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When Jim MacLeod heard that Canada’s assistant deputy minister of defence had recommended him as a candidate for the NATO Science and Technology Board’s highest award – the von Kármán medal – which had only been won by three Canadian scientists before, he didn’t like his chances.

“I was honoured that they would even nominate me given the calibre of some of the people that they’ve put in there but I literally told him, I didn’t say he was a fool, I said he was just wasting his time,” MacLeod, a National Research Council (NRC) Canada research offi cer for jet engine icing, recalled during an interview at the GLACIER jet engine test facility south of Thompson on Dec. 16.

So when he found out that he had been unanimously chosen to receive the award, which he accepted at an awards ceremony in Tirana, Albania on Sept. 16, MacLeod could hardly believe his ears.

“I got an email asking me if I was available for a phone call from the NATO chief scientist,” says Mac-Leod. “Then I got the message that I had fl oated to the top of that. I just couldn’t wrap my head around that.”

He remembered to thank his boss in his acceptance speech, however.

“The assistant deputy minister of defence was there,” MacLeod says. “I thanked him for wasting his time.”

MacLeod received the award – be-coming the fourth NRC aerospace employee to do so – in recognition of the service he has provided NATO during his time with the NRC, which began in 1982, right about the time that NATO was embarking on a new jet engine testing project that saw two jet engines sent to eight different facilities around the world, including one owned by the NRC as well as others operated by NASA and by the air forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Turkey.

“The idea was to see whether people would get the same answers and what came out of that was no,” said MacLeod. “The facility and the

type of facility that you test an en-gine in will alter its performance in some way and some way different that what it would perform if it were just on an aircraft out in the free air.”

That became his thesis topic in graduate school and led him to fur-ther work on jet engine testing fa-cilities, including Canadian air force facilities from Nova Scotia to Alberta. That led to him sharing an offi ce with the NRC’s then-expert on engine icing certifi cation, which NRC has been conducting since the 1940s.

“There had been the guru before him and the guru before him and he was our current one and I basically learned what he was doing at the same time,” says MacLeod. “Then in the mid ‘90s when our icing guy retired, I took over as the icing spe-cialist and basically my focus since that time has been more on the en-vironmental certifi cation of engines whether it’s icing or rain or hail or bird ingestion testing.”

MacLeod came to Thompson in 2007 when the GLACIER facility was built through a partnership that included NRC, which owns the spray mast and nozzles that spray frozen water droplets into engines being tested, as well as jet engine manufacturers Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce.

MacLeod was familiar with North-ern Manitoba’s cold temperatures and knew that his predecessor’s predeces-sor had worked at an NRC facility for jet engine icing testing in Churchill in the 1950s and 1960s. When the NRC decided that it needed a bigger testing facility than the one it has in Ottawa, MacLeod and others tasked with picking the site started looking there.

“They would put everything on the train and send it up to Churchill,” MacLeod says. “They basically had to ship everything up there and they had to ship all the fuel that they were go-ing to use for the test and sometimes they’d get into the third or fourth day of the test and the engine would go boom and the test was over and they had all this fuel that they couldn’t get rid of and he said it was a nightmare

for them to try to be able to determine how much fuel they should have and not end up with too much left over.”

Any new facility needed road ac-cess to avoid that problem.

“Gillam was the end of the road but Thompson is pretty much the end of civilization road so to me that looked like the best target,” said MacLeod.

It wasn’t a slam-dunk, though. There was stiff competition from Wabush, Labrador. “One of the main things that hurt Wabush was the iron,” MacLeod says. “I guess the iron dust up there is so bad that the hard drives won’t last more than a couple of months in a computer. So we said, that’s not going to work.”

MacLeod spends two to three months working out of the Thomp-son facility in a typical year, de-pending on the schedule of the manufacturers. And while it won’t remain the biggest in Canada for much longer, thanks to a $26 mil-lion expansion planned for another facility in Winnipeg, MacLeod says

GLACIER may need to expand.“We are currently capable of

handling the biggest engines but if we believe what the engine manu-facturers are telling us we’re going to have to upscale it by another 50 per cent probably,” he says.

Still, if he had to do it all over again, MacLeod said he’d pick a different spot: north of Thompson, closer to the airport.

“We’ve sometimes found there’s a 10-degree difference between here and the airport,” he says. “They’re down in a bowl, right, they’re sort of low and we’re as high as you can get pretty much in terms of the height. When there’s no wind, just the stratifi cation of air means the colder air sinks to the lower levels and the warmer air is at the higher levels. When there’s a breeze it’s not an issue but we’ve had some days where it’s just like dead, dead calm, fl ags are just limp and we’re sitting there and the weather forecast said we were going to get -10 and we’re sitting here and it’s -6 and it’s -10 out at the airport.”

