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KTC staff member’s quick thinking and first aid training save life of God’s Lake woman

BY KYLE DARBYSON

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Keewatin Tribal Council (KTC) celebrated staff member Echo Dumas’s quick thinking, which saved a Gods Lake Narrowsn woman’s life, during their Sept. 13 meeting in Thompson.

During the Friday gettogether, therapist Mary Azure-Laubmann explained that she, Dumas and at least one other KTC staff member were deployed to God’s Lake First Nation to provide crisis response after a string of youth suicides triggered a state of emergency in late August.

The team was returning to their residence around lunchtime Sept. 6 when they spotted a serious allterrain vehicle accident on the side of the road.

“We noticed a quad that had crashed up against a steel fence,” said AzureLaubmann. “There was a steel pole there and then we looked to the ground and there was this lady and she was just laying there lifeless and we thought she was dead.”

Nickel Belt News photos by Kyle Darbyson Before anyone else reKeewatin Tribal Council CEO George Neepin (left) and health director John Spence (right) congratulate Echo Dumas for saving a woman’s life in Gods acted, Azure-Laubmann said Dumas flew out of the Lake Narrows by presenting her with a star blanket during a Sept. 13 ceremony in Thompson. truck they were in and took charge of the scene, performing CPR on the injured well. woman and telling nearby “If things didn’t hapbystanders how they could pen the way that they did I help. believe this woman would “She checked with the have died,” said Azurelady to see if she was still Laubmann. “I can’t say breathing and she started enough about Echo and talking to her, telling her the job that she does as not to move,” said Azure- an emergency response Laubmann. “She got every- worker.” body that was there doing For her heroic actions, their roles in medical first KTC CEO George Neepin Nickel Belt News photo by Ian Graham and director health John aid … she Foundation got them toof call Addictions Manitoba northernofdirector Gisele deMeulles has written a book about her experiences growing up, mostly in Churchill.

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Friday’s ceremony.

EDITOR@THOMPSONCITIZEN.NET to figure out.

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Gisele deMeulles said after writ- a couple of reasons. on a bomb.’” simplistic. It’s quite disre- miss the rock, I miss the sustaining a serious the sort residents how to ing wasn’t such something she teach “I just of thought, “I had such a varied hisAnother thing that spectful. If we were in the polar bears even though crash. thought she would you perform firstwhat, aid. This always know thistrainhis- tory and I would tell people spurred her on was the same boat in another area they’re very dangerous and ing paid off inthat’s a tangible do.“She must have been tory, this stuff in my stories and they would go, hard times facing Churchill I think we would scream I really miss the Hudson carrying with head, way init’sBrochet couple “In my groceries youth I never going toa be gone ‘That’s not true, is it?’ I’d go, since the Hudson Bay Rail- about that so why don’t they Bay,” she says. “When I go her one arm and driving years ago when someone felt good at writing,” she if I don’t write it down,” she ‘Yeah it’s true.’ They’d go, way suspended operations have the option to do that? back home, standing on the the quad, gro- almost drowned a ‘You didn’t do all that, did north of Gillam last spring. I think right now they’re Hudson Bay looking out on said.

“Butbecause when Ithe moved said. “My kids areduring not goceries were allto over the ing fishing expedition. to Thompson get into to get it if I don’t do it you? You’ve got to be really “It used to be a really feeling like they’re pawns the bay, it just gives you an ground,” said. “I put and “The she I’ve trained the schoolshe of social work, it’s people something al- old.’ I was like, ‘No, actually thriving large community in a political game and that’s incredible sense. You feel so her on point a backboard, incident they at that I had to made write saw waysthe wanted myand mom to I did all that before I was and it’s just dwindled down really sad for them because I small and you feel great.” sureuniversity there was norealized, further do. ran My to go revive him and and 27,’ and they went ‘What?’” to such a small population think the people of Churchfor and mom’s an elder Now that she’s got damage herbad spine and she’s saved an hisartist, life,” said ‘Holy, I’mtonot at this, she’sSpence. got so Looking back, some of now,” deMeulles says. ill really want to thrive. one book under her belt, then jumped in the back of many “So because of this training right?’

I certainly developed wonderful stories be- those experiences are things Though she’s not there They’ve built their worlds deMeulles says she may try a diesel truckinand brought cause she’s making a bigtells impact a lot of skill university she always her she might not do again. any longer, her parents and there. How would we feel to produce another.

Tribal Council therapist Echocame Dumas during meeting in Thompson. her to the nursing station.” on the community.” and came out of there with stories at Parks Canada in Keewatin “I did some pretty bizarre herMary sisterAzure-Laubmann and other familyembraces if someone to you andFriday’s “I have another book in The Gods Lake Narrows Neepin and wentI’ve on always to say stuff like fuel hauls into the members still are. a very strong skill in my Churchill said, ‘I’m sorry, you have to me,” she says. “It’s a darker resident wasconfi eventually Dumas’s actions just are First in“When the call comes serve our story, Dumas said she personstarted writing and dence in that hounded her, ‘Please, high Nations, Arctic atincluding -35,” said “My cousin owns the primary leave yourgoal: hometocommunity more about medevaced to IWinnipeg for put emblematic KTC as ita deMeulles. stances when a communin we’re there not two communities.

