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Dave Safronetz should have been in Thompson recently to visit the city where he grew up until an unexpected change in plans took him to west Africa and one of the scenes of the ebola crisis instead.

“I was actually sup-posed to be in Thomp-son visiting family and friends when the Liberia trip came up and I had to back out of the trip to Thompson in order to go to Liberia but my wife and sons were in Can-ada basically the whole time that I was in Li-beria,” says Safronetz, a graduate of R.D. Parker Collegiate in 1996 who is married to another former Thompsonite, Mandy Spencer, whose parents Neil and Sandra are still in town.

Safronetz, who got a bachelor’s degree in medical microbiology and immunology from the University of Sas-katchewan in Saskatoon after graduating from high school and then went on to earn a mas-ter’s degree and a PhD from the University of Manitoba, conducting research at the Level 4 National Microbiology Lab now known as the Public Health Agency of Canada facility in Win-nipeg. Since then, he has been at Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana, where he com-pleted a four-year post-doctoral program and works mainly in the field of highly pathogenic ro-dent-borne viruses like hantavirus, arenavirus and lassa virus. That

work has taken him to a field research site in Mali 10 times or so in the past five years, ex-perience that he thinks was probably a big part of the reason he had the opportunity to go to Li-beria to help in the fight against the ebola virus.

“Those are kind of my pathogens of inter-est,” Safronetz told the Thompson Citizen. “I don’t like the term but some people call them quote-unquote the spe-cial pathogens. They’re primarily viruses that you may not see every

day. It’s not something like the common cold or chicken pox-type virus-es. These are viruses that, when they cross into human populations, they cause significant morbidity and mortality, so they quite often have mortality rates anywhere from 30 to 90 per cent. Historically, ebola was considered to be about

90 per cent lethal. Basic-ally, the kind of viruses that you hope to never contract.”

Despite the potential danger posed by the virus, Safronetz said he and his colleagues who made the trip to Liberia never really hesitated.

“It’s always in the back of your mind,” he said. “You keep in mind

what you’re getting into and where you’re going. Everybody right now I think is just under the same idea that we have some background know-ledge, we know what we’re doing and we can help so that’s really what we’re aiming for and what we’re doing.”

Safronetz spent three

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weeks in Monrovia, Li-beria helping doctors determine who did or didn’t have ebola by testing blood samples in a makeshift lab set up to handle blood samples potentially containing the deadly virus.

“When we’re handling the samples we still take the utmost caution,” said Safronetz, noting that it takes close contact with blood or other bodily fluids to contract ebola and that it is generally safe to be within one or two metres of an infected person since the virus is not airborne. “We wear a lot of personal protective equipment. We take over portable units which we can safely work with the potentially infectious blood samples in. Any-thing that’s potentially infectious, there’s al-ways a barrier between us and that sample. A physical barrier as well as our personal protect-ive gear. We inactivate the virus just using the same procedures that we would back here in Hamilton or any other Level 4 lab operating in the world would use. Once we’ve inactivated

the samples in that fash-ion, they’re safe to han-dle on a bench. Of course we’re still wearing our PPE (personal protect-ive equipment) gloves, protective and mucosal membranes, face shield, that kind of thing, just in case. We’re taking all the appropriate pre-cautions.”

Deerwood Elementary School vice-principal Todd Harwood, who grew up with Safronetz on Centennial Drive East and later lived with him in Winnipeg while they were going to university, was a year ahead of him in school and remembers his friend as a “crazy good student.” While in university, Harwood re-members the work Sa-fronetz did in his stud-ies as something he and other friends couldn’t really get their heads around.

“It was always way above our heads,” Har-wood says. “He worked hard and he worked long hours.”

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Community mailboxes will hurt residential property valuesPostal service cuts are coming to people’s homes, and they may be wondering what the impact will be.

Canada Post intends to install and use Community Mailboxes (CMBs) where homes currently have door-to-door delivery. The plan will affect both postal workers and users, so the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) wanted to find out how much the CMB plan could cost homeowners. Earlier this year, CUPW investigated how CMBs might affect residential property values.

We learned there is more than one way to find whether something would influence a home’s market value. One method is called the direct comparison approach. This approach suggests that yes, a CMB installation would probably reduce a home’s value: if you had a choice between two homes, one with and one without a CMB there, other factors being equal, it’s reasonable to think you would prefer the one without. So you would likely pay more for that one.

But this direct comparison approach doesn’t put a dollar figure on the impact.

Another method, a “before and after” method of appraisal would help determine the amount of the devaluation, but this kind of data isn’t available yet, because there aren’t yet any residential properties in Canada that have had CMBs added to their property. In other words, Canada Post is in unknown territory, and no-one can accurately predict the cost.

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Why would someone rather buy a house without a CMB – or one without a CMB right next door?

Because of:

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Canada Post Corporation (CPC) maintains it has the right to impose its new mailboxes on people and doesn’t have to give them any choice in the matter. Representatives of CPC have met with affected residents to tell them this is how things will be.

But they’re leaving some important questions unanswered.

Should a residential property owner seek compensation? Are they being misled to believe they have no choice? What will they do about the costs of cleaning and maintaining the property if/when Canada Post fails to adequately maintain the CMB area? What if someone should be injured or cause other liability on a homeowner’s property?

Canada Post’s plan makes homeowners and the public pay for the costs, while cutting services. Offering less for more isn’t a good plan.

If you, your friends and family, or the public have questions about this issue, please ask them to go to savecanadapost.ca or call toll free 855-878-7111 to get more information and join the campaign to Save Canada Post.

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Thompson lawyer Alain Huberdeau, previously a partner with Law North, has been named a provin-cial court judge, Manitoba Attorney General Andrew Swan announced in a press release Oct. 2.

Huberdeau was selected from among a list of can-didates suggested by an independent judicial nom-inating committee chaired by Ken Champagne, chief judge of Manitoba’s prov-incial court, which included a provincial court judge and representatives of the Law Society of Manitoba and the Manitoba branch of the Canadian Bar Association.

“Judge Huberdeau’s experience as a respected community leader will serve him well in this new position as he works on behalf of all Manitobans,” said Swan. “He brings a unique understanding and appreciation for Manitoba’s north, along with his com-mitment to the law.”