NRC jet engine icing scientist wins NATO’s highest science award

Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of National Research Council Canada

Jim MacLeod, a National Research Council (NRC) research offi cer for

jet engine icing, won the NATO Science and Technology Board’s highest

award in September.

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Former Thompsonite Const. Leif Svendsen, cur-rently an RCMP offi cer in Selkirk, is polishing up and relacing old RCMP boots to donate to Manitoba’s homeless population.Svendsen told the Thomp-son Citizen that 30 boots have been donated thus far in the last two years, with more on the way: “We just finished up with a two-week boot drive; those will probably go down to the Winnipeg Homeless shelter. The

Thompson detachment got on board as well, and just sent down a box of boots that came in today.”Svendsen was inspired when he encountered a man with shoes held together with nothing but duct tape. Speaking with CBC, he said, “I didn’t think much of it at the time, however after getting off shift, there were a lot of boots on top of the lockers, dusty, and I fi gured they could go somewhere else. I thought of the gentle-man on the street.” While Svendsen said he replaces

his boots every two to three years, offi cers are entitled to a new pair every year, and boots are occasion-ally replaced well before the end of their lifetimes.Svendsen says the re-sponse has been over-whelmingly positive; St. Francis Place Homeless Shelter has expressed their thanks, along with the local Roman Catholic Church. He encourages other police departments and emergency services to contribute to the campaign, whether in Selkirk or their home communities.

When it comes to buy-ing work boots, the advice is usually to buy the best ones you can because you will be practically living in them, figuratively speak-ing. Most people have a home in which to kick their boots off, a radiator to dry them out, and a fresh pair of socks to slip on at the end of the day. But many across Mani-toba don’t and while few people know the value of good shoes better than those who don’t have a home, they’re also the least likely to have them.

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Selkirk RCMP Const. Leif Svendsen, a former Thompsonite and R.D. Parker Collegiate graduate, began collecting old

work boots from fellow offi cers to donate to homeless people in Selkirk two years ago and has received about 30 pairs

to date.


Volunteers from the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) got together Dec. 16 to catch up on progress surrounding the Thomp-son’s upcoming treatment transportation service. “The program is to drive cancer patients to their ap-pointments at a minimal charge,” explains city coun-cillor and CCS community representative Judy Kolada. “We’ll also be connecting patients to the service in Winnipeg.” The program has existed for some time in Winnipeg, while Kolada hopes the program will be active in Thompson by

February. Volunteer driv-ers will receive a per diem stipend to help cover gas costs for patient trips. In Winnipeg, the Manitoba Freemasons have been a primary supporter of the CCS transportation ser-vice, including replacing its six-van fleet over the course of six years. The Masons have also pledged their support for the northern program, though Judy Kolada notes that they have yet to know how that support will materialize. The United Steelworkers union has also pledged $500 to the program, which will go towards either reducing costs of transport here in

Thompson, or towards co-ordinating their services with the Winnipeg program for travelling northerners.Volunteer Joel Goble, present at the meeting, said having free transpor-tation in Winnipeg was a tremendous help. “It was a huge cost-saver the fi rst time I was in Winnipeg. A one-way cab ride to the clinic was about seven-teen dollars, so that can mean forty dollars a day. If you’re there for radia-tion –and you can’t get radiation in the north – going there every day for fi ve days to a week, plus your food, lodgings. You can go bankrupt fi ght-

ing cancer in the north.”The program will not only help reduce the cost of travel during treatment, but provide an environ-ment more conducive to patient well-being: CCS transportation service vehicles are considerably cleaner and more man-ageable for chemotherapy patients with reduced im-mune function. “The big difference people men-tion is that it’s a person-al thing, as opposed to a business,” said Goble. “It’s a citizen of the com-munity, giving you a ride, and helping you out. It’s so much better than a cab. I can attest to that.”

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Thompson Regional Airport Authority (TRAA) CEO Curtis Ross spoke at the Thompson Chamber of Commerce Dec. 16 to update residents on developments at the airport over the last year, and the projects which are scheduled for next year. Major projects include the re-housing of the airport’s elec-trical hub, construction of a new primary apron, and the preliminary engineering as-sessments for an independ-ent water treatment plant.Earlier plans to construct a new terminal on the north side of the airport have been put on hold, Ross said. “As part of our due diligence, we were out there at public consultation meetings and stakeholder meetings, and what came out of there was that while everyone wants a new terminal, they also want it to be affordable to fl y out of here.” With government funding in short supply, Ross says the airport author-ity is prioritizing long-term sustainability for continuing costs: “In the last 10 years, we’ve gotten the airport to a sustainable point where we can afford what we have, and we want to maintain that. A new terminal is just icing on the cake.” The ter-minal project was estimated at roughly $116 million.Yet while more visible chan-