And I’d like al working forand KTC as a dismy writing. write very it on tape,ofI will write “It didn’t dawn hardware store … there,” she and we’re going to displace growth struggles. further treatment. was for whole, their mission ity me like God’s Firsta says. or three days after. We’re you to thank Echo and John patcherinin has clear and that’s it. KTC It’s there. you since because your story on until after.Lake That was somewhere else andand all Maybe the2015 next fiand ve years later thatsay sheit’s survived is lost,’ to protect the Nation experiences of the first on all our coworkers foryour the almost 10 yearsI’lloffocus first aid Sometold people kind of statement is going to be and she’s very dangerous thingan to ondo. one Because of ones that, your loved ones and it’s something on the incident and is doing well-being 11I northern going on health crisis. the groundfiand fine jobisthey’re doing.” training under her belt. blunt or direct.

I don’t tend never done itofand thought, Being a plane full of fuel deMeulles nds that’s it hardour to history gone?’” doing.”

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            RESPONSIBILITIES: 

RAL  as she seeks re-election as             ard Governance: Works with board in order to fulfi ll the organization mission.    Churchill-Keewatinook              Responsible for leading  The Juniper Centre in  a manner that supports and guides Aski MP the on election day      organization’s mission as  defined by theLEGAL Board of Directors.

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Growing communities one idea at a time. ncd@northcentraldevelopment.ca  services, people that are Responsible for fundraising and developing other resources necessary to support Juniper in communities like the IsCentre’s mission.

Growing communities one idea at a time. land Lake region of 14,000 Growing communities idea a time. anization Mission and Strategy: Works withone board andatstaff to ensure that the mission is d through programs, strategic planning and community outreach.

Responsible for implementation of Juniper Centre’s programs that carry out the organization’s mission and the VPA. Responsible for strategic planning to ensure that the Juniper Centre can successfully fulfill ts Mission into the future.

Responsible for the enhancement of Juniper Centre’s image by being active and visible in the community and by working closely with other professional, civic and private organizations. anization Operations. Oversees and implements appropriate resources to ensure that the Public Review of Efficiency Manitoba’s 3-Year tions of the organization are appropriate.

Efficiency Plan Responsible effectiveEnergy administration of Juniper Centre operations.

Responsible for the hiring and retention of competent, qualificorporation ed staff.

Efficiency Manitoba is a new crown with a mandate that Responsible for signing all notes, agreements, and other instruments made and entered includes implementing and supporting energy efficient initiatives nto and on behalf of the organization. that will reduce consumption of electricity and natural gas.

Five or more years senior nonprofit management experience Solid, hands-on, budget management skills, including budget preparation, analysis, Pursuant to The Efficiency Manitoba Act (“The Act”), Efficiency decision-making and Manitoba reporting will file an efficiency plan with The Public Utilities Board Strong organizational(“PUB”) abilitiesby including planning, programenergy development and October 1, 2019,delegating, that will propose efficiency ask facilitation initiatives to meet the electricity and natural gas energy efficiency Ability to convey a vision of Juniper Centre’s strategic future to staff, board, volunteers targets that have been set out in The Act for the 2020/21 to and donors 2022/23 fiscal and years.

Therelations Act requires implementation of the Knowledge of fundraising strategies donor unique to nonprofit sector Efficiency Plan on April 1, 2020.

Skills to collaborate with and motivate board members and other volunteers Strong written and oral communication skills Commencing 9:00 am December 2, 2019 in its Hearing Room at Ability to interface and engage diverse volunteer andthe donor the address provided below PUBgroups will conduct a public review Demonstrated ability of to oversee and collaborate with staff the Plan for the purpose of making recommendations to the Strong public speaking ability responsible for The Act. Minster

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Nickel Belt News photo by Ian Graham Churchill-Keewatinook Aski NDP candidate Niki Ashton hosted supporters at the launch of her Thompson campaign office on Selkirk Avenue Sept. 15.

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people that don’t have a hospital but should have one,” said Ashton. ”Housing insecurity, as we all know, is a huge issue in our north.

Whether it’s affordability and accessibility here in Thompson, whether it’s the sheer lack of housing and the Third World living conditions that exist in First Nations, housing needs to be fought for. It’s been a stressful time, a difficult time, for our community, for people across the north who are looking at getting education, looking for employment. We need to make sure that there are good jobs in our community. These are the kind of things that I believe we must continue to fight for.”

The Thompson born and raised NDP candidate, who represented the Churchill riding for seven years before it became Churchill-Keewatinook Aski in 2015, said she heard during two days of door-knocking in Norway House and Cross Lake about dissatisfaction with the federal government over the past four years.

“I heard from a number of people about their disappointment with [Justin] Trudeau, including people that voted Liberal in the last election that felt that he’s let First Nations in particular and our north down,” Ashton said. “Who remembers four years ago the nice

words we heard from Justin Trudeau? He talked about reconciliation, he talked about nation-to-nation relations, he talked about defending Indigenous rights, he talked about defending the middle class. Well, on all those scores Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government have broken their promises time and time again. What I’m hearing from many people is that Justin Trudeau isn’t part of he solution. He has been part of the problem. And so this election is about saying that we will not stand for the politics of nice words.