A recipient of a law de-gree from the University of Moncton in 1996, Huber-deau practised privately in Thompson since that time, providing pro bono legal services to groups includ-ing the Thompson Humane Society, Our Home Kikinaw and the Thompson Hous-ing Agency. He and his wife Andree Catellier won the Knights of Columbus Thompson Council #5961 2013 Family of the Year Award last December and Huberdeau received the Manitoba Bar Association’s

Community Involvement Award in January 2014. He is currently president of the Thompson Commun-ity Foundation, and of the Comité scolaire pour l’école communitaire la Voie du Nord, which established the fi rst French school in Thompson. His previous community service includes being a founding member of Spirit Way Inc.

His appointment is ef-fective immediately and an offi cial swearing-in cere-mony will be held as soon as possible.

Thompson provincial court also has a new ju-dicial justice of the peace - Alana Schiller - who was appointed to the post Sept. 9 to replace Zelda Kitche-keesik, who served in that capacity since 2006 and resigned Aug. 27. Schil-ler was recommended for the post in April from a list of candidates provided to Minister of Justice Swan by a justice of the peace nom-inating committee.

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Clarifi cationSchool board trustee can-

didate sent the Thompson Citizen a clarifi cation re-garding her statement in the Oct. 1 article “Candi-dacy not about son enrol-ling in band” that “For ex-ample, having solar panels on the school board offi ce is nice except we have teachers in town that are

having their ceilings col-lapse on them while they’re teaching the students and that’s not OK.” Winship clarifi ed: “This was in-tended as a metaphorical comment. Such as ‘solar panels would be nice’ but the funding should be go-ing to the repairs needed in the classrooms.”

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“Missing Link” Life is short. Don’t waste it. Be who you are. Be happy, be free, be whatever you want to be. There may be someone in your heart now waiting or remem-bering silently that they love you. Missing some-one is not about how long it is since you have seen them or the amount

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There was one common interest for the 11 school board trustee candidates during the forum held at the Letkemann Theatre on Oct.2, and that was the education and success of Thompson students.

How the trustees will engage the commun-ity was the fi rst hard-hitting question brought forward. Janet Brady, who currently sits on the School District of Mys-tery Lake school board, says they are currently working on engagement. Right now the board has newsletters, and meet-ings are rotated to differ-ent schools to provide the opportunity for different schools to get involved. Leslie Tucker seconded Brady saying the board currently uses social media sites like Twitter to get information out as well as different forms of media like the newspaper

and radio. Liz Lychuk says it’s

important to be access-ible. “As a trustee I would want to be accessible and I would want people to come forward and let me know if there’s something they’d like me to bring forward to a meeting, or an opinion they’d like me to represent.”

Don MacDonald says there needs to be more to the minutes. “They’re skeleton minutes. There’s no sign of how decisions are reached, just that they were. We need to be more transparent, and have less in-camera time.”

All candidates agree work needs to be based on internal work instead of outward public rela-tions though. “I think if we do a good job, the external accolades will come,” says Doug Kro-kosz. Tucker says it can’t be about public relations. “It’s not PR focused at all. If we take care of the in-

ternal which is teachers and relationships then it comes together. That is what a district is.”

With everyone say-ing education is the main focus of our school dis-trict the graduation rate statistic was mentioned. Ryan Land says the dis-trict needs to focus on the younger students, and give them a dream for them to want to succeed. Caroline Winship agreed with the statement Land made. Lychuk hopes col-laboration will help raise graduation rates. “As soon as we start to notice absentees, it’s important for us to look at what we need to do to support that person. When we collab-orate it works. I’ve seen success stories.” Guido Oliveira says the board needs to look at where the weaknesses are, and help make them into strengths.

Winship was the fi rst to respond to a ques-tion about bringing non-

district students into the school system in Thomp-son. Her idea is to give district students fi rst priority, but other chil-dren in the city should be able to join programs if the space is available. “I think there’s far more to this issue than if we want them to have access or not.” Other candidates were quick to mention there are policies in place. “There are policies and there are budgets that the public needs to remember that as a school board we need to follow. As board members we do want to work with the commun-ity, and if that’s some-thing the community is interested in then we can revisit and look at ways that we can make it hap-pen,” said Sandra Fitzpa-trick.

A local teacher took to the microphone to ask the question of hiring lo-cal and if Thompson does or can do that. “We have

hired most of the Univer-sity College of the North bachelor of education students in the past two years. However that is not enough to fi ll our needs. So we do hire from across the country,” said Brady.

Clint Saulteaux spoke about the need for full-day kindergarten at Wapanohk Community School when spacing issues were ref-erenced. “Think about the surrounding neighbour-hood around Wapanohk. Look at all the apartments and townhouses that are overcrowded. The fast-est growing population is First Nations families. There’s an opportunity here to address that need. I would be honoured to do that.”

Most of the night all board-seekers agreed on questions except when the question about the biggest future challenge for the School District of Mystery Lake would be. Tucker says it will be on

the provincial challenges while Winship says trans-parency and relationships with stakeholder. Saul-teaux believe it’s the gap between First Nations and non-First Nations. Lychuk and Krokosz both agreed with Saulteaux saying di-versity within Thompson. Vince Nowlin and Brady say it’s provincial funding. Fitzpatrick says it will be boosting graduation rates, and people having trust in the board, and Land says it will be prioritizing the “what” and not the “how.”

In closing, the candi-dates were asked how they are going to achieve success for the school board. “We need to look at other people and other boards and see how they’re doing things and we can learn from them,” says MacDonald.

Seven candidates will be chosen for the School District of Mystery Lake’s school board on Oct. 22.

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Note to Readers: Profi les of the 11 school board trustee candidates, 18 city council candidates and two mayoral candidates will appear in both the Thompson Citizen and the Nickel Belt News prior to the Oct. 22 election. The articles are based on interviews with the candidates, all of whom are asked to answer the same fi ve questions. Candidates’ responses are edited for clarity and length. Visit www.thompsoncitizen.net and click on the Elections 2014 tab to see all local-election related articles as voting day approaches.


Doug Krokosz moved back to Thompson in 2008 with his family and his company in tow after living abroad for many years. The small engineering com-pany, which he manages alone, is called Proforma Engineering, previously known as Northshore En-gineering.