ges will have to wait until economic conditions im-prove, Curtis nonetheless notes that the airport was slated to receive critical up-grades and maintenance to infrastructure, such the air-port’s electrical grid: “There was a little blue building that was sinking into the ground; Well, that blue building hap-pens to hold every piece of electrical distribution and controls for our lighting and approach lighting for our air-port. It’s a very critical piece of infrastructure, so we’ve been working on that pro-ject and will continue to work on it into the new year.” Approach lighting for the runway is also be-ing replaced in the month of December, as well as under-ground electrical infrastruc-ture supporting the lights. The project is projected to cost roughly $3.2 million.Though plans for a new ter-minal have been shelved, the current terminal will con-tinue to receive critical up-grades as the year progress-es, such as a new primary apron (the area which planes are parked and loaded close to the terminal): “We can get funding to rebuild the air-side apron, so we’ll proceed with that.” The project will run roughly $10 and $15 million, but upgrading the current building doesn’t pre-clude the future construction of a new one “In the future,

if the economy improves, we can reapply for that fund-ing, so long as the terminal is built on the other side.”Other important projects which have seen progress include the costing of an independent water treat-ment plant, which is re-quired whether a new ter-minal is constructed or not: “We’ve been hauling water from town right now for our potable water. It’s been

that way since the airport was handed over to us from Transport Canada.” While discussions were undertaken several years ago to partner with the City of Thompson, Ross says the authority ultimately felt that it had to proceed on its own. “We’ve done the costing on a plant that would service the airport facilities for the next 10 years, including under-

ground infrastructure.” Engineering studies will be conducted in 2016 to meas-ure the demands and lim-itations of a new system.Additional areas being addressed are the park-ing layout, with the aim of reducing congestion in front of the terminal en-trance, and the in-house provision of security services, as opposed to contract services. A fi bre

optic line has also been established to support the airport’s information technology infrastructure, with a public wi-fi service to be installed in the near future.

“What I’ve learned in my tenure is that there’s no such thing as a small project at the airport,” said Curtis. “Anything you touch is going to cost you millions of dollars.”

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In an average winter, a -15 Celsius day would be a cause to celebrate over the holidays. But Dec. 18 was the coldest day of the win-ter up to that point. It was a perfect day, then, for mem-bers of Manitoba Keewati-nowi Okimaknak (MKO) to be handing out winter care packages for the homeless and needy.

“We’re just calling people as they’re walking by, driving by Trapper’s and Burntwood, giving out packages,” said Gina Spence. “I’ve already ran

out of men’s packages.”Freda Lepine, one of

the co-ordinators of the event, explained how the event came about: “Agnes Dantouze, she was the one who came up with the idea that we should contribute some of our personal funds, to help the homeless with mit-tens and whatnot. All of the staff got involved, and I approached Ryan Land with Vale and asked if they would match what we collected, and they did. So we bought some extra toques, mitts, to make the bags a little merrier.” In-

cluding Vale’s donation, MKO raised $1,300 with which to purchase the care packages.

Care packages includ-ed a toque, mitts, neck-warmers, socks, purses or wallets, and a few other items, as well as feminine care products for women’s packages.MKO regularly organ-izes small aid activities throughout the season; last year, food packages were distributed. “A lot of them are from the communities we serve, so we want to give back to them,” said Lepine.

Cold day met with MKO care packages for homeless and people in need

Thompson Citizen photo by Kacper Antoszewski

Organizers Freda Lepine, Agnes Dantouze and Gina Spence of Manitoba Keewatinowi

Okimakanak passing out winter care packages to two recipients in front of Canadian Tire

Dec. 18, one of the coldest days of the winter so far.


Thompson RCMP are looking for 34-year-old Yvon Shawn Guignard, who was last seen at the Thompson General Hospital in the early morning hours of Nov. 28.

Guignard was last seen wearing a bright yellow winter construction jacket with refl ective material and black ski pants. He is 6’1” tall with a slender build, weighs approximately 155 lbs and has blond hair and blue eyes. Police say he should not be approached as he may be in medical distress.

Anyone who sees Gui-gnard or has information about his whereabouts can call Thompson RCMP at 204-677-6909 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477. Secure tips can be submitted online at www.manitobacrimestop-pers.com. Information can also be submitting by tex-ting TIPMAN plus a mes-sage to CRIMES (274637).

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Walking to

school not more

valuable than a

child’s safetyTo the Editor:

I am writing in response to the viewpoint offered by Director of Planning and Community Development, Matt M. Boscariol (“The walk to school: A rite of passage,” Letter to the Editor Dec. 16 Thompson Citizen, p. 5).

I fi nd myself in agreement with many points in his article, such as school-aged children can gain valuable exercise and life skills from the daily commute to school. In a perfect world, what parent would not want this?

However, the attempt to gloss over legitimate and real safety concerns that parents have for young children in an attempt to justify enforcement procedures is pretty transpar-ent. The issue raised was not whether or not parents and the city can do more to protect our young ones on the way to school. Clearly, more can be done in that regard. The issue was with enforcement of parking bylaws until such a state of safety for our children actually exists.

