cree star map,” says Buck. “We’re going to unveil that in May.”

The jobs sees him spend a lot of time on the road, Buck says, but it’s easier because he’s accompanied by his son and gets to see the reaction of the students when they step inside the Digitarium.

“They’re totally amazed at the constellations,” says Buck.

As the class winds up, Buck receives a request to see what the Earth looks like from space.

“In order to see Earth we have to go somewhere else because Earth can’t be in the sky because we’re sit-ting on Earth looking up,” he explains to them. “With this computer, we can go somewhere else. We’re go-ing to go to Mars. I’ll set the co-ordinates to Mars. OK, NASA control we’re head-ing off to Mars. We’re go-ing to teleport. OK, Scotty, beam us up.”

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R.D. Parker Collegiate’s representatives at Basket-ball Manitoba’s graduat-ing all-star games in Win-nipeg March 16 weren’t on the winning teams on the floor, but the Trojans didn’t come back empty-handed, with varsity girls players and the coach re-ceiving recognition at the awards banquet.

Adrianna Proulx was named the female AAA high school player of the year for the second year in a row and her team-mate Caitlin Fennell, who played in the A/AA/AAA female graduat-ing all-star game along with Proulx and Brianna Bourguignon, was one of five players selected to the first A/AA/AAA all-Manitoba team.

“She’s just been a fan-tastic player to coach,” said RDPC varsity girls’ basketball coach Sara Gil-lis in presenting the award to Proulx. “I’m coming to the end of my high school coaching for awhile any-way and it’s just been a great pleasure to coach her for four years in a row. She’s helped create a little bit of a dynasty at R.D. Parker. It’s so great to see her move on at the next level of basketball. I’m sure it’s her dream. She deserves it. She‘s a hard worker. I’ve watched her grow from a basket-ball player from about the age of seven or eight or 10 right up until being the

great young woman and basketball player that a lot of people envy.”

Proulx, Bourguignon and Fennell were up at the podium to present their coach the final award of the banquet – the Mike Spack Lifetime Achieve-ment Award, which goes to a someone who has made significant contri-butions to the growth and development of basket-ball in Manitoba over a sustained period of time. Their speech focused on the ABC’s of Gilli’s coach-ing contributions.

“The A stands for altru-ism,” said Proulx. “Over her 26 years at R.D. Par-ker, Gillis has devoted countless hours to the senior girls’ basketball program at the expense of her personal time. The hours spent in the gym to practise, to making sub plans, to packing med kits, to organizing tourna-ments, could fill another’s lifetime. All this was done while juggling time with her own boys and their activities. Often the only time Gillis could dye her hair was at 1 a.m. before a road trip.”

“The B stands for be-lief,” said Bourguignon. “Gillis always believed that a team from the north could compete against teams from the south. She purposely picked tournaments that would challenge her teams to become the best they could be. If this meant travelling every week-

end, so be it. That belief extended to her opening her new home at the lake to us so we could attend a camp this summer so we could improve our skills. Living with eight high school girls for a week? That’s really crazy. Gillis believed in the three of us as Grade 9s and convinced us to play on the varsity team. We were petrified but, as you know, the rest is history.”

“The C is for commit-

ment,” said Fennell. “In our Grade 10 year we travelled 2,400 kilo-metres in one weekend. We played in Swan River, Brandon and Minot, North Dakota. Gillis made all the arrangements and did all the driving. This year we travelled 16,000 kilomtres to play in the Czech Re-public. Again Gillis was the driving force behind the fundraising and or-ganizing. The total time we spent travelling was

260 hours on top of the 110 hours of practice. If that’s not commitment, I don’t know what is.”

“This is truly a fantastic way for me to celebrate my basketball past and present and it’s certainly got me thinking about all the great things that have happened in my life because of basketball in-volvements, basketball endeavours and involve-ments that I chose freely, have never ever regretted and loved every minute along the way,” said Gillis in her acceptance speech. “I’m grateful that all my basketball involvment has resulted over time as a contribution to Basketball Manitoba. I have to admit, though, with a little bit of guilt, that my involve-ment in basketball has often been without con-tribution in mind. I often set out to do something because I want to, I like it, I want results, I have a goal, it’s fun, it keeps me on my toes, it keeps me young, stimulates me. I

guess in a sense my rela-tionship with basketball is a reciprocal relationship. I get as much out of basket-ball as it gets out of me, I guess, if not more. It is just so great that I can do something that I love to do and not look selfish doing it.”