Krokosz says he is run-ning for a seat on the School Board of Mystery Lake because it’s interest-ing and rewarding work. “I’m very interested in the dynamic of the board. I like the board work I’ve done, I enjoy it and I want to give something back to the community because I think that public schools are incredibly important. I have one daughter who went through the school system, one daughter go-ing through it, and one son about to start.” He says it’s not only a teacher’s responsibility to educate the children. “I like the idea that public education is all of our responsibility. I realize that, and I want to

put some effort into that.”Currently Krokosz sits

on two corporate boards. One is a client board in the United Kingdom, and the other is a board for a manufacturing and oil ser-vices company in Brandon, Manitoba. He makes snow yearly at Mystery Moun-tain Winter Park as a vol-unteer, and previously sat on the Setting Lake Cot-tagers association for three terms.

Krokosz says although he is not qualifi ed to run the School District of Mys-tery Lake he is ready for the role of a trustee. “I don’t think I am qualifi ed to run the school board. They have an excellent administration for that. I know many people work-ing in administration and they are qualifi ed to run the school system. We also have excellent teach-ers here. I think the role of a trustee is to empower and advocate for the school system and to help pro-mote all the good things into the wider world.”

The behind-the-scenes work of the school board,

Krokosz says is going well and he hopes to continue that. “To what I under-stand they’ve put together a set of policies and pro-cedures, which I think is important. I think there is still work to do there. There are challenges in the system with special needs kids, and other problems like gangs that come from a smaller northern com-munity. I think the trustees have done a good job with that, and it’s my intent to continue with all that hard work and certainly not to undo anything that they’ve already started.”

One thing Krokosz wants to change is the amount of in-camera time. “It seems to me after reading the minutes, and watching the televised sessions a lot of it is in-camera. Obviously if they are human resources discussions or talks that are relevant to a specifi c child they have to be in camera, and I get that. It just seems to me that there could be more transpar-ency. If I could improve anything I think that we would try to be more open

and forthcoming.”Graduating more stu-

dents in Thompson is also on the to-do list. “I think unless we have 100 per-cent graduation rate there is room for improvement. It’s a great sense of accom-plishment for a person and I think if you want to go onto post-secondary edu-

cation, or industrial trades, I think it’s incumbent on us to do everything we can to help kids graduate.”

Krokosz says even if you don’t want to vote for him, come out and vote for an-other candidate. “Everyone needs to come out and vote, whether you vote for me or not. One of the things I fi nd

really encouraging is the quality of the people run-ning. I think this slate of trustee delegates is fantas-tic. And what I said earlier about public education be-ing the responsibility of all of us, that includes voting, coming to meeting, and be-ing involved in the school system.”

Trustee candidate thinks public educationis the responsibility of everyone

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Doug Kroskosz is one of 11 candidates running for a school board trustee seat. Krokosz

wants more transparency within the School District of Mystery Lake.


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Elizabeth Lychuk is hoping her work experi-ence and past involvement in parent council will win her a seat within the School District of Mystery Lake. “I’ve been working in the social services sector since I began my career. I’ve worked as a counsellor at the Thompson Crisis Cen-tre, as a child welfare work-er, a child and adolescent mental health worker, and currently I’m the manager of the behavioural health program at the Northern Regional Health Author-ity.”

Lychuk hopes the new trustees will have a “can-do” approach. “In my career I’ve faced multiple chal-lenges and diffi cult situa-tions; I’m a problem solver by nature. I think that it’s important that we have a can-do approach and don’t need to reinvent the wheel when there’s a problem. We can take a look at research, practices and how things are done in other areas and learn by example.”

Originally from Selkirk, Manitoba, Lychuk moved to Thompson 23 years ago. She has since raised three children and all have gone through Thompson

schools. “I have a good sense of what the needs for our kids are because I’ve been working with children and families for the last 20 plus years and I am a mom myself. I know what a lot of the concerns are, the prob-lems are, what the hurdles are, and I think that there are things we can work col-laboratively on, and work together to make better op-portunities for our kids.”

Lychuk says the School District of Mystery Lake is doing a lot well currently. “I think they are working well on policies, looking at success rates, and gradua-tion rates, and looking at literacy. I think they’ve also taken a look to see where the schools need to be safer for the kids. For example the issue of bullying; how we support not just the chil-dren being bullied but also the children that are exud-ing that type of behaviour.”

Focusing on mental health well-being and lit-eracy rates are two main priorities for Lychuk. Start-ing programs for new fam-ilies whose fi rst language isn’t English is one example of how to improve literacy rates Lychuk gave. “I’d like to see success and achieve-ment in all our students and equal opportunities.

Whatever their needs are. Whether that be children with mental health con-cerns, or children with behavioural concerns, or children coming from cha-otic home environments, different children need dif-ferent kinds of things.”

A third priority for Lychuk is better collabor-ation. “As a school board it’s important that we bring forth public opinion and we bring forth our opin-ions, and we bring forth research. We’re one voice, so it’s really important that we work well together, we listen to each other, that we communicate with each other, that we problem solve, and that we really look at what the best inter-ests are for our students.”

Problem solver wants to solve problems for the School District of Mystery Lake

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Elizabeth Lychuk hopes to be one of the new school board trustees, by focusing on the

mental well-being of the students.


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Community-based learning is what Thompson needs, says school board trustee candidate


Clint Saulteaux says it takes a whole commun-ity to raise a child, and he experienced that moving to Thompson 13 years ago as a single parent to four young children. His deci-sion to enroll his children in Wapanohk Community School sparked his interest in community-based learn-ing and his desire to run for a spot on the School Dis-trict of Mystery Lake school board.

“My wish list would to be to see almost every school become a community-based school, like Wapanohk, in which it invites parents to get involved. I want that stronger connection be-tween children, parents, and teachers.”

Saulteaux currently sits on the Premier’s Ad-visory Council for educa-tion. “There are only three Thompson representatives. The council notices aborig-

inal dropout rates are really high, and we talk about how to address them. I’ve been on this council for about a year now.” Throughout the day, Saulteaux works with at-risk men within Men Are Part of the Solution.