We are going to fight back and we are going to demand better for Indigenous communities, for First Nations, for Métis communities and for our north.”

Third-generation NDP supporter Anne Bee said that while volunteering for NDP MLA-elect Danielle Adams’s election campaign, she heard from a lot of people who are 30 years old and have never voted before.

“We all have a right to be here and we all have a right to vote,” Bee said. “I identify myself as Indigenous and I encourage everybody to come out and vote.”

Bee also said that Ashton has a proven track record of advocating for Northern Manitoba.

“She’s been working hard

for the last 10 years and will continue and we need her strong voice in the north,” said Bee. Supporters at the campaign office launch raised $2,000 for Ashton in the space of a few minutes, money that she says will be needed to get to as many of the riding’s 70 communities as possible, including Churchill, where the Public Service Alliance of Canada is organizing an all-candidates forum, probably in early October.

“I welcome any opportunity to both present our platform, the NDP’s platform for our north, our country but also to get into discussions with the other candidates. Where do they stand on the issues? Where have they stood on the issues?

Last election we didn’t have any candidates’ forums despite the fact that I certainly expressed a willingness. I hope there are opportunities for people in our north to hear from all of us.”

Ashton also said that hearing voters’ concerns is the key to representing them well.

“That’s how I believe that we should be represented is by connecting with people directly, by hearing the issues directly from people at their doorstep and bringing them forward and fighting for them at the national level.”

RCMP responding to nearly 300 more calls per month on average so far this year than in first eight months of 2018

BY IAN GRAHAM

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Through the first eight months of 2019, the Thompson RCMP detachment has received 2,319 more calls for service than they did from Jan. 1 to Aug. 30 in 2018, detachment officer-in-charge Insp.

Brian Edmonds told the City of Thompson’s public safety committee Sept. 12.

“That’s probably easily a month’s worth of calls already,” said Edmonds, who spoke to Thompson Chamber of Commerce at their lunch meeting Sept. 18.

The inspector also said that crimes against persons are

higher so far this year than last, but that police are also working to defuse situations before they become more serious too.

“We’ve really worked hard at our proactive and preventive calls,” he said. “Crimes against persons remain a priority for us. That will not change.”

RCMP responded to 130 assault calls in June, 110 in July and 112 in August, along with 81 domestic assaults over the same three months, 30 of them in August. There were also eight sexual assaults in June, 10 sexual assaults in July and six in August.

June and July saw 15 break-

and-enter cases each, while there were 22 in August.

For the year to date, there have been 135 more assaults than there were in the first eight months of 2018, 17 more sexual assaults and 11 more domestic assault cases, while break-and-enters are up to 97 from 69 through the first eight months of 2018.

Provincial traffic offences are also up significantly – about 40 per cent – in large part because there is a Thompson RCMP position dedicated to traffic enforcement this year.

“The traffic member position has made a difference,” said Edmonds.

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Budget cuts deficit and increases health care funding Through effective cooperation in a range of sectors and services, our Manitoba government is working with the federal government to improve lives of people across our province. An example of this partnership is our joint investment with the federal government, announced in February, of nearly $47 million to create up to 1,400 new and newly funded early learning and child care spaces in Manitoba. Included in this expansion are preschool spaces at Thompson Children’s World and Early Learning and Child Care Thompson, as well as nursery school spaces at Riverside Daycare in Thompson. The agreement is about improved quality, accessibility, affordability and inclusivity in childcare, with consideration for families that are most in need of these services.

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These kinds of economic and service improvements are what we are focused on at the Manitoba legislature, especially now that the house is back in session. This week, our Minister of Finance, Cameron Friesen, introduced Budget 2018 that further reduces the provincial deficit by $319 million while raising the basic personal exemption on income tax and delivering the largest tax cut in our province’s

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As well, this year’s provincial budget increases funding for health care to its highest level ever in Manitoba, further reduces ambulance fees, creates 60 full-time paramedic positions, boosts spending for the home cancer drug program and invests in new schools, infrastructure and other priorities such as the Look North initiative.

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Nickel Belt News photo by Ian Graham Former Keewatinook Liberal MLA Judy Klassen is the Liberal candidate for Churchill-Keewatinook Aski in the Oct. 21 federal election.

BY IAN GRAHAM

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Her experience as a Liberal MLA and finding our firsthand how difficult it was to get the province to do anything for the Keewatinook riding made deciding to switch into federal politics easy for Churchill-Keewationook Aski Liberal candidate Judy Klassen.

“I took care of 14 First Nations in my riding and then Churchill and Gillam and trying to get anything from the province was really hard,” Klassen said Sept. 17 in Thompson.

Infrastructure improvements that did occur were funded by the federal government.

“We’ve got eight schools coming into the provincial riding of Keewatinook and that’s not all like a lastminute promise,” Klassen said. “They delivered four packages this past winter road season and the next one will be coming up again in the upcoming winter road season.”