Gillis also noted that her accomplishments were not achieved alone.

“Over 29 years – 40 years if you count as a player starting in the sev-enth grade – never ever have I done anything basketball-related alone,” Gillis said. “I’ve always had help, an assistant, a sidekick, a mentor, a role model, a friend or a team right beside me. Basket-ball is a team sport and from what I see, all of you hardworking passionate people sitting right here in this room are one of the best Manitoba teams going. Your contributions are huge and so much appreciated. Thank you again for this wonderful recognition.”

All-star, player of the year and coaching award for varsity girls’ Trojans

From left to right, fi rst A/AA/AAA all-Manitoba team member Catilin Fennell, Mike Spack Lifetime Achievement Award

-winning coach Sara Gillis and AAA female player of the year Adrianna Proulx at the Basketball Manitoba awards ban-

quet in Winnipeg April 16.

Thompson Citizen photos courtesy of Dolores Proulx

Left to right, R.D. Parker Collegiate student-athletes Yvan-

no Chuckrey, Adrianna Proulx, Brianna Bourguignon and

Caitlin Fennell played in the A-AA-AAA Basketball Mani-

toba graduating all-star games in Winnipeg April 16.


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REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL INVITATION

TENDER INVITATION

Copies of the Financial Plan will be available at www.thompson.ca or at the Reception Desk at City Hall on Wednesday April 6, 2016 for anyone wishing to get a copy prior to the above meeting. Council will hear any person who wishes to make a representation, ask questions, or register an objection to the financial plan, as provided.

Jenny KrentzChief Financial OfficerCity of ThompsonApril 6, 2016

PUBLIC HEARING

Thursday April 21, 20167:00pm

City of Thompson Council Chambers

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to subsection 162(2) of the Municipal Act that the Council of the City of Thompson intends to present its financial plan for the fiscal year of 2016 at a public hearing to be held on:

2016 FINANCIAL PLAN

Proposals will be received by the Purchasing Agent up to 11:00 a.m. local time, Friday, April 29, 2016 at City Hall, 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson, MB R8N 1S6.

RFP #11316 Preparation and Submission of the Environmental Act License for the City of Thompson Landfi ll.

RFP documents may be obtained from the offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, 120 Seal Road, Thompson, MB. Phone (204) 677-7974, email

[email protected] 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 6, 2016 at City Hall, 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson, MB. R8N 1S6.

RFP #11216 Supply & Installation of MacLean Park Day Stage Structure.

RFP documents may be obtained from the offi ce of the Purchasing Agent, 120 Seal Road, Thompson, MB. Phone (204)677-7974, email

[email protected] 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.

Sealed bids are invited for Supply of One (1) Front Mounting

Riding Mower from all eligible bidders on the prescribed bid form as provided in the bid documents.

The detailed scope of work and terms and conditions of the contract are given in the Bid Documents and can be downloaded from the City of Thompson website.

The bids, completed in all respect must be submitted on or before 11.00 A.M. Central Time April 29, 2016 to Adey Adeyemi, Purchasing Agent, 226 Mystery Lake Road, Thompson R8N

1S6. The bids submitted cannot be withdrawn for a period of 30 calendar days from schedule date of closing bids.

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

The lowest or any Bid 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 specifi c item or work being Proposed, whether or not such criteria has been expressly related to the Bidders. The City of Thompson reserves the right to award the Bid which it deems to be in the best interest of the City.


A report on workshops held in Winnipeg and Thompson by Spirit Way to discuss what a wolf centre or excellence should be was completed in February and distributed by Spirit Way in late March.

The report, written by Memorial University gradu-ate student Bonnie Bishop, is based on workshops fa-cilitated by Memorial geog-raphy professor Dr. Alistair Bath in Winnipeg last Oct. 21-22 and in Thompson Oct. 23.

The goals of the work-shops, as identifi ed in the report, were to understand the nature of what a wolf centre of excellence looks like, to identify key issues and concerns with such a centre, to identify chal-lenges to creating such a centre, to identify any pos-

sible research projects and to identify the next steps in making the centre a reality.

“A Wolf Centre of Ex-cellence should be a place of engaging education, research, and tourism fo-cused on the wolf,” says a summary of the centre characteristics identifi ed by workshop participants. “With strong leadership, and community and stake-holder partnerships, the Wolf Centre of Excellence should aim to be an all-en-compassing, goal-oriented organization that builds on local and scientifi c know-ledge to be a Centre of best practice in all things wolf.”