Saulteaux’s platform fo-cuses on trying to close the gap between First Nations communities, and non-First Nations communities. “I speak for a lot of people that are marginalized. Spe-cifi cally people that strug-gle with addiction issues, broken families, and people that are still feeling the ef-fects of residential schools. Having said that, I know this is the population that doesn’t vote so I’m hoping to bridge that gap. I need the support of people that aren’t marginalized. Together in Thompson we can be a suc-cess story to get everyone to succeed with no division.”

Noticing that there are a high percentage of at-risk youth in Thompson is one

thing the school district is doing well, says Saulteaux. “There are all sorts of pro-grams available to them. I know there are some pretty good guidance counsellors available as well as Addic-tions Foundations Manitoba workers. The district rec-ognizes there is an at-risk population, and I would do anything to support them.”

There is one more gap Saulteaux wants to fi x. “Teaching is extremely dif-

fi cult, especially with the changing demographics out there. There are more issues that youth are bringing to the schools, which make teachers’ jobs more diffi cult. What I think is lacking is sometimes parents don’t get involved in the schools, or in their children’s education

because of their busy lives. There’s a lack of networking between parents, teachers, and students.”

Saulteaux is asking for the whole community to come together to better Thompson as one entity. “I’d really like to ask for support from the whole community to bridge that gap that exists in Thomp-son between First Nations communities and non-First Nations communities. I’m already proud of Thomp-son and there are a lot of beautiful things about this community. I’d just like to see a stronger network so we can see our dropout rates lower.”

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School board candidate

Clint Saulteaux hopes to

bridge the gap between

First Nations communities,

and non-First Nations com-

munities while using com-

munity-based education.

Candidate wants younger

perspective in school districtBY MOLLY KIBSON [email protected]

For Sandra Fitzpatrick, vocational programming within the School District of Mystery Lake would be her top priority. “It would be nice if we could have more vocational programming here, not that we don’t have a lot already. The school board members have done such a great job at promot-ing and enhancing the vo-cational programs that are offered. I just hope I can bring some of the experi-ence I have working with vocational programs, and see if we can push it fur-ther.”

Fitzpatrick has worked for Manitoba Housing as a project offi cer for the past six-and-a-half years. One project she managed recently was the Frontier School Division’s Ready-To-Move (RTM) project. The project saw students in the Northern Technical Centre at Frontier Collegiate Institute build ready-to-move homes in Cranberry Portage. Be-cause of Fitzpatrick’s in-volvement during this, her decision to run for school board trustee was made. “I think that was one of the big things that inspired me to run. How good I felt working with that program, and seeing how happy it made those kids and how it affected their lives. I realize that I enjoy working with students, and it makes me happy seeing other people happy.”

Fitzpatrick compliments the school board on their work with budgets. “I think they’ve done a really good job at maintaining budgets. The board has done a very good job at working with the dollars they have.”

Something Fitzpatrick has done is visit commun-ity members to ask them what they want improved

within the school district, and to gauge how residents feel. “I think that they need to improve community en-gagement. That was one of the biggest things I heard from people, that they didn’t know what the school board was doing on a regular basis. I don’t think that’s a good way for us to have a relationship with the com-munity. Although we are doing things already, clear-ly they aren’t working if people aren’t aware of what is happening.”

Going around the com-munity, Fitzpatrick says, was the best way to under-stand the need and want within Thompson. “The feedback from the com-munity is the most im-portant feedback we can receive, so we know what works and what doesn’t. I think it’s essential for our decisions to hear feedback from the community.”

Being in the younger generation, Fitzpatrick feels that it would benefi t the city. “I feel like I bring a fresh perspective to the school board. I’m younger than a lot of others, I have good ideas, and I would like to bring them forward.”

She says just because she is younger, people should see her desire to better the

community. “As a young person there is no reason why we can’t be a trustee, a councillor, or just have our voice out there. It shouldn’t just be all of our older gen-erations in Thompson that are stepping forward. Young people need to realize that their voice, and opinions matter.”

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Community of Cross Lake and the region for the past 18 year s, Darlene is committed

to the betterment of the region and the development of new community economic

development opportunities.

She continues to play an active role in Community Futures North Central Development

(CFNCD) by chairing the Community Development Committee and most recently

being elected by the Board of Directors as the Treasurer for the 2014/15 year.

Darlene has been involved in many Community Development projects led by CFNCD,

including the first annual Young Entrepreneur Summer Camp, a hugely successful

project that took place in 2000 in Cross Lake and continues to this day.

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Thompson Citizen photo by Ian GrahamStacie Savary, right, representing Canada Post, presents a $20,000 cheque from the corporation to Boys & Girls Club of Thompson president Ron Dearman, who is fl anked by Boys & Girls Club executive director Regina DaSilva-Gibbons, left, and after school program director Christa Herkert, second from right. The money will go toward the Boys & Girls Club’s nutrition program and the nutrition co-ordinator position. The program provides a snack and supper to approximately 40 to 60 children and youth per day, with 88 being the most snacks and meals ever provided in a single day.

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Snow long before the offi cial arrival of winter in Thomp-

son is par for the course, but the amount that fell Oct.

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Thanksgiving dusting.


Another citizen has received the Order of Thompson. Ted Smook was the honouree dur-ing the seventh-annual Thompson Community Foundation gala held on Sept. 27.

The Thompson com-munity foundation is a savings account created for the city by gifts from local and former citizens, businesses and commun-ity organizations. The funds put into this sav-ings account are never spent but are there to produce an annual return for the community.

Revenue from these funds is then granted to different community pro-jects.

The Order of Thomp-son, which is modelled after the Order of Can-ada, is awarded annually to a citizen recognized as an outstanding commun-ity resident who has cre-ated a legacy within the community. Smook now joins Volker Beckmann, Adrian DeGroot, Red Sangster, and Gail and Arnold Morburg as Order of Thompson winners.

The Thompson Com-munity Foundation says they picked Smook be-cause he meets all the cri-teria. “They [the Smook brothers] made things happen when other

people said it couldn’t be done. It’s really a self-less act for a company to do such a thing. If Ted Smook dreams of doing something, he does it,” says Lynn Nakonechny.

Other criteria for the Order of Thompson in-clude contributing time in philanthropy, entre-preneurial activities, re-creation, volunteerism, community spirit and ambassadorship within the city.