I think I speak on behalf of most parents, when I say that we will err on the side of safety over perceived development opportunity. But since you have raised the issue, Mr. Boscariol, is it safe to assume that instead of enforcing parking bylaws at times of school drop-off, that the city will instead commit to use the Community Safety Offi cer program to increase patrols along major streets the kids use to walk to school?

After all what is more shortsighted, parents denying the opportunity for their children to walk to school because of very real safety concerns they have, or a city opting to pretend they don’t exist? I, too, could wax poetically about days gone by when we walked uphill both ways through blizzards to get to school. However, times have changed, no matter how much we wish they could have remained the same. The City of Thompson is now struggling with deep social issues that place our children at risk when they are on the streets. Events such as “Take Back the Night” or recent crime stats proclaiming us the most violent city in Canada are not the imaginings of overprotective parents.

I, for one, do not appreciate the implication that the care and safety of my young children is somehow the cause of failings in the city planning department, or the absolute farce you are trying to peddle that a walk to school is somehow more valuable to a child than that child’s physical safety.

Darrell KlusThompson

Christmas spirit welcome the whole year round

If you look through today’s newspaper or those of the past few

weeks, you’ll see ample evidence of the generosity of Thompsonites and much to counter the claim that the media isn’t interested in good news stories.

And while it is true that a great number of Thompson residents donate a great deal of time and money to worthy causes throughout the year (helping to keep Manitoba ranked as the country’s most charitable province, with a quarter of tax returns from the prov-ince showing donations to

tax-deductible charities), the spirit of generosity and giving often ramps up around Christmas, when people seem to be bet-ter able to appreciate the blessings they’ve received and to empathize with those who aren’t so lucky. Even famed fi ctional miser and curmudgeon Ebenzer Scrooge came to realize the error of his ways and em-brace the spirit of the sea-son in Charles Dickens’s holiday classic A Christmas Carol, according to the con-ventional way of seeing the heartwarming tale.

There is, however, an-

other way to look at what may be the most famous Dickens tale, even if most of its exposure is more through various movie adaptations than the book itself. In this inter-pretation, Scrooge has merely taken the values of the society that sur-rounds him to heart and decided that what’s good enough for the rest of the year is good enough for Christmas. From this view-point, the Christmas spirit is the literal embodiment of hypocrisy, when for a brief window of time people pre-tend that they are more generous and giving than they normally are, tem-porarily abandoning the virtues of hard work and self-reliance that modern capitalist societies are re-putedly built upon.

The truth may lie some-where between these two extremes but it doesn’t seem unreasonable to say that, no matter what God you worship or even if you don’t worship any, the al-truism people of all faiths

display at Christmas time is a glimpse at the better angels of our nature. So as we prepare to move into a new year that will see more Syrian refugees arriving in Canada, what is already shaping up to be a bitterly contested provincial elec-tion and, south of the bor-der, the ridiculous rhetoric among hopeful Republican presidential candidates amped up to even more extreme levels (as if they aren’t bad enough right now), let’s see if we can keep the Christmas spirit in our hearts year-round and, instead of condemning those with whom we dis-agree and seeking to high-light the superfi cial differ-ences among the billions of people on this planet, embrace the shared values that bring us together: the desire to be healthy and happy and free of need and safe from violence. It will never be a perfect world, but it can be a better one when we help each other up instead of knocking one another down.

In my own words: deck the hallsTo the Editor:

“Deck the Halls.” As bells ring out and echoes of Christmas carols sound in the distance let’s realize the ideal of what Christmas is, what it means and how important it is to family, friends and children. Under each tree of ornaments and lighting is that special touch of colourfully wrapped gifts filled with happiness, joy and blessings. Let the “deck of halls” be wrenching in our own experience that this festival season can touch someone’s heart with gifts of laugh-

ter, hugs and smiles. Why don’t we stir up our human kindness, respect and spend those yuletide days with families and friends? Let our hearts be decorated with optimism and that the true joy will never cease today or tomorrow. To all Thompsonites and surrounding areas I wish that glow of Christmas spirits continue and that you keep that precious symbol of happiness, joy and peace throughout 2016 and beyond.

Ken RossThompson


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Burntwood Elementary School students from the S.M.A.K. (Students Making a Change)

social justice group were at the Canadian Tire parking lot Dec. 18 handing out free hot

chocolate. The members of the group, from Grade 5 to Grade 8, support local causes like

the Salvation Army by volunteering during the Christmas kettle donation drive and also

sold bracelets and collected donations instead of trick-or-treating at Halloween to buy

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R.D. Parker Collegiate’s Glenn Shatford was one of ten Grade 12 students from around the province recognized for contribu-tions to healthy living in their communities with a 2015 Premier’s Health Living Award for Youth Dec. 17.

The award includes a medal, a congratulatory letter from Premier Greg Selinger and a $500 bur-sary towards post-second-ary tuition.