Issues and concerns identifi ed by workshop par-ticipants included staying on the same page, persis-tence, maintaining posi-tivity, awareness, support from the community, es-sential indigenous involve-

ment and maintaining cred-ibility, as well as showing progress, focusing on small steps, including positive wildlife interactions as well as time and money.

Seven things identifi ed as those that a wolf cen-tre of excellence should do were the following: hold cultural value and appre-ciation at a high standard; involve experts in all sec-tors – wildlife, people, cul-ture, tourism and economy; promote interest by being unique, attractive and international; have educa-tion as the main goal and be a centre of knowledge; be a grassroots intitiative involving local people, stakeholders and other in-terest groups; be transpar-ent, open and respectful to people and wildlife; and be a centre of tourism where opportunities are visible for Thompson.

On the fl ip side, seven things participants said a wolf centre of excellence should not do were: be negative upon past prac-tices, be dishonest, cre-ate ideologies or creative negative competition; dis-prespect wildlife, become a breeding centre or stress wildlife; disrespect people by having a narrow view either culturally or geo-graphically; exploit wolves, culture, stakeholders and community for profi t; ex-clude local people, youth, indigenous people, stake-holders and others; slack off by not meeting best practices or expectations sustainably; or be political by not remaining neutral at all times.

Obstacles in the way of establishing a wolf centre of excellence were grouped into the areas of fi nancial, education, people and cred-

ibility, and tourism. They included acquiring the ne-cessary fi nancing and hu-man resources, involving people with qualifi cations and expertise, dealing with activists inside and outside of social media, creating partnerships with indigen-ous groups and various levels of government, and creating infrastructure for visitors.

Participants also iden-tifi ed potential research projects, such as Thomp-son area wolf genetics and wolf-polar bear inter-actions, as well as social science ideas such as economic valuation of the initiative and the human dimensions of human-wolf interactions.

“Some of the research projects are short-term while others can be done on a long-term basis with the support of an institu-

tion or university,” said Bishop’s report. “In addi-tion, some of the studies may be conducted as longi-tudinal studies, repeated or spanning over the course of several months or years.”

The next steps in estab-lishing a wolf centre of ex-cellence that partcipants identifi ed included get-ting public and govern-ment support, local and indigenous involvement, attracting conservation scientists, demonstrating specifi c benefi ts to Thomp-son and developing a com-munication strategy.

“Building a Wolf Centre of Excellence will not be easy, but it is clear that a multitude of opportunities will arise in doing so and that if done effectively and effi ciently can be a very successful intitiative,” the report concludes.

Report summarizes fi ndings of fall workshops on wolf centre of excellence

LEO’S HOME DECORATING LTD is look-ing to hire a permanent full time fl oor installer/trainer. Must be able to install a wide range of fl oor 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 fl oor-ing such as commercial Tarkett, and all types of residential fl ooring. Floor installer wage is $27.00/hr plus ben-efi ts package. A minimum of 5 years experience as a fl oor covering installer is mandatory. Please email resume to [email protected], 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. 15-4nb

301 • HELP WANTED

301 • HELP WANTED201 • SERVICES

STRUGGLING WITH DEBT?LET OUR FAMILY

HELP YOUR FAMILYUnderstand the options

available to assist with

your financial situation

(Arrangements with

Creditors or Bankruptcy)

FREE CONSULTATION

KEITH G. COLLINS LTD.Trustee in Bankruptcy

Phone 944-01871-800-263-0070

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603 • TENDERS

[email protected]

ESTEEM DRIVER TRAINING Busy driv-ing school looking for driver instructors- class 5. Not an instructor? No problem. Training scheduled for June. Please call 204-679-7099. 16-1-nb IN NEED OF AN ELDERLY or middle aged woman (a nanny, per se) to take care of my family at my new home in Thompson while I am at work. Mi-nor skills in health care required, she can also start work immediately. $18 per hour, and it would be for up to 5 hours daily, Mon- Fri. If interested you can email Peter Kessler [email protected]. 15nb-2-dFULL TIME IN HOME NANNY for 2 chil-dren in Thompson. Evenings, weekends and shift work required. $11.50/hour. First aid, CPR and experience are an as-set. Apply by email:[email protected]. 13-12-d

LICENSED FAMILY RESTAURANT and lounge. Established in 1985. Restau-rant seats 92, lounge seats 40. Pres-ently has 22 VLTs. Call 204-307-0119. 15-gcd-20-dCOMMERCIAL LAUNDRY and dry clean-ers for sale. Coverall and mat rental business. 5000 sq ft building (new roof 2013) 145 Hayes Rd. Satellite store at Thompson Plaza. Interested parties con-tact: 204-778-8393. 9-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 306-477-5668. 20-tfn-nb

Need to fi ll a

JOB?