Mayor Tim Johnston says Smook was the right person to win the award for 2014. “Ted exempli-fi ed the intent of the Or-der of Thompson which is to recognize long-term citizens in a number of different areas, such as business, philanthropy, and recreation. For me Ted has been a leader based on three qualities I’ve seen. This includes incredible intelligence, tremendous wisdom, and being unbelievably hum-ble. His family company has always been a strong advocate for Thompson and the north and has contributed to the growth and development of our community.”

Smook owned Smook Brother Contractors with his brothers before sell-ing it in 2010 after 30 years of business. Smook has since retired and moved to Flin Flon.

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The Bar Down Warriors defeated the Swanky Sailors in the fi nal to win the third-annual Les Mulholland road hockey tournament Sept. 27 at the Southwood outdoor rink, but James Buchan-an, one of the organizers and a participant, said everyone involved was a winner.

“It’s just a memorial tournament for Les Mul-holland who passed away two years ago,” said Bu-chanan, whose own team compiled a 2-1 record in the round robin but didn’t advance under the tiebreaker format. “We just do it to bring every-one together and raise a bit of money to donate

throughout the commun-ity. We’re going to give some money to minor hockey, get an award go-ing there for some goal-tending.”

Seven teams took part in the tournament, about the same as the fi rst two times it was held, though the event was a little ear-lier this year than in the past.

“It lines up with about when he passed away,” Buchanan said. “The last couple of years, we’ve done it at Thanksgiving just because it’s a little bit easier to get some people home who are living away. We moved it up a little bit this year because it didn’t line up for people who were helping out and were going to be working

or away out of town.”Buchanan said road

hockey was an appro-priate way to remember Mulholland, who grew up playing hockey with the friends who are now participating in the tour-nament.

“We were all hockey players and that’s how we all grew up and came together so we keep it go-ing like that,” said Bu-chanan. “And it’s fun. Get people active and having some fun while you do it.”

There were many close games this year, with several going to over-time, but it’s the togeth-erness that matters more than the results.

“Everybody’s having a good time,” said Buchan-

an. “Everyone’s smiling. That’s what it’s all about

at the end of the day, having fun and bring-

ing people together for a good cause.”


The Bar Down Warriors’ goaltender bars the way for a shot from one of the Swanky Sail-

ors during the fi nal of the third-annual Les Mulholland road hockey tournament Sept. 27

at the Southwood outdoor rink.

Third-annual road hockey tournament raises

money for minor hockey and remembers a friend


R.D. Parker Collegiate’s girls’ soccer team had the opportunity to qualify for the provincial champion-ships when they made it to the fi nal as hosts of the Zone 11 soccer cham-pionships in Thompson Oct. 4-5 but couldn’t overcome an early defi cit against the Hapnot Col-legiate Institute Kopper Kweens from Flin Flon and wound up on the

bottom end of a 4-1 score under sunny skies with a cold wind at Burntwood Elementary School fi eld.

Hapnot took the wind out of the RDPC Trojans’ sails with an early goal on a high shot that arced just over goaltender Cait-lin Fennell’s outstretched fi ngers. The Kopper Kweens doubled that lead about fi ve minutes later on a high shot into the top corner. Hapnot had an easy time on the

third goal, when a shot that was stopped by the Trojans defence but not cleared out of the penalty area came to the ground just in front of one of the Kweens, and she buried it into the open net.

RDPC scored once in the second half but Hap-not matched that effort and fi nished the game with the same three-goal lead they had at halftime.

The Trojan girls an eas-ier time of it in their fi rst

game on Oct. 5, beating the Otter Nelson River Nikiks from Cross Lake in a shutout game that was called on a mercy rule when RDPC went up 10-0.

RDPC’s boys team went into the fi nal game of the round robin against Frontier Mosakahiken School from Moose Lake knowing that whichever team came out the win-ner would fi nish fi rst in the pool and advance to

the boys’ fi nal.The Moose Lake Griz-

zlies went up 1-0 early in that game, maintaining control after a corner kick attempt and taking the lead with a high shot under the crossbar. It re-mained a one-goal affair until early in the second half, when the Grizzlies-got their second of the game. They stretched the lead to three later in the half and made the fi nal score 4-0 with a success-

ful penalty kick.The Trojan boys fi n-

ished the tournament in a consolation fi nal against Otter Nelson River, who fi nished second in the other pool. The teams traded goals in the fi rst half before the Nikiks took their second lead after a free kick. RDPC battled back to tie it in the second half before prevailing 3-2 after the game went to a penalty kick shootout.

Soccer season ends at home for Trojans

Thompson Citizen photos by Ian Graham

R.D. Parker Collegiate’s girls’ soccer team lost in the fi nal of the Zone 11 soccer championships to Hapnot Collegiate Institute of Flin Flon while the boys’ team fell short of the fi nal

when they lost to the Frontier Mosakahiken School Grizzles from Moose Lake in their fi nal round-robin match.


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Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Jon-Ross Merasty-Moose

Jon-Ross Merasty-Moose, back row, fourth from right, is representing the Northern Manitoba communities of Thomp-

son, South Indian Lake and Brochet as a the starting fullback on the Brandon University (BU) men’s soccer team, which

is competing in its fi rst year in the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference. Another former Thompsonite, Vasilios Gion-

nappolous, fi fth from right in the back row beside Merasty-Moose, joined the team late and played his fi rst game with

the team as a striker Sept. 27, scoring fi ve goals in a 6-1 win against Assiniboine Community College, BU’s fi rst win, and

vaulted into top spot in season scoring in the process.

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Northstars winless on opening weekend

Hanson scores three for Wild


The Norman Northstars will be looking for their fi rst win of the Manitoba AAA Midget Hockey League in their 30th home opener this weekend, after losing all three games on the opening weekend.

The Northstars opened the season in Brandon, fall-ing 6-1 to the Wheat Kings Oct. 3, then came much closer to a win in a 5-4 loss to the Yellowhead Chiefs on Oct. 4 before losing the fi nal game 9-1 to the Chiefs on Sunday.