The prospect of taking on the NDP candidate Niki Ashton, who has represented Churchill-Keewatinook Aski since it was created in 2015 and before that, its predecessor riding of Churchill since 2008, doesn’t faze Klassen either, as her political career got started with a big upset.

“Our riding was NDP ever since we got the right to vote, for Keewatinook, [and its predecessor] Rupertsland,” Klassen says.

“I was the first-ever Liberal to hold that seat and I took it away from somebody that had 23 years under his belt and was ac-

tually a sitting minister.”

Klassen, who is from St. Theresa Point, said she also has an advantage that 2015 Liberal candidate Rebecca Chartrand, who came close to unseating Ashton, didn’t.

“She wasn’t from the riding,” Klassen says.

“I’m an Island Laker. I grew up in that. Grew up hauling my own water and no flushing toilets and mouldy schools and stuff like that. Just knowing these issues were there, growing up in them not realizing they weren’t actually being addressed.”

Klassen has started her campaign with door-knocking in First Nations – Churchill-Keewatinook Aski is 75 per cent Indigenous – and in Thompson and surrounding communities.

She is participating in the Assembly of Manitoba Chief’s I’m First Nation & I Vote candidates’ forum in Thompson Sept. 19.

“I can go to any door and I’m able to sit at those kitchen tables and rather than trying to give out handouts I try to empower people,” Klassen says.

“I’ve lived and breathed and gone through what my fellow relations have gone through and there is a bit of an automatic trust in that they know that I will do my best for them.”

Part of the challenge for any candidate in a riding like Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, which has the highest child poverty rate of any of Canada’s 338 ridings and is one of the largest ridings in the country, is encouraging residents to vote, since turnout is usually low.

Klassen says this is partly due to ignorance about the electoral system, something she experienced upon entering politics.

“When I was asked to run as an MLA I said yes right away to the person who called me and then I hung up the phone and Google searched what an MLA was,” Klassen recalls. “We’re not taught this in school. It’s not part of the curriculum.

The right to vote, the need to vote and that each vote matters and so I was working with [PC MLA] Ian [Wishart] when he was education minister to try and see if he could add that into the curriculum but of course there’s certain people that like to keep ignorance alive. My way of working around that is … I tell them again, teach them personally every door, door-to-door in the First Nations communities. It’s not so much pronounced in Thompson.

People know that their vote matters, they know that they can vote and all that, but we’ve got to definitely get out of the status quo.”

Although the Liberals having been the government for the past four years has led some who supported them in 2015 to become disillusioned by their performance, Klassen says she doesn’t feel the party’s brand is tarnished.

“A lot of the doors I’ve been knocking on they’re pro Liberal and still pro Liberal which is very reassuring,” she says.

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Fred Palmer, who came to Thompson in the late ’60s, named 11th recipient of Order of Thompson

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Fred Palmer, a Thompson resident for more than 50 years whose volunteer service included decades as a shooting coach and serving as president of the Thompson Wildlife Association, became the 11th person inducted into the Order of Thompson at the Thompson Community Foundation’s fall gala Sept.

14 at Riverlodge Place.

Palmer, who first came to Thompson in 1967, was born in Saskatchewan in 1949 and worked in construction in Moose Jaw before a lack of work led him northeast.

“He decided to come to Thompson and work for Inco because he didn’t want to give up his 1967 Plymouth Fury chick magnet,” said Kevin White while giving Palmer’s biography.

Palmer worked for eight

years in Inco’s mechanical maintenance department before starting a car dealership and then becoming a sales agent with Mutual Life of Canada in 1980. He obtained his private pilot’s licence in 1972 and was Thompson’s only hunter safety instructor from 1972 to 1976.

“The community service he enjoyed most was as Thompson Junior Rifle Club coach for 31 years helping to develop many marksmen and winning teams,” said White.

Palmer was also the recipient of the City of Thompson’s volunteer of the year award in 2013.

Rick Oberdorfer, who’s known Palmer for 34 years, remembers having a fan belt on his car break at 2 a.m. when he was on his way back to Thompson from Flin Flon.

“I hitchhiked a ride in,” said Oberdorfer. “I phoned

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Fred at 2:30 in the morning.

Fred picked me up, had a fan belt and we fixed it.

That’s the kind of guy Fred is. Fred is always pushing Thompson and I know that he loves living here. He’s proud to be a northerner.

Fred has always made it his responsibility to help the city and the region in whatever way he can. We need more Fred Palmers in our community.”

Wayne Hall, who was recruited by Palmer to help restore the Norseman float plane at Spirit Way’s northern aviation tribute overlooking the Burntwood River, said the experience taught him a lot about airplanes.

“I also had such a great group of people to work with and I had my friend and I will never forget it the rest of my life,” said Hall.

Palmer said anything he achieved as a volunteer

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Nickel Belt News photo by Ian Graham Order of Thompson recipient Fred Palmer, fourth from left, poses with Thompson Community Foundation board members Jimmy Pelk, Shamilla Thethy, Paula Yanko, Sherrie Kreuger, Tyrone Krawetz, Dave Moore and Curtis Briscoe Sept. 14. was thanks to the people who helped him out.