ADVERTISEwith us

call 204-677-4534

Church ServicesST. 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

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

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 Missionar-

ies 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

302 • BUSINESSOPPORTUNITIES

502 • APT/TOWN-HOUSE FOR RENT

510 • RETAIL/OFFICE SPACE

1 & 2 bedroom apartments available immediately

9 - 35 Ashberry PlaceFor applications

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

Beaver Flooring will be in town until

May 4, 2016. Are

your hardwood fl oors

water stained, looking in

rough shape? Call for a free

estimate.

Toll free 1-877-287-3567.

Cell 204-791-0032

Looking for a full time and part time kitchen helper and cook.

Experience preferred. Apply at the front desk

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183 Cree Rd, Thompson MB, R8N 0C2

Toll free: 1-800-565-2401 PH: 204-778-8387

FAX: 204-677-4087

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Non-Bonded Tender (Construction Order)

No. X05953Dragging

PR 391 & PR 620

Dragging PR 391 and PR 620 for a total distance of 41 km during the Department’s 2016 summer season.TENDERS MAY BE OBTAINED AT:

Manitoba Infrastructure and TransportationRegion 511 Nelson RoadThompson MB R8N 0B3(204) 677-6540

BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

12:00 NoonWEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 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

For other Manitoba government tenders, please

visit www.manitoba.ca

Non-Bonded Tender (Construction Order)

No. X05954Loading, Hauling &

Depositing Traffi c GravelPR 391 & the Nelson House

Access RoadLoading, Hauling, and Depositing Traffi c Gravel on PR 391 and the Nelson House Access Road.TENDERS MAY BE OBTAINED AT:

Manitoba Infrastructure and TransportationRegion 511 Nelson RoadThompson MB R8N 0B3(204) 677-6540

BID SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

12:00 NoonFRIDAY, MAY 6, 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

For other Manitoba government tenders, please

visit www.manitoba.ca


Thompson Newcomer Settlement Services hosted a meet-and-greet March 31 to introduce their coordin-ator, Tammy Cober. While Cober declined an inter-view, Community Future’s North Central Develop-ment’s Charlene Kissick fi lled us in on the co-ordin-ator’s new role.

Cober is a direct sup-port worker, meaning she works one-on-one with newcomers to Thompson to navigate the processes and bureaucracy that come with settling in a new country or community: “If someone comes in, and they have a question about getting a social insurance number, Tammy would work direct-ly with them,” Kissick said. “Not just, here are the pa-pers, you’re on your own, but, ‘Do you need help fi lling out a form? Do you need someone to go down to the employment offi ce with you?’”

Cober also works with the community advisory committee, which fea-

tures representatives from city employers, the school district, and a number of other organizations. “Those were the people we talked to when we were determining the services that were needed.” Kissick notes that this was one of the benefi ts to hosting the program through North Central Development: “We help with business start up and expansion, so we have pretty good relation-ships with a lot of busi-nesses in town, and we’re able to make connections that way.”

“Tammy’s been a great addition to our team; she comes with knowledge from her role with the Thompson Community Foundation, so she knows a lot of players in Thomp-son, and working with a granting organization, you get to know a lot of the organizations around town.” Cober will be travelling to Winnipeg to shadow co-ordinators at a much larger settlement organization and has also been working with settle-

ment co-ordinators in Swan River and Russell to develop her co-ordin-ating strategy, as well as receiving guidance from members of the Manitoba Immigrant & Refugee Settlement Sector Asso-ciation,

The meet-and-greet was friendly and quiet with several community partners coming out to network with staff and other partners. However, Kissick hoped that more potential clients would have come to the event: “There’s been a small handful, but I think it speaks to the need for a direct services work-er, because it might be intimidating when you first come to a commun-ity to visit an event like this, even if you’re in-vited.”