Bryce Horning’s un-assisted marker in the second period against Bran-don, which led 3-0 before-hand, was the only goal for the Thompson-based team in the opener, which saw the Northstars go 0-for-5 on the power play and goal-tender Mark Steeves make 32 saves.

Horning got on the score-sheet again in Shoal Lake on Saturday, potting his team’s third goal on a power play, which evened the score before Riley Shamray put the Chiefs up 4-3. Michael Markus had a third-period goal for the Northstars to even the score once again but Morgan Geekie scored midway through the fi nal frame to give Yellowhead the victory. Byron Spence and Daylon Campell had

scored in the fi rst period, Spence giving the North-stars their only lead of the game less than fi ve minutes in and Campbell pulling his team within one after Tucker Scantlebury notched a natural hat trick with three goals in 12 minutes to put Brandon in the driver’s seat. Steeves made 32 saves once again.

Scantlebury found the natural hat trick so nice he did it twice, scoring the fi rst three goals of the game Oct. 5. It was 7-0 before Spen-ce’s second of the season broke the Chiefs’ shutout bid in the second period and Yellowhead added another pair in the third.

Connor Faulkner lasted less than eight minutes in net in his Northstars’ debut, giving up four goals in the span of 47 seconds before the opening period was half over. Steeves stepped made 14 saves the rest of the way.

The Northstars will be busy before their games against the Interlake Light-ning in Thompson, bagging groceries and signing auto-graphs for two hours on Fri-day (5 to 7 p.m.) and three hours on Saturday (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) at Safeway and then taking part in a player, parent and board meet and greet in the Thompson Regional Community Cen-tre multipurpose room on Sunday at 10 a.m.


The Norman Wild began the Manitoba Fe-male Midget Hockey League season with a trio of losses, two of them by a single goal, on the road in Shoal Lake and Portage la Prairie Oct. 3-5.

The Wild, who have four players from Thomp-son on their roster,

opened the season with a 3-2 loss to the Yellow-head Chiefs Oct. 3. Ken-dra Hanson of Thompson opened the scoring, but the Chiefs got two back to head into the fi rst inter-mission ahead by one. They extended their lead to two in the middle frame before Alyssa Bertholet of The Pas drew the Wild within one in the third.

Goaltender Kerigan Dow-hy of The Pas stopped 46 shots in the game while the Wild put 20 pucks on Yellowhead’s net.

Hanson had the open-ing goal for the Wild against the Chiefs again the following day, this time to tie the score 1-1. Yellowhead scored twice in the second period to lead by a pair until Han-

son’s second of the game made it 3-2 in the fi nal frame, which was as close as Norman would get. Shots in this game were 45-27 for the Chiefs.

The weekend fi nished on a lower note as the Central Plains Capitals got one goal in each of the fi rst two periods and three in the third in a 5-0 victory.


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Success for All

School District of Mystery Lake

PRESS RELEASE

The School District of Mystery Lake would like to correct certain

information which was published by the Thompson Citizen in its

article about one of the Trustee candidates. In this article, the trustee

candidate was quoted as saying that the District is investing in solar

panels for its main offi ce even while the ceilings in the School District

were in such disrepair that they were collapsing on teachers and

students. This is completely incorrect.

The School District is not installing solar panels. More importantly our

ceilings are not in a state of disrepair.

The School District employs a dedicated staff of professionals including

maintenance personnel under the direct supervision of a qualifi ed

Engineer. We take proactive measures by performing our preventative

maintenance as well as repairs when needed. Extensive resources are

devoted to ensure that our schools are kept in good condition for the

comfort and safety of all our students, teachers, staff and visitors.

The only incident remotely like what was alleged by the Trustee

candidate was when, due to extreme weather, a heating radiator

at Westwood school froze and burst, causing some tiles to fall. The

majority of the problem was in a hallway and happened outside of

school hours. The issue was immediately cleaned up and fi xed before

students arrived in the morning.

The District has every confi dence that our District’s employees will

continue to provide excellent maintenance to our schools.

Robert Pellizzaro

Chair, School District of Mystery Lake

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the matter of the estate of Mildred Agnes Pachniosky, late of the City of Thompson, in Manitoba, retired, deceased.

All claims against the above Estate, duly verifi ed by Statutory Declaration, must be fi led with the undersigned at their offi ces, 2nd Floor 436 Thompson Drive North, Thompson, Manitoba, R8N 0C6, on or before the 14th day of November, 2014.

Dated at Thompson, Manitoba, this 1st day of October, 2014.

LAW NORTH

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Plenty of different per-sonalities fi lled the Ma-Mow-We-Tak Friendship Centre for the councillors’ debate sponsored by the Thompson Chamber of Commerce Oct.1. With 14 of the 18 candidates at-tending, opinions on how the city should be run were made clear.

During the 90-second time period each candi-date had to speak about their platform there were several similarities. Many have lived in Thompson for more than a decade, and have years of ex-perience in community events and programs. Leadership, transparen-cy, and the quality of life in Thompson were also included in several plat-forms.

Once the fl oor opened citizens had the chance to ask the candidates ques-tions. Attending meet-ings was brought up fi rst, with a resident asking, “If you’re making the com-mitment to council, will you make the commit-ment to the meetings?”

Current Coun. Brad

Evenson spoke fi rst. “It’s a large commitment. At fi rst you go in and try to make all the meetings, but it’s impossible to make all the meetings. You want to be involved in all the deci-sions, but you also have to understand that there is a great administration in the City of Thompson to help.”

Dennis Foley says the city needs to make the meetings more access-ible for people that have a day job. “Coming from a position where I work nine to fi ve with a one-hour lunch break there’s defi nitely going to be challenges. One of the big things I would like to push with city coun-cil is making these sub-committee meetings more accessible to the public. Moving these meetings to the evenings is defi nitely an option.”

The other 12 candidates – Erika McCarthy, Christa Herkert, Melanie Cutler, David Erickson, Coun. Penny Byer, Blake Ellis, Audrey Dufour, Kathy Valentino, Paulette Sim-kins, Lydia Blais, Colleen Smook, and Coun. Judy

Kolada – all spoke about how commitment is key and that they will make themselves available for the meetings.

Volker Beckmanm asked about transpar-ency and how councillors will get away from voting blocks that he says have come forward these past few years.