“It’s not a one-man band,” he said. “I hope our young volunteers get the same opportunities to

serve that I did. Thanks to all who’ve made this Thompson such a fun place to live, work and serve.”

Previous recipients of the Order of Thompson are Sya

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Second cannabis retailer aiming for Sept. 27 grand opening in Thompson

BY KYLE DARBYSON

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Even though it took a little longer than expected, Delta 9 Cannabis says they are finally ready to open their doors in Thompson later this month.

Delta 9 chief marketing officer Marshall Posner told the Nickel Belt News that the grand opening of their store in City Centre Mall beside Kicks& Threads will take place Sept. 27.

“We’re looking forward to coming up to Thompson,” he said Sept. 11. “Our slogan for bringing Delta 9 to Thompson is ‘Weed the North’ so we’re going to be giving away t-shirts on opening day to that effect.”

Posner went on to say that they are just putting the finishing touches on the store’s interior and stocking the shelves.

Delta 9 Thompson will start out with a staff of around a dozen employees, many of whom were recruited during a local job fair Sept. 5-6.

This grand opening has been a long time coming for Delta 9.

After being one of four successful bids to sell marijuana legally in Manitoba in early 2018, the retailer originally predicted that they would set up shop in Thompson by the end of that year.

However, Nisichawayas-

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Even though they are not the first local marijuana store, Posner said Delta 9 will make up for it through competitive pricing and their sheer selection of products.

“Some of our stores carry over 60 different strains and the goal is to have a great selection of cannabis up there as well,” he said.

After the second round of federal cannabis legalization kicks in on Oct. 17, Posner said Delta 9 will be

able to sell an even larger Following their grand selection of cannabis prod- opening in Thompson, Delucts like edibles, vape pens ta 9 will have four locations and chocolate candies by in Manitoba, including two December. stores in Winnipeg and one Delta 9 selected the City in Brandon.

Centre Mall as their home A third cannabis retailbase because it provides the er, Garden Variety, also perfect combination of con- announced their intention venience and security for to open a store in the Hub its customers, Posner said. of the North back in 2018.

“Being in the mall, it’s a In April of this year, city destination for people to go manager Anthony McInnrun some errands, so while is received an email from they’re there they can just Jacqueline Ratté Kohut of pick up their cannabis,” he the provincial Growth, EnThompson RCMP said. “We also just want our terprise and Trade departcustomers to feel safe and ment, which indicated that Tip Line being inDrug an isolated strip Garden Variety was hoping mall or in a standalone to set up operations in New store might not provide Town Square located on 90 that same level of security.” Thompson Drive.

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Mobile sign bylaw amendment receives support at public hearing City must consult with province before final reading takes place

BY KYLE DARBYSON

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Following a Sept. 16 public hearing and council meeting, the City of Thompson is one step closer to amending a zoning bylaw to allow mobile signs to be placed on their land.

Currently, businesses are only allowed to put mobile advertising signs on their own property.

Before councillors voted on second reading of this bylaw amendment on Monday, following its Aug. 13 introduction, they opened the floor up to the public to voice any support or objections.

Rachelle Pinder from Reflect Signs said the amendment will provide more advertising opportunities for businesses that don’t own commercial property, including home-based operations.

“The continuing success of Thompson hinges on the success of our businesses,” said Pinder. “Additional advertising will create more revenue for local business, business growth equates to more jobs and more jobs mean more spending back into our economy.”

Cara Butler from 100 Women Who Care Thomp-

son also threw her support behind this amendment, telling council that this increased flexibility for advertising will help her organization, which is comprised of local business owners and entrepreneurs, grow.

Finally, Vallen branch manager Leanne Rutherford said this change will benefit her and any other local businesses that operate in out-of-the-way places like the industrial district.

“We have very limited space for advertising,” she said. “Right now the economy here is changing and we need to capitalize on it any way we can and advertising to local contractors that may not know we’re in town until they drive through is really important to us.”

The only voice of opposition on Monday came from Manitoba Infrastructure, which informed city council, through director of development services Harkamaljeet Singh Gil, that a couple patches of land they designated for local advertising actually belong to the province.

The designated advertising sites that were flagged by the province include locations north of the Burntwood River and south of Burntwood Road

Nickel Belt News photos by Kyle Darbyson From left to right, Rachelle Pinder (Reflect Signs), Leanne Rutherford (Vallen) and Cara Butler (100 Women Who Care) all voiced their support for a new zoning bylaw amendment for mobile sign usage during a Sept. 16 public hearing at Thompson City Hall. at the entrance to the city.

So while the second reading of this zoning bylaw amendment passed unanimously, council had to table third and final reading for a future date after they get a chance to consult with the Municipal Relations department.

The next Thompson city council meeting is Sept. 30 at 7 p.m.

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Fall Chase the Ace winner

Nickel Belt News photo by Kyle Darbyson.

Members of the Canadian Mental Health Association served up hot dogs and refreshments at the Thompson Gas Bar Co-op on Thompson Drive North during Fuel Good Day 2019.