The students received their awards in a cere-mony at the legislative building in Winnipeg last Thursday.

“It is truly uplifting to see so many young Mani-tobans, the future leaders of our province, involved in promoting healthy liv-ing in their schools and communities,” said Sel-inger in a press release. “Their achievements are impressive and I hope they will inspire Manitobans of all ages to adopt more active, healthy lifestyles.”

Shatford, who received the award for his efforts towards promoting men-tal health in Thompson and Northern Manitoba, said he was not expecting to be one of the award’s recipients and that when he received the email in-forming him, he thought it would just be a thank-you

for his application.“When I saw it, I thought

they were just trying to be courteous,” he said. When he realized he won, “I was pretty ecstatic.”

Awards are presented to students who are posi-tive role models and pro-mote healthy lifestyles in the areas of active living, healthy eating, healthy sexuality, mental health promotion, safety and injury prevention, sub-stance use and addic-tions, and tobacco use reduction. There were 40 applicants this year and the recipients include two others from Northern Manitoba: Andrena Bayer of Mel Johnson School in Wabowden and Jaiden (Buddy) Moise of Fron-tier Collegiate Institute in Cranberry Portage.

“It is important to honour and acknow-ledge these youth, who are establishing a path to healthy living for all Manitobans to follow,”

said Healthy Living and Seniors Minister Deanne Crothers. “I would like to thank the recipients for their dedication and also their teachers and fam-ilies for supporting them in their efforts.”

Shatford’s passion for mental health comes from his own experience of suffering in silence and he wants to make sure that other people don’t feel as isolated as he did. That work, he says, is also good for him.

“Trying to help people defi nitely makes it easier,” Shatford said, who speaks about mental health at various events and is an active member of both the Hope North Suicide Pre-vention Committee and the S.O.S. (Students Offering Support) group at RDPC. He plans to use the bur-sary money towards his education. He is planning to study for a bachelor of science degree, hopefully at the University of Mani-

toba, continue to medical school and then specialize in psychiatry.

“I’ve dealt with a lot of positive psychiatrists and a lot of negative psych-iatrists,” Shatford says, and wants to help prevent others from going through some of those negative experiences.

Shatford said it would have been diffi cult to im-agine when he was at his lowest points that any good could come from having mental health problems.

“I never thought my suffering would lead to this place,” he said. “I didn’t think I’d end up in the place I am now. “

For those who suffer from mental health issues themselves, Shatford of-fers this advice.

“There’s always help no matter how isolated or alone you feel,” he says. “There’s always someone who cares and who wants the best for you.”

RDPC Grade 12 student one of 10 healthy living award recipients in Manitoba

Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Glenn Shatford

From left to right, Healthy Living and Seniors Minister Deanne Crothers, Glenn Shatford of

Thompson and Premier Greg Selinger in Winnipeg Dec. 17, where Shatford was one of 10

Manitoba students to receive a 2015 Premier’s Healthy Living Award for Youth.

CorrectionThe photo caption in the article “Young good Samaritan receives surprise

for the holidays” which appeared on Page 8 of the Dec. 16 Thompson Citizenmisidentifi ed Vanessa Stratton as April Rose, the mother of Eva Rose. The Citizen apologizes for the error.


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The Norman Wild came up short in a pair of games against the Eastman Se-lects in Thompson Dec. 19-20 giving up three straight goals in a 5-3 loss on Sat-urday and tying the game with just over a minute left in regulation time Sunday before falling in the shoot-out after a scoreless over-time period.

Kerri Ann Sweeny had the tying goal Dec. 20, rushing in from the face-off circle to pick up a loose puck and beat Eastman goaltender Raina Rempel with 1:15 left in the third period. Kelsey Dykun had given the Selects a 1-0 lead early in the third period, following teammate Robyn Matula down the ice and then putting her rebound behind Wild netminder Tori Ellers.

The fi rst four shooters in the shootout failed to score

before Stephanie Jones got a goal for Eastman. Nor-man’s Kali Cummings had to score to extend the shootout but was stopped by Rempel to give Eastman a 2-1 win.

Sweeny had a goal for the Wild in the Dec. 19 game as well, scoring early in the second period to tie the game 2-2 after Eastman built up a 2-0 lead in the opening period on goals by Matula and Alexandra Chevrefi ls be-fore Cailey Salisbury got the Wild on the scoreboard with a point shot on the power play.

The Selects’ goaltender Zoe Coates left with an injury after Sweeny’s goal and her teammates took over offensively, with Jori Friesen, Paige Dundas and Matula scoring before the second period expired. Carlin Hamilton cut the lead to two goals with 33.4 seconds left before

the second intermission, picking up a rebound off the back boards and put-

ting it past Rempel to make the score 5-3 for Eastman.

The Wild are seventh

in the Manitoba Female Midget Hockey League standings with a 2-13-1

record for fi ve points, 10 behind the sixth-place Selects.