Residents seeking as-sistance can visit Cober at the North Central De-velopment office from 9 a.m. to noon, call 204-677-1495, or visit www.thompsonsettlement.ca for more information.

Meet-and-greet introduces new settlement services

co-ordinator

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Careers

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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.

NURSING INSTRUCTOR Classification: Instructor Full-Time Regular Position The Pas, Manitoba Competition No. 16-046 Closing Date: April 26, 2016 or until the position is filled.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.

Thompson (866) 677.6450

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY

Administrative Assistant II – Clinical Services

As an active member of the Health Care Team, the Administrative Assistant provides clerical assistance to the Managers and collaborates with all members of the multi-disciplinary and inter-departmental team. This includes initiation of routine and non-routine correspondence, preparation of memoranda, reports and confidential documents, reception of visitors, screening of telephone calls, responding to complex inquiries, arranging meetings, and preparing meeting materials and minutes.Qualifications:

through a business school or college, combinations of education and experience may be considered.

equipment.

For complete list of qualifications please visit our website www.nrha.ca.April 25, 2016 to:

Holly Rousson, RPR, Recruitment OfficerBox 240, The Pas, MB R9A 1K4Fax: (204) 627-6810, Email: [email protected]

Northern RHA has a Representative Workforce Strategy, we encourage all applicants to self-declare. Criminal Record, Child Abuse, & Adult Abuse Registry Checks are required. We thank all candidates for applying. Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

www.nrha.ca

Thompson (866) 677.6450


NURSING COORDINATOR Classification: InstructorPart-Time (0.5) Term Position: August 2, 2016 to August 3, 2018The Pas, ManitobaCompetition No. 16-044Closing Date: May 2, 2016 or until the position is filled.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.

JOB VACANCYPart-time Maintenance Assistant

Keewatin Housing Association is currently seeking to secure a Part time Maintenance Assistant/Facilities Technician to provide repairs & maintenance.

The Maintenance Assistant/Facilities Technician will be responsible for overseeing and performing a wide range of repairs and/or upgrades needed to 67 housing units throughout Thompson. The Maintenance assistant’s primary role includes but is not restricted to fi xing and replacement of all necessary home repairs ie. Interior & exterior work on doors, windows, bathrooms, kitchen & bathroom vanities, drywall, painting, installation of carpet, linoleum, etc

A written application with detailed resume, including at least two references, with written permission to contact the references and your latest immediate supervisor also a criminal record & Child Abuse check should be submitted to:

Lisa Beardy, Offi ce Manager

Keewatin Tribal Council Inc.

23 Nickel Road

Thompson, Manitoba

R8N 0Y4

Fax No.: 204-677-0256

Email: [email protected]

Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m., Monday, April 25, 2016. We would like to thank those that apply for the position, but only those being considered for an interview will be contacted. For further information or a full job description, contact Mildred Osborne at 677-2341.

Employment Facilitator (TSEP) – .5EFT/Term –

Competition # 16-16

The Employment Facilitator is responsible for providing on-site support to participants and employers including job coaching to develop specifi c job skills and/or work environment skills. Support may also include linking participants to and/or providing information on external service providers to address personal issues impacting on work performance.The ideal candidate will have an undergraduate degree in a related discipline, ability to support and provide training to participants with disabilities in any employment situation, awareness of job accommodations, valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle is required, knowledge of ASL is an asset.

Employment Development Specialist (TSEP) – .5EFT/

Term – Competition # 17-16

The Employment Development Specialist provides employment services to program participants. This may include, but is not limited to pre-employment/employment counselling, labour market information, job search techniques, resume development, interview skills coaching, indirect/direct marketing, job development/re-design/carving, job placement, as well as on-site and/or off-site support to participants and employers, as required. This position is responsible for offi ce and fi nancial administration for TSEP.The ideal candidate will have an undergraduate degree in a related discipline with 2-3 years of work experience in the area of direct delivery of employments services, resume development and e-profi ling. Has knowledge of disabilities and associated functional limitations, awareness of job accommodations, extensive knowledge of employment market conditions, and good computer skills including Microsoft Offi ce. Valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle is required. Knowledge of ASL is an asset.

Closing date for these positions is Monday, April 25, 2016. To apply, please go to our website at: www.smd.mb.ca/smd/careers

We thank all interested applicants, however, only those considered for interviews will be contacted.