For the third year in a row, Thompson Gas Bar Co-op hosted Fuel Good Day Sept. 17, with five cents of every litre of gas sold going to support local organizaNickel Belt News photo by Kyle Darbyson Darlene Yuskow (middle) won $45,643 Sept. 14 through Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation’s (NCN) most recent Chase the Ace fundraiser. Chase the Ace facilitator Cindy Billiaert (left) and Mystery Lake Hotel general manager Donna Bennett (right) presented Yuskow with this cheque worth $45,643 at Trapper’s Tavern Sept. 16. Half the money raised through Chase the Ace, which runs Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., goes to NCN’s parks and recreation department.

Recycling pickup resumes The City of Thompson resumed recycling pickup Sept. 18 after the Thompson Recycle Centre’s material

baler was repaired. A critical mechanical issue with the baler resulted in pickup of recyclable materials being

suspended for a week starting Sept. 11 while parts for the baler were en route and then installed.

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Midget AA King Miners must win next game to keep league championship hopes alive

BY IAN GRAHAM

The boundaries and/or names of the electoral divisions may have changed since 2016, but one thing stayed the same: the four Northern Manitoba ridings – Flin Flon, Keewatinook, The Pas-Kameesak and Thompson – were once again among the bottom five for voter turnout in this year’s provincial election, according to Elections Manitoba’s unofficial election night results.

Keewatinook had the unwanted distinction of being both the only electoral division with turnout of less than 30 per cent and less than 20 per cent, as only 17.6 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots there, down from 24.18 per cent in 2016.

Flin Flon, which had the third-lowest turnout of 34.8 per cent in 2016, was second-lowest this time, with only 30.7 per cent of voters

marking a ballot.

Thompson had the third-lowest voter turnout Sept. 10, with 37.1 per cent of eligible voters voting, down from 38.12 per cent in April 2016, the fourth-lowest turnout that year. However, due to the addition of new communities to the electoral division, more people (4,872) actually voted than in any provincial election since 1999, when 5,343 people cast ballots.

Point Douglas in Winnipeg, at 37.9 per cent, was the only other electoral division in Manitoba where turnout was less than 40 per cent.

The Pas-Kameesak was fifth-lowest with turnout of 42.6 per cent, though that was an improvement from the turnout in the predecessor riding of The Pas in 2016,

when only 31.8 per cent of voters cast ballots.

The only other electoral divisions in the province with turnout below 50 per cent were St. Johns (49.7 per cent), Concordia (49.1 per cent), Burrows and Brandon East (both with 46.7 per cent), Union Station (43.9 per cent) and Notre Dame (43.5 per cent).

Forty-six of Manitoba’s 57 electoral divisions had turnout of more than 50 per cent, with 22 falling between 50 and 59.9 per cent and 23 between 60 and 69.9 per cent.

The highest turnout was in the Interlake-Gimli electoral division, where 70.3 per cent of eligible residents voted.

Provincewide, turnout was about 55 per cent, unofficial results show, down a bit from nearly 59 per cent in 2016.

Northern Manitoba’s four electoral divisions were among the lowest five in the province in terms of voter turnout in the Sept. 10 election, with Keewatinook having only 17.6 per cent of eligible voters casting ballots.

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he didn’t need a property inspection to obtain his firearms licences.

Coun. Les Ellsworth, who isn’t a voting member of the committee, said enough time has been spent discussing the excess animal permit since the proposal started being worked on in April.

“For me personally, I’m done talking about dogs,” he said. “If we spent as much time on public safety as this dog stuff … we might have a safer city today.”

Fountain agreed that the city has “bigger fish to fry” but said that he knows of at least two people who have left town because they couldn’t legally have more than two dogs and three cats.

Wong tried to amend the proposed bylaw to have the property inspection requirement removed, but it was defeated in a tie vote, with he and Matechuk in favour and Smook and D’Andreamatteo opposed.

The proposed bylaw also includes a $74 per-

Thompson Citizen photos courtesy of City of Thompson Public safety committee chair Coun. Jeff Fountain, left, and member Coun. Duncan Wong, right, think asking people who want more pets than the current bylaw allows to undergo a property inspection is unreasonable. mit fee for each excess animal up to maximum of four dogs (the maximum number of cats and dogs in any household could still not exceed five), with the permit fee reduced by 50 per cent after the first year.

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MANAGER OF COMMUNITYBASED HEALTH PROGRAMMING Full-Time Regular Position The Pas, Manitoba Competition No: 19-073 Closing Date: September 27, 2019

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.

Communities Economic Development Fund (CEDF) is recruiting for its Forestry Resource position. The successful candidate(s) will have an educational background in forestry and/or equivalent experience in working with northern communities in Canada in the area of valueadded opportunities in the forestry industry. The successful candidate(s) will also have a high level of written and oral communication skills. Experience in areas of consultation and delivery of workshops in communities would also be considered an asset.