Wild pick up one point with shootout loss to Eastman

Thompson Citizen photo by Ian Graham

Kerri Ann Sweeny, centre, had two goals in two games for the Norman Wild against the Eastman Selects Dec. 19-20,

including one with 1:15 to play in regulation time that tied the game 1-1 and sent it to overtime Dec. 20.


The Norman North-stars wrapped up the 2015 portion of the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League season with a close 7-5 loss on Saturday against the Parkland Rangers, followed by a rougher 8-2 loss on Sunday.Saturday night’s game started with enthusi-asm, and despite Park-land managing 18 shots on net, the Northstars managed to outscore Parkland 3-2, with two goals by Justin Nach-baur and one by Michael Markus against Park-land’s Jaden Townsend and Bradley Marshall. Parkland managed to catch up in the second period, however, with Josh Wilkinson and Chandler Musgrave scoring goals within five minutes of each other. Ethan Stuckless tied up the score at 10:41, leaving the scoreboard at 4-4 by the end of the second period.

The game tipped sharp-ly for Parkland in the third period, however,

with three goals by An-drew Liwiski, Marshall and Bradyn Smelski. The period wasn’t en-tirely lost, however, as a final goal by meant a hat trick for Justin Nach-baur that night, leaving the score at 7-5 with

shots even at 39 apiece. What the score doesn’t show was just how tense the game became after Nachbaur’s second goal in the first period. Both teams left with 13 infrac-tions, with at least one count of either rough-

ing after the whistle or unsportsmanlike conduct in all periods.That energy only mount-ed in Sunday’s game; though Northstar Tony Apetagon managed a goal somewhat early in the first period, the Rangers would dominate most of the game, with two goals in the first period by Townsend and Dus-tin Mozdzen, and four in the second period by Smelski, Townsend, Moz-dzen and Marshall. Lance Laycock got the second goal for the Northstars in the third period, but that was quickly neg-ated by two more goals for the Rangers by Moz-dzen and his own hat trick for the weekend. Once again, tensions ran high: 12 infractions from the Rangers and 11 from the Northstars included a major pen-alty for Parkland, and counts of misconduct on either side. The final score was shots were 47-25 for the Rangers.The Northstars return to C.A. Nesbitt Arena Jan. 9 to play the Central Plains Capitals.

Northstars rack up dual losses in

tense weekend against Parkland


Justin Nachbaur notched a hat trick Dec. 19 night against

the Parkland Rangers, including two goals in the fi rst per-

iod.

Bantam Miners

undefeatedBY IAN [email protected]

The Thompson King Miners kept their undefeated streak to start the Norman Minor Hockey Association bantam AA league season alive with three wins and a tie Dec. 18-20 in Cross Lake.

The weekend opened with a 6-6 tie against the Cross Lake Islanders 1 Dec. 18, the fi rst and only time so far this season that Thompson has not emerged a winner. Armando Evans had a pair of goals for the King Miners, with Robert Dudas, Murphy Krentz, Ryan Monias and Curtis Shymanski contrib-uting singles. Thomas King and Skylar Szocs each allowed 12 goals on 15 shots while splitting the duties in net for Thompson. Arlo Muskego stopped 40 shots for Cross Lake 1, which got two goals each from Braedan Monias and Dredyn Robinson with singles by Vincent Ross and Julius Scribe.

Thompson got back to its winning ways the following morning with a 15-2 win over the Cross Lake Islanders 2. Evans and Ryan Monias had hat tricks for the King Miners, while Dudas and Jayden Paul notched two apiece. Jacob Enns, Aaron Haase, Shymanski and Drayden Spence scored singles for Thompson, which got seven saves from King and Szocs, who each played net for half the game. Marcus Ross stopped 30 Thompson shots for Cross Lake 2, which got goals from Charlton Beardy and Dixon Thomas.

The King Miners were back in action later Dec. 19, facing the Split Lake Eagles and defeating them 8-6. Spence led Thompson with four goals, while Enns, Krentz, Paul and Shymanski had one each. King stopped nine of 14 shots in 30 minutes in goal while Szocs stopped fi ve of six. Keenan Keeper led the Eagles with four goals, while Zachery Kitche-keesik and Albert Sinclair had one apiece. Karson Neckoway made 31 saves in the Eagles’ net.

The weekend concluded with the King Miners getting past the Norway House North Stars 5-3 Dec. 20. Ryan Monias had a pair of goals and Dudas, Evans and Spence scored one each, with Szocs making 14 stops on 17 shots in two periods while King stopped the only shot the North Stars had in the fi nal frame. Henry Muchikekwanape had two goals for Norway House and Tim Folster the other, while Edward McLeod stopped 30 shots in the North Stars’ net.