Society for Manitobans with Disabilities (SMD) is an organization committed to foster independence, participation and empowerment of persons of all abilities as well as develop and deliver relevant services for persons with disabilities. SMD currently has opening for the following:

HELP WANTEDLooking for an elderly or middle-aged woman to take care of my family at my new home in Thompson while I am at work.

Applicants should be:• an experienced cook,• able to communicate well both verbally and written,• a certifi ed nursing assistant (CNA) would be most

preferable but isn’t necessary.

Position is available to start immediately.Pay is $18.00 per hour, 5 hours daily Monday-Friday.

If you are interested you can email Peter Kessler:

[email protected]

BRANCH MANAGER & OUTSIDE SALES

Moffatt Supply & Specialties

Thompson, Manitoba

Moffatt Supply & Specialties has an opening for the position of Branch

Manager/Outside Sales at our Thompson, Manitoba location.

Moffatt Supply & Specialties is a mining supply company with 9

branches across Canada catering to the various needs of local

mine sites and contractor needs in the geographical location of the

branch. Moffatt Supply & Specialties specializes in ground engaging

components, wear materials, valves, piping products, and value

added services.

Reporting to the Regional Manager, the Branch Manager/Outside

Sales responsibilities include:

• Focussing on and managing all sales functions including

achieving growth and profi t targets while maintaining current

business

• Managing the overall operations of the branch

• Cultivating and managing key business accounts

• Providing direction, training, and leadership to branch

employees

• Creating and maintaining strategic alliances with vendors

Qualifi cations:

• Demonstrated ability to achieve sales and profi t objectives

within a competitive market

• Highly motivated with excellent communication skills

• Exceptional customer service skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead and build a successful team

• Knowledge of the mining industry is preferred

• Computer skills in Offi ce and Accpac an asset

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious, career-oriented

individual desiring to be part of a successful and evolving

organization with the ability to greatly impact the future success of

the business. Our competitive compensation package includes base

salary, commission, benefi ts, and a bonus structure. Pay package is

commensurate on qualifi cations and experience.

Please forward resume and cover letter to bhaight@moffattsupply.

com

While we thank all candidates for their interest, only those candidates

chosen to be interviewed will be contacted.

Moffatt Supply & Specialties is an equal opportunity employer.


With little fanfare from either council or the pub-lic gallery, the special ser-vice levy for residential sewage and water breaks was given second and

third readings and unani-mously passed by council at their April 11 meeting. The levy will apply an annual cost of $123.46 to residential properties for the year of 2016 (ex-cluding rental complexes,

apartment buildings, and unserviced lots) and will collectively cover the costs of residential water and sewage breaks be-yond one metre from a home’s foundation. Ser-vices include line repair,

backfilling, levelling and seeding, as well as pub-lic road and sidewalk replacement.

The amount charged to residents will increase every year until 2020, when the tax imposed

will be $148.15. As levies are budgeted according to the greatest expected cost, any surplus will be reflected by lower levy amounts; any proposed increase will be subject to public hearing.

Repair costs of water breaks from pipes that have been frozen or plugged due to the owner’s own activities and negligence will re-main the responsibility of the property owner.

Council passes residential water and sewage special service levy


Careers


LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES FACILITATOR Classification: Educational Assistant 2 Full-Time Regular Position Thompson, Manitoba Competition No. 16-047 Closing Date: April 29, 2016Please 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.

Thompson (866) 677.6450

Position: Regional Child & Family Services Worker

One (1) Full-Time Permanent Position

Reporting to a Unit Supervisor the Regional Child & Family Services

Worker is responsible to implement the policies, procedures and specifi c

directions/directives of the Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba when

working with families and children in the fi eld 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/

networking with collateral resources/services.

The Regional Child & Family Services Worker will be working with the

Shamattawa Unit out of the Thompson Central Offi ce and will be required

to travel to the community at the request of the supervisor.

Qualifi cations:• BSW Degree with experience in child welfare

• Combination of experience in a related fi eld along with the completion

of 2 years in the BSW program may be considered

• Knowledge of CFS legislation, issues and standards

• Knowledge of Child & Family Services Information System (CFSIS)

• Excellent assessment, interviewing, and counselling skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Demonstrated crisis intervention and confl ict resolution skills

• Good organizational, time management and prioritizing skills

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize workloads and meet deadlines

• Profi ciency 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 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 able to travel

• Must have satisfactory Prior Contact, Child Abuse Registry Check

and Criminal Record Check

• Must possess a valid driver’s license and have access to a vehicle

Salary: Salary will commensurate with education and experience

Closing Date: Friday, April 22, 2016

A cover letter indicating the position applying for, an updated resume

and three references can be sent to:

Human Resources

Awasis Agency of Northern Manitoba

701 Thompson Drive

Thompson, MB R8N 2A2

Fax: (204) 778-8428


Awasis Agency provides continuous trainingand a great benefi ts package to employees.