CEDF is a Manitoba Crown Corporation. Its legislative mandate is to encourage economic development in Northern Manitoba. CEDF offers a competitive compensation and benefit package. The position will be located in either the Thompson or The Pas office but will be providing services to the region. Interested applicants can submit a cover letter and resume to the following:

CEDF Attn: Oswald Sawh 15 Moak Crescent, Thompson MB R8N 2B8 Phone: 204-778-4138 Ext 234 or 1-800-561-4315 Fax: 204-778-4313 Email: admin@cedf.mb.ca We thank all applicants, however only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

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> Medical Administration Consultant Full-Time (1.0 FTE) Flin Flon, The Pas, or Thompson, Manitoba The Medical Administration Consultant provides administrative coordination of medical services remuneration and labour-management relations.

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Qualifications: • Post-Secondary Diploma in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or Financial Management (suitable combinations of education and experience may be considered) • Valid Class V driver’s license, access to a vehicle, and willingness to travel the region year round • Three (3) to five (5) years’ directly related experience • Experience in labour relations • Experience in analyzing financial information • Thorough knowledge of Windows based programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook) and Internet For complete list of qualifications please visit our website: www.northernhealthregion.ca Please submit resume or apply online by September 27, 2019 to: Holly Rousson, RPR Recruitment Officer Box 240, The Pas MB. R9A 1K4 Fax: (204) 627-6810 Email: recruitwest@nrha.ca

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THOMPSON CITIZEN & NICKEL BELT NEWS – REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER Deadline for applications: September 20, 2019

The Thompson Citizen is seeking applications for an energetic full-time reporter/photographer. We are a local established media company, owned and operated

by The Prairie Newspaper Group LP, a division of GVIC Communications Corp. We provide a combination of communication sources to connect with local, national and international readers including newspapers and websites.

Thompson, a Northern outdoor wonderland, with a population of about 15,000 is the fourth largest city in Manitoba and is known as the “Hub of the North.” It is central to many of the communities north of Lake Winnipeg, so the city has to accommodate every want and need. Thompson is a diverse city driven by mining, aviation and government services. The city and surrounding region is home to large Aboriginal and Métis communities. If you enjoy fishing, hunting, skiing, snowmobiling and biking, all with affordable amenities, then Thompson will appeal to you. Set in the heart of Canada’s Boreal Forest, Thompson is surrounded by some of the world’s best freshwater fishing. In addition to extraordinary flora and fauna, the city has a consortium of Manitoba’s four universities – Brandon University, the University of Manitoba, the University of Winnipeg and University College of the North. Thompson’s library houses some 93,000 volumes.

We offer a full health benefit package and competitive wages.

QUALIFICATIONS: An ability to ferret out the meaningful from the routine in a concise story is essential. A nose for news, balanced with a healthy dose of common sense, perspective, proportion and humor would be welcome. An interest in covering stories with aboriginal, northern development, resource and government elements is essential. A discerning and sharp eye for photography, using company-supplied digital camera equipment, is also a skill we place a premium on for our visual package. A passion for print journalism; a solid grasp of CP style, with a strong command of the English language and an ability to work to deadline is required.

Comfort with Apple software and Macs is helpful, while knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, iPhoto and QuarkXPress are assets, but not required.

A reliable vehicle and a valid driver’s license are a must.

Interested candidates should send their resume, best clippings and a cover letter to: Lynn Taylor, Publisher Thompson Citizen P. O. Box 887, Thompson, Manitoba R8N 1N8 E-mail: generalmanager@thompsoncitizen.net

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY – FULL TIME PERMANENT Designated Intake Worker - Thompson Amalgamated Office (SP4)

JOB SUMMARY The Intake worker is responsible for gathering and screening information to determine whether Child & Family Services are necessary or appropriate. The Intake Worker applies procedures when there is a request for services or a report that a child is or might be in need of protection.

DEMONSTRATED SKILLS & ABILITIES • Assessing complaints of children alleged to be in need of protection as defined by the Child & Family Services Act, specifically including areas of sexual and physical abuse, neglect and parenting capacity: • Providing protection services to clients, including apprehending children and bringing matters before the court where necessary • Undertaking family and individual assessments • Providing therapeutic intervention to parents and children • Developing partnerships in the community and collaborating with other social services in a community based model of service • Preparing reports, correspondence and documents for internal and external use • Participating in case conferences, staff meetings and professional development opportunities both within and outside the agency

QUALIFICATIONS: • Bachelor of Social Work, other combinations of education and experience will be considered • Knowledge and experience in applying therapeutic approaches with children and families • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Excellent crisis intervention skills • Basic computer literacy • Proven ability to work as an integral member of a team • Strong time management skills and ability to work effectively under pressure • Demonstrated experience and skills in working with various ethnic/racial backgrounds with specific focus on the aboriginal issues • Must possess a valid Manitoba Driver’s License & be able to provide a clean Child Abuse Registry/Prior Contact & Criminal Record Check upon hire SALARY RANGE: CLOSING DATE:

(SP4/BSW) – 56,557 – 78, 422 Inclusive of NLA 4:30PM September 27th, 2019

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The Thompson Citizen/Nickel Belt News has an immediate opening for an outgoing individual with great attention to detail, quick decision-making and multi-tasking skills in a fast-paced work environment. Strong communication skills are essential.