Sports


The Shaun Parsons team from Thompson’s Burntwood Curling Club will represent Northern Manitoba at the 2016 Viterra men’s curling provincials in Selkirk in Feb-ruary after going undefeated at the regional qualifi er in Thompson Dec. 19-20.

The Parsons team – which also includes Kevin Parsons, Bronston Jonasson and Jim Davidson – built up a 7-1 lead through four ends against Grant Brown’s team in the last game Dec. 20, scoring two in the fi rst end, three in the second and two in the fourth, then held on to win 10-9 as Brown made it a close contest, trying to extend the tournament be-cause he needed to beat the Parsons team twice to fi nish on top.

The Parsons team beat Jonathan Sawatzky’s team 6-5 on Dec. 19 and then edged Brown’s team 7-6 later that day.

Brown’s squad opened with a 6-4 win over Sam Antila’s team Dec. 19 and then beat them again that evening by a 7-6 score.

Antila’s team beat Sa-watzky’s squad 10-4 in a B-side match between the

two games against Brown.Thompson will also be

represented in the 2016 Scot-ties Tournament of Hearts in Beausejour in January.

Jen Rolles, Sheri Horning, Courtney Reeves and Carly Perras of the Burntwood Curling Club qualifi ed for the women’s provincials because

they were the only team to register for the regional qualifi er, which would have been held last weekend in Thompson.

Parsons wins qualifi er for men’s curling provincials


The Shaun Parsons team beat Grant Brown’s squad 10-9 at the Burntwood Curling Club

Dec. 20 to win the regional qualifi er and the right to represent Manitoba at men’s curling

provincials in Selkirk in February.

King Miners win

twice on the road

to reclaim fi rst

place in midget

league standingsBY IAN [email protected]

The Thompson King Miners reclaimed top spot in the Norman Minor Hockey Association midget AA league standings with a pair of wins in Cross Lake and Norway House Dec. 19-20.

Alex Murray led the way with four goals in a 10-2 romp over the Cross Lake Islanders 2 Dec. 19, while Jerome Linklater and Trent North each added a pair. Chase Gurniak and Emerald Spence had singles for Thompson, which outshot the Islanders 61-37. Kruz Mitchell made 35 saves for the win. Magnum MacMil-lan and Damian Ross had the goals for Cross Lake while Peter Ross stopped 51 shots in net.

Murray was again the offensive leader Dec. 20 in Norway House, scoring six goals in an 11-6 victory over the Norway House North Stars. Linklater scored twice while North, Tanner Pilon and Spence added singles. Kenton Brass made 35 saves for the King Miners, who outshot the North Stars 64-41.

Marshall Mowatt had a hat trick for Norway House, with Blake Saunders scoring twice and Ronald Mus-kego adding a single. Liam Hutchings made 53 saves in goal.

The two wins give Thompson a league-leading total of 10 on the season and they have 22 points with a 10-2-2 record. Cross Lake Islanders 1 are second with a 9-5 record for 18 points, the same total as The Pas Huskies, who are 9-2 and have a league-best five-game winning streak. Norway House is fourth with a 7-10-1 record for 15 points.

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Light of the North Church

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The “Our Growing Women’s Health” cam-paign selected the Thomp-son Crisis Centre to re-ceive this year’s proceeds of $4,285. Shoppers Drug Mart associate owner Pawandeep Sidhu and supervisor/cash manager Tracy Feyereisen came to the centre on Monday to present Kim Hickes, TCC executive director, the cheque on behalf of Shop-pers Drug Mart.

The campaign is a four-week donation drive organized by Shoppers Drug Mart locations na-tionwide, with individual locations selection local or national charities to contribute to. Previously known as Tree of Life, the campaign has reoriented its goals towards women-specifi c issues. Along with donations raised in the store from Oct. 9 to Nov. 12, a cosmetics gift basket put together by Feyereisne that was raffl ed off, as well as a number of signed Winnipeg Jets jerseys that brought in roughly $700.

Shoppers Drug Mart lo-cations have the option to select a local foundation or donate to a selection of larger national causes, however, as Pawandeep notes, “Because we’re so isolated up here, I feel it’s important to give lo-

cal support.” Last year’s recipient was YWCA Thompson.

While Hickes couldn’t say exactly what the pro-ceeds would go towards, she did note that the cen-tre was always looking for ways to make the center feel “less like an insti-tution, and more like a home.”

“We receive funding for our core operations, food, wages, stuff like that. But I’m coming into my fourth year with the centre, and we’ve focused on securing money to purchase new furniture, so that it didn’t look like you were in a hospital.” Notably, Hickes helped redecorate their counselling room with new pleather furniture, an electric fi replace/furnace, and a television. For this donation, Hickes hopes to fi nd something tangible that will be able to carry the sponsor’s name on a plaque or an engraving.

“I don’t know what will be picked, but whatever it is, it will make the women feel 100 times more com-fortable.” Hickes notes this is especially the case for women who can’t leave the centre for safety reasons, who have to re-main indoors for up to 30 days at a time.