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

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYAWASIS AGENCY OF NORTHERN MANITOBA

REGIONAL CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES WORKER-SHAMATTAWA UNIT

LOCATION: THOMPSON CENTRAL OFFICE, THOMPSON, MB

LITTLE SASKATCHEWANFIRST NATION

HEALTH AUTHORITY

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE/HOME CARE NURSE – Full Time

Under the direction and supervision of the Health Director to whom authority is delegated by Chief and Council with BDO Canada LLP Third Party Managers for Little Saskatchewan Health Authority, this position will be responsible to provide nursing services to the clients of Little Saskatchewan First Nation.

DUTIES (SUMMARY):• Work collectively with the health team of Little

Saskatchewan First Nation in the delivery of Public Health Services and Home Care Services

• Plan, implement, deliver and evaluate Public Health and Home Care

• Provide nursing services in a wide variety of settings (clinic, school, community)

• The nurse will also be expected to have knowledge, skills, competence and professional judgment as it relates to the concepts of health promotion, disease prevention, health education, group process and community development

• Perform physical assessments of all age groups, undertake a wide variety of procedures/techniques (vision/hearing screening, immunization, STI management, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS:• RN or BN from recognized educational institution and

eligible for registration with the college of Registered Nurses of Manitoba

• Knowledge of First Nations cultural practices, traditions, and customs

• Must have excellent oral and written skills• Must be computer literate and have experience

working with computer programs such as Microsoft Offi ce, Word, Excel, Access Database and Microsoft PowerPoint.,

• Knowledge of the Federal/Provincial Health Care Systems

• CPR and First Aid certifi cation• Immunization Certifi cate• Must have a valid Manitoba Driver’s License at all

times• Criminal Record Check and Child Abuse Registry

Check to be submitted

SALARY: Negotiable depending on experience and qualifi cations

CLOSING DATE: May 8th,2016PLEASE FORWARD RESUMES TO ATTENTION OF:

Eunice Woodhouse – Health DirectorLittle Saskatchewan Health Authority

[email protected]

Winnipeg, MB R3C 4L5

FRONTIER SCHOOL DIVISION

TEACHING JOB POSTING

POSITION: Physical Education Teacher

LOCATION: Frontier Collegiate Institute

START DATE: September 6, 2016

FTE: 1.0 FTE

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: Permanent

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, April 25, 2016 at 12:00 noon

Frontier Collegiate Institute (F.C.I.) is a unique, well-equipped high school

with a residence, located in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba. There are

approximately 300 students, 23 teachers and 70 support staff on the

campus. F.C.I. offers a full range of Grade 9 to Grade 12 course offerings.

Cranberry Portage is located between Lake Athapapaskow and First

Cranberry Lake on Highway 10. Cranberry Portage is 50 kms southeast

of Flin Flon and 90 kms north of The Pas, which are both full service

communities. Year round activities include snowmobiling, boating, fi shing,

and hunting opportunities.

The main focus of this teacher will be to develop and implement the

Hockey Canada Skills Academy for the school. The Hockey Canada Skills

Academy is a partnership between Hockey Canada and the school system

to support individual hockey skill development and academic achievement.

Training components of a hockey academy are in line with the role of the

school in other areas; to teach and help the students learn and excel. The

outcome is to enhance a hockey student’s confi dence, individual playing

skills, self-esteem and opportunities in both academics and athletics.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparing and delivering daily practices that focus on individual

skill development and team tactics

• Classroom teaching in a subject area to be determined

• Creating a practice and game schedule

• Daily administrative duties for all aspects of the program

• Meeting regularly with the academic staff to ensure players are

keeping up with work

• Working closely with Campus Recreation Coordinator to ensure

dynamic evening and weekend programming for students

• Annual participation in professional development through the

Hockey Canada Skills Academy training program

QUALIFICATIONS

• Valid Manitoba Teaching Certifi cate (or eligibility for)

• Bachelor of Education

• Excellent understanding of current Manitoba Curricula

• Familiarity with the rules of hockey and strong skating

background (experience as a player, coach, or referee in organized

minor hockey an asset)

• Intermediate Level Certifi cation in the National Coach Certifi cation

Program (NCCP) by Hockey Canada (training provided)

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Superior leadership skills for dealing with staff and students alike

• Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing environments

• Professional, courteous demeanor

• Strong work ethic and commitment to excellence

• Experience working with children

• First Aid & CPR certifi cation

Applicants are requested to submit a comprehensive resume and the

names of three references including contact numbers, all of whom must

have knowledge of the applicant’s performance in the applicant’s current

or recent assignment. Consent to contact references is also required.