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REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: • Requires a valid driver’s license and use of own vehicle.

• Dedicated and enthusiastic attitude with basic knowledge of the local retail market.

• Track record of working in an office setting. Sales and/ or marketing experience is an asset.

• Data entry, telephone handling and basic computer literacy.

• A “how can I help” attitude.

• Superior time-management and organizational skills.

• Proven commitment to customer service and a competitive, self-motivated approach to work.

• Must be focused and have an eye for detail.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: • Works closely with Publisher in servicing a client list and creating effective ad features and special projects.

• Liaising with customers regarding ad proofing and coordinating bookings.

• Completes daily banking, invoicing and other office duties as required.

• Team player working with other staff as required.

This position offers an attractive compensation package including an excellent benefits package.

Please send your resume in confidence to: Lynn Taylor, Publisher Thompson Citizen/Nickel Belt News P. O. Box 887, Thompson, Manitoba R8N 1N8 E-mail: generalmanager@thompsoncitizen.net

No phone calls, please. We thank all who apply but only those contacted will be interviewed.

Deadline for application is Friday, September 20, 2019.

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Resident successfully lobbies to fill Harmony House pothole New multi-use path could be installed along Arctic Drive as well

BY KYLE DARBYSON

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While Thompson infrastructure seems like it is in a constant state of disrepair, residents of Harmony House got some relief Sept.

13 when city crews filled a large pothole in front of their building.

According to Kristopher Blake, this section of the road has remained severely damaged for five years, which posed a big problem for fellow Harmony House tenants that mostly consist of seniors and people living with disabilities.

Blake, who has cerebral palsy and requires the use of a wheelchair, said the city was only spurred to action when he reached out to Coun.

Les Ellsworth personally.

After conducting a tour of

Nickel Belt News photo by Kyle Darbyson Thompson resident Kristopher Blake poses next to the pothole in front of Harmony House that was finally filled Sept. 13 after five years.

Arctic Drive and other surrounding streets Aug. 22, Ellsworth promised Blake

that he would take immediate action to rectify some of the more glaring infrastructure

issues in that section of the city.

“I thought it was terrible to

see that in front of Harmony House. What does that say from our perspective as a city? Do we care about disability or not?” Ellsworth told the Nickel Belt News.

“I used that same argument at the last public works committee meeting.”

Two days after the city’s Sept. 11 public works committee meeting, city crews put the finishing touches on the Harmony House pothole.

However, Blake said there are plenty more local infrastructure issues to tackle, with major sections of Thompson remaining inaccessible for people with disabilities.

“For years now I’ve been advocating for people with disabilities in Thompson, because accessibility matters to me and the senior and dis-

abled population has grown so much in the last 17 years I’ve been here,” said Blake.

Moving forward, Ellsworth said he is also in talks with the director of development services Harkamaljeet Singh Gil to install a new multi-use path along Arctic Drive.

Although there is no solid timeline or specific cost attached to this project, Ellsworth that it should be completed by the summer of 2020.

Beyond that one initiative, Ellsworth also mentioned that infrastructure projects remain a high priority for this current city council.

Council applied for a flurry of Canada Infrastructure Program grants worth at least $44 million during their Sept.

16 regular meeting.

IIU releases report into Cranberry Portage car crash that occurred shortly after driver was approached by an RCMP officer Manitoba’s police watchdog agency released its full report into a July 22, 2018 car crash in Cranberry Portage Sept. 18.

The report by the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba (IIU), which has jurisdiction over serious incidents involving on- and off-duty police officers in Manitoba, said the 19-year-old female driver of the car that crashed had alcohol, cocaine and marijuana in her system when she was admitted to hospital

but did not suffer any head trauma in the crash as had been initially suspected. The driver may have suffered a seizure, later medical tests suggested.

The IIU recommended in March that no charges be laid against an RCMP officer who approached the driver shortly before the crash but the full report was withheld until now because the driver was facing criminal charges.

The report also says that an

unknown 911 caller had said the woman was driving under the influence shortly before the crash occurred. The driver told IIU investigators that she didn’t recall seeing a police vehicle on the night of the crash or any other details and had no idea how her vehicle ended up in the ditch.

The IIU says a member of the Cranberry Portage RCMP noticed a vehicle that had been idling for awhile at a junction of two roads

with its high beams on in the early morning hours of July 22. When the officer pulled up beside the vehicle and turned on the police car’s flashing lights, the 19-year-old female driver in the idling vehicle sped away north on Highway 10.

The police officer lost sight of the vehicle for awhile but caught up with it, off the road in a water-filled ditch, soon afterwards. The driver was unconscious and was transported to Flin Flon General Hospital and

then to Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg for treatment.

IIU civilian director Zane Tessler said that there was no evidence that the officer contributed to the woman driving into the ditch and that the mandate of the IIU to investigate was tenuous at best, since the contact between the parties was limited to the RCMP officer pulling alongside the woman’s car. He also said there was no evidence about what caused the driver to go off the road.