Byer said in the past four years she has never voted to support someone else’s opinion. “I’ve never walked into those coun-cil chambers knowing for sure which way I was going to vote, not until I heard what other people had to say. At commit-tee meetings, yes, I voice my opinion and I heard other people speak and sometimes based on the information they brought forward I even changed my opinion. I think as a responsible council this is what we have to do. We have to be open and will-ing.” Byer says getting the information out to the public is a challenge and suggests moving coun-cil meetings outside of city hall, and reporting on committee meetings

more.Blais suggested the use

of social media be used more, and the majority of the candidates seconded her opinion. “I think we should balance a little bit more towards social media. Whether that be Twitter or Facebook to get our word out from the city. A lot of people are using it. That’s a lot of a group that we’re currently not hitting as a city.”

Kolada has her own idea about how to deal with these issues. “I think the only way to resolve that is to vote in people with integrity.”

All candidates wished to speak about home-lessness. Smook says the city needs to include the homeless in more of the decisions. “I don’t be-lieve that we include them enough when we’re doing good for them. We have to include some of the bands they come from to see why they don’t want to go back to their home communities. What are the reasons they don’t or can’t go back there?”

But McCarthy says they should classify Thomp-

son as their home. “This is their home, and maybe if it’s not they’d like it to be. For people to think they have the right to ask people ‘Well, where’s your home, can’t you go back to it?’ is just wrong. With the services to help some people, and we have the services in Thompson, this town can be home to whoever they choose.”

Simkins, executive dir-ector for the Thompson Homeless Shelter, says she has a good under-standing of homeless-ness here. “Those indi-viduals that are here are completely homeless. I think there needs to be a clear distinction between homeless and the transi-ent population that come in for the weekend and then leave.” Simkins says the extreme cold weather policy showed the city doesn’t have the space to house all the homeless citizens and that needs to be talked about.

Technology was brought up throughout the forum. A resident asked cur-rent council members if they see texting during the council meetings, and

asked hopeful councillors if they believe in a no tex-ting policy. Everson, Byer, and Kolada all said they do see texting. Everson mentioned councillors have the ability to look up information during meet-ings, and fact check but it is also communicating with family during the meetings.

Every candidate spoke to this matter saying it’s a matter of etiquette, that all councillors should turn their phones off dur-ing the meetings unless there is an emergency. Ellis says it’s about doing research before the meet-ings. “For me there will be no texting. When there’s a delegation in front of us, that delegation has our full attention. In terms of looking up information during a debate, I’m go-ing to be doing my home-work before that debate so I don’t need to look up information, I know it.”

One thing all 14 can-didates agreed on during the debate was the city’s fi scal responsibility to-wards ensuring low-cost recreational programs for youth in the city.

Hopeful councillors voice their platforms during Chamber of Commerce forum

Candidate says outsiders have

valuable insights to contributeBY IAN [email protected]

Thompson transplant Audrey Dufour, who moved here two years ago from her native Quebec not knowing how to speak English, says she could bring a fresh perspective and represent the views of people like her who came to the city for work if she is elected to city council.

“This town has some issues,” says Dufour who has worked at Bos-ton Pizza, ET Blades and as a security guard since coming to Thompson, as well as substitute teach-ing French classes at La Voie du Nord, Riverside Elementary School and R.D. Parker Collegiate. “I have less experience than some older people do. I did not grow up here but I’m fresh. I see right away be-cause I’m not used to that stuff. It’s easy for me to say it’s not normal.”

Dufour, who studied politics and administra-tion for one year at each and law for three years in Quebec, came from Lac Saint-Jean – “a little small town in the north; nobody speaks English there” – to Thompson with her fi -ancé, a welder who works for Alex McIntrye & Asso-ciates Ltd. at T-1 and was born in Quebec but grew

up in Thompson because his father, also a welder, worked here.

Coming from outside, Dufour says, enables her to see both positive and negative aspects of Thompson that may not always be apparent to those who have been here for a long time.

“I came here and what I saw was so many pos-sibilities,” Dufour says. “Even if I just spoke French, I had a job right away. In Quebec, I can

never do that, work with kids. Even if I studied law and everything. I came here and I can do some-thing else, maybe working for the hospital in admin-istration. You have many possibilities.”

There’s a lot Thomp-son could learn from her hometown and other communities elsewhere, though.

“For me, the town where I came from, no crime, no crime at all,” she says. “It’s peaceful. It’s actual-

ly very clean, very, very clean, you don’t even see garbage, a piece of litter.”

Dufour says that, as a councillor, she would be conscious that she wasn’t there for herself, but to represent the people of the city, many of whom are in a similar situation to here.

“A lot of people here came for work and they did not grow up here and most of them don’t have a business so I think I can represent many people because I am one of them,” she said. “I’m not doing it for the money. I don’t do it to make some publicity for my business. It’s just be-cause I love it.”

Dufour says she thinks it would be better to have the homeless shel-ter nearer to the hospi-tal and to ensure that the people staying there receive counselling and support to eventually get them off the streets.

“It’s not supposed to be a permanent house,” said Dufour. “It’s something temporary. It’s some-thing that they can have help and that’s about it. When they get the help, they’re supposed to get over it. But no, they’re stuck there. For sure the spot is wrong.”


Audrey Dufour, who moved to Thompson from Quebec two

years ago, says she is similar to many other people who

are attracted to the city for work.

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

5 BEDROOM HOUSE for rent. Close to downtown and highschool. $1700 per month plus utilities. Available October 15, 2014. References required. Please call 204-677-3633 or 204-679-0478 204-679-0901. 41-1-dTOWNHOUSE FOR RENT 3 bedrooms, stove, refrigerator, large deck, shed, $1250/month plus utilities. No pets, ref-erences required. Available Nov. 1. Call 204-239-0152. 41-2-d

HOUSE FOR SALE Juniper area. 3 bed-room, 2 bathrooms, newer upgrades throughout, fi nished basement. Large backyard, close to school and down-town. Detached double car garage. Price $180,000. Call for your appointment to view. Cell 204-679-2320. 41-4-d

55 SELKIRK 280 1st fl & 910 2nd fl , 79 Selkirk: 400 & 2000 storefront, 23 Nelson: 1000 industrial call : 204-778-5511 or 204-679-0915. 37-tfn-nb OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE 500-5000 sq ft. available. Cameron/ Hoe building 81 Churchill Drive. Contact Joe Aniceto. 204-679-0490 or Neil Cameron 306-477-5668. 20-tfn-nb

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Rev. Jean Arthurson-Ouskan

10 Caribou 677-4652 11 am

ST. JOSEPH UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC

340 Juniper Drive 778-7547

ST. LAWRENCE

ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH

Fr Joseph Subhash and Fr Guna Sekhar

114 Cree R. 677-0160

Sat. 6:30 pm & Sun. 10 am

THOMPSON PENTECOSTAL

Pastor Dan Murphy

126 Goldeye 677-3435 Sunday School

9:45 am, Church 11:00 am

ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN

132 Greenway Cres. 677-4151

Sunday School (youth): 9:45 am

(kindergarten and up): 11:30 am

Regular Hours: 11 am Church Service

CHRISTIAN CENTRE FELLOWSHIP

Pastor Ted Goossen

328 Thompson Dr. N. 677-4457

Sun. School 9:45 am • Service 11 am

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Ps Peter Elias 456 Westwood Dr. S.

Ph. 778-8037 Service @ 11 am

ADVENT LUTHERAN and ST. JOHN’S

UNITED congregations worship at 52

Caribou Rd. at 10:30 am Sundays.

Phone 204-677-4495

LIVING WATER CHURCHPastor Archie McKay

Ph: 677-2469

Sunday services @ 7:00pm.

Light of the North Church

32 Nelson Road

GATEWAY BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH

Pastor Dave Cook

35 Station Road 204-679-9000

Sunday School 10:00

AM Service 11:00, PM Service 7:00

Prayer Meeting- Wednesday 7 PM

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EVERYONE WELCOME SUNDAYS

AT 10 AM 83 COPPER RD

For more information, church tours or

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WAREHOUSE/OFFICE SPACE 73 Hayes Rd. 660 sq. ft. Warehouse/Offi ce/Garage Space- 67 Weir Rd. -864 sq. ft. Call Carolyn Turpie at 204-679-0159 or 204-677-3516 or email: [email protected] 14-tfn-nb

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1 & 2 bedroom apartments available immediately

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TENDER WILL BE AVAILABLE ONOctober 8, 2014

MANITOBA INFRASTRUCTURE AND

TRANSPORTATION

Separate sealed tenders will be received by:

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

on the specifi ed day up to 12:00 noon prevailing local time for the following work:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014C.O. X05926

Mechanical Brush Cutting, Shredding and Hand Brush

Cutting on PTH 60

The work involves Mechanical Brush Cutting, Shredding and Hand Brush Cutting within the

right of way on PTH 60, for approximately 54.4 hectares.

BID BOND & TENDER FEE ARE WAIVED FOR THIS

PROJECTTender forms may be obtained

at the above address. The lowest or any tender may not

necessarily be accepted.

For other Manitoba government tenders, please

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NOTICE OF TENDER

TENDER WILL BE AVAILABLE ONOctober 8, 2014

MANITOBA INFRASTRUCTURE AND

TRANSPORTATION

Separate sealed tenders will be received by:

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

on the specifi ed day up to 12:00 noon prevailing local time for the following work:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014C.O. X05927

Mechanical Brush Cutting, Shredding and Hand Brush

Cutting on PTH 10

The work involves Mechanical Brush Cutting, Shredding and Hand Brush Cutting within the

right of way on PTH 10, for approximately 62.4 hectares.

BID BOND & TENDER FEE ARE WAIVED FOR THIS

PROJECTTender forms may be obtained

at the above address. The lowest or any tender may not

necessarily be accepted.

For other Manitoba government tenders, please

visit www.manitoba.ca

Looking for a full time cook with experience preferred.

Apply at the front desk from 8 am to 3 pm

Start wage is $15.0029nb-2-nb

183 Cree Rd, Thompson MB, R8N 0C2

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

FAX: 204-677-4087

Looking for part time or full time front desk clerk. Apply at the front desk from 8 am - 3 pm

Start wage is $13.0029nb-2-nb


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Looking for full time kitchen helper. Apply at the front desk

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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.

LABORATORY TECHNICIAN Classification: Educational Assistant 3 Full-Time Term: A.S.A.P. to March 31, 2015 Thompson or The Pas, Manitoba Competition No. 14-080 Closing Date: October 13, 2014Please visit our website for more detailed information about UCN and this employment opportunity. At http://www.ucn.ca, select “Employment”, and select from the list of positions to view. Thank you for your interest in UCN.

Thompson (866) 677.6450


FACULTY OF ARTS, BUSINESS AND SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR (PHYSICS/CHEMISTRY) Classification: Instructor Full-Time Regular Position Thompson, Manitoba Competition No. 14-081 Closing Date: October 14, 2014Please visit our website for more detailed information about UCN and this employment opportunity. At http://www.ucn.ca, select “Employment”, and select from the list of positions to view. Thank you for your interest in UCN.

Thompson (866) 677.6450

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BUILDING SERVICE SUPERVISOR Classification: Building Service Supervisor Full-Time Permanent Position Thompson, Manitoba Competition No. 14-084 Closing Date: October 24, 2014 Please visit our website for more detailed information about UCN and this employment opportunity. At http://www.ucn.ca, select “Employment”, and select from the list of positions to view. Thank you for your interest in UCN.

R.D Parker Collegiate“Learners today, leaders tomorrow”

TUTORS WANTEDRD Parker Collegiate is putting together a data base with potential tutors.If you are interested, please provide us with specific subjects that you are able to tutor. Please include your hourly rate and contact information.Please email [email protected]

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EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR Classification: Instructor Full-Time Term: October 27, 2014 to May 1, 2015 Grand Rapids, Manitoba Competition No. 14-082 Closing Date: October 12, 2014Please visit our website for more detailed information about UCN and this employment opportunity. At http://www.ucn.ca, select “Employment”, and select from the list of positions to view. Thank you for your interest in UCN.

Thompson (866) 677.6450

CREE NATION CHILD & FAMILY CARING AGENCY

RESOURCE WORKER

PERMANENT POSITION

THOMPSON OFFICE

Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency is situated on