Please submit applications to:

Mrs. Dodie Johnston

Principal

Frontier Collegiate Institute

Cranberry Portage, MB R0B 0H0

Phone: (204) 472-3431 Fax: (204) 472-3191


All applicants are thanked for their interest; however, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Employment is contingent upon the provision of clear Criminal Record and Child Abuse Registry checks. For further information on the Division, visit the website at

www.frontiersd.mb.ca

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Koch Fertilizer Canada, ULC is a nitrogen-based fertilizer production facility located in Brandon, Manitoba, a growing city of close to 60,000 residents with a trading area of about 150,000 people, just 200 km west of Winnipeg and 100 km north of the United States border. Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba and offers sporting, arts and outdoor attractions, a variety of shopping amenities, university and college, and boasts a high quality of life and a diverse population, ranking 26th on the MoneySense top best cities to live in Canada.

Koch Fertilizer is a leading manufacturer with a team of approximately 280 employees, offering nationally competitive salaries, full extended benefi ts packages, pension and subsidized investment options, and performance-based bonuses in an environment committed to success! Relocation assistance is also available for selected roles.

We’re looking for top performers who can embrace our guiding principles and want to make a difference as part of a winning team. If you have the qualifi cations that put you above the rest, apply for a rewarding career with us today!

We are seeking candidates for roles including:

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Please note that third party submissions will be treated as if submitted by the candidate.

Execu ve DirectorThe Thompson Crisis Centre is a non-pro t, unionized agency, providing shelter and related services to women and children in northern Manitoba who are vic ms of domes c violence.

Repor ng to and in coopera on with the governing Board of Directors, the Execu ve Director is responsible for the overall management of the Shelter in keeping with established principles, standards and goals.

Quali ca ons:The successful applicant will have a University / College Degree in Social Services or a related eld. A background in Human Resource Administra on or Business Administra on is desirable. A minimum of three years experience in the provision of direct services is required and two to three years experience in a management posi on within the eld of human services is highly desirable. This individual must have a thorough knowledge of family violence issues as well as thorough knowledge of Aboriginal culture and issues a ec ng Aboriginal women and children. Demonstrated skills and ability as a team leader, facilitator, mediator, nego ator and problem solver are required. Knowledge of Union nego a ng, collec ve bargaining agreements and administering the agreement is desired, as is knowledge of the Carver model of governance.

Du es and Responsibili es:The posi on involves iden fying the varied opera on and program needs of the shelter as it evolves and developing the strategies, including proposals to meet those needs. In consulta on with the Board of Directors, the Execu ve Director is responsible for the annual budget submissions and other agency repor ng requirements. The posi on involves the monitoring of program needs and service delivery in rela on to shelter objec ves and goals. Outreach and advocacy within the community is involved.

Salary: Nego able.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: May 6, 2016

Interested candidates should submit a le er of applica on and resume, as well as provide the names and contact informa on for three references.

Apply in wri ng to:Selec on Commi ee, c/o Thompson Crisis Centre, P.O. 1226, Thompson , MB, R8N 1P1, or email to [email protected].

We thank all those that apply, but only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

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The city was billed $22,357.98 for services in Feburary, which included 435.5 hours of operation at a cost of $45.22 per hour, which includes the variable fuel rate cost of the 2010-2015 agreement of $4.71 per hour, though that amount could change.

“When an agreement is reached on the fuel cost, Greyhound Canada will submit a supplemental bill-ing for any additional costs incurred,” said a letter from Carol Bogobowicz of Grey-hound Canada included on the agenda of the April 7 meeting of the public works committee. “Likewise, we will issue a credit if the vari-able fuel cost rate is lower

than the agreed amount.”February’s invoice also

includes a $1,600 charge for the provision of standby buses for two days in February.

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