Sidhu says the success wouldn’t be possible with-out the community’s sup-

port. “Tracy did an amaz-ing job with fundraising, but this is also the whole community, because it’s not money that’s coming out of our pockets, but out of people who came donated to the crisis cen-tre.”

Hickes adds, “Because

we’re such a confi dential place, we’re not out in the public eye. It shows the community really cares about the crisis centre, which makes me feel good, because in this line of work you don’t really deal with the gen-eral public that often.”

Our Growing Women’s Health donates over $4,000 to crisis centre


Kim Hickes, executive director of the Thompson Crisis

Centre, stands between Pawandeep Sidhu and Tracy

Freyereisen, who holds a cheque for $285 gathered dur-

ing Shoppers Drug Mart’s “Our Growing Women’s Health”

Campaign.


From left to right, Thompson Crisis Centre (TCC) executive director Kim Hickes, United Steelworkers Local 6166 president

Les Ellsworth, Earl Timmons and Nicole Westroh with toys and other gifts donated for children at the TCC by members

of SOAR (Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees).

Spreading Christmas cheer


Sports

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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.

CAMPUS MANAGER Classification: Administrative Officer 4Full-Time Regular Position Thompson, ManitobaCompetition No. 16-002Closing Date: January 4, 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.


EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT Classification: Educational Assistant 2 Full-Time Regular Position: A.S.A.P. to June 24, 2016 (August to June annually thereafter) The Pas, Manitoba Competition No. 16-003 Closing Date: January 11, 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.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Classification: Administrative Assistant 2 Full-Time Regular Position: A.S.A.P. to June 15, 2016 (with the possibility of extension) Thompson, Manitoba Competition No. 16-004 Closing Date: January 12, 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.

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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

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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

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• 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: Open until fi lled

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

100-701 Thompson Drive

Thompson, MB R8N 2A2

Fax: (204) 778-8428

Email: [email protected]

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

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

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REGIONAL CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES WORKER-SHAMATTAWA UNIT

LOCATION: THOMPSON CENTRAL OFFICE, THOMPSON, MB

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We are a leading manufacturer with a team of approximately 300 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.

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

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Torpedoes winter

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The Thompson Northern Torpedoes (TNT) Swim Club’s winter registration for new members is running from Jan. 8-15 with the senior session beginning on Jan. 4 and the novice session beginning Jan. 5.

Registration will take place during regular practice times from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Swimmers are required to have completed swim level 4 before being eligible for the novice program, and can try it for two weeks before committing.

Though swimmers are welcome to register at any time, Nicole Blair strongly recommends registering at the be-ginning of the session to keep participants’ skills in time with the program and their peers. Interested parents and students are welcome to contact registrar Sarah Blair at [email protected]. Information can also be found at the TNT – Thompson Northern Torpedoes Swim Club Facebook page.

For now, you can catch the swimmers of the Thompson Northern Torpedoes volunteering at Santa’s Workshop in the City Centre Mall until Christmas.

Full-Time and Part-Time Youth Care PractitionerKisewatisiwin Services-Thompson

COMPETITION NUMBER: 2479.12.15

Macdonald Youth Services requires two Youth Care Practitioners, one full-time and one part-time, to work within the Kisewatisiwin Services in Northern Manitoba, working with high-needs adolescents with multiple treatment issues. Will include a variety of days, evenings, weekends and split shifts. Days and hours will depend on the specifi c position.

QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO DO THE JOB: The successful applicants will be required to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the provision of a nurturing, caring and safe environment for adolescents in a residential setting and must display the ability to understand and support treatment goals and to develop and maintain positive relationships with youth who demonstrate a wide range of social, emotional and behavioral diffi culties. Good written and verbal communication skills are required. As team members, duties may include, but are not limited to: administrative responsibilities, crisis management, maintaining health standards as directed by residential licensing requirements, budgeting, and contributing to treatment programming. Sound judgment, stress management, and good role modeling skills are required. Valid driver’s license is mandatory, willingness to obtain First Aid/CPR Certifi cation, minimum of 18 years of age, possess a current (within 3 months) or willingness to obtain a Criminal Record Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), possess a current (within 3 months) or willingness to obtain a Child Abuse Registry Check.

SALARY RANGE: $27,727.49 - $43,622.31 d.o.q per annum, plus competitive benefi ts plan. This position is also entitled to a Northern allowance equal to an additional fi ve percent (5%) of the salary. Salary will be prorated to the part-time position.

Resumes may be faxed, 778-7778, emailed, [email protected], or delivered to 102-83 Churchill Drive Thompson, MB quoting competition number before 12:00 noon December 28, 2015.

MYS is committed to developing and retaining a diverse workforce. All successful applicants may also be required to apply for a Prior Contact Check. We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. For further information about our other employment and volunteer opportunities please visit our website www.mys.ca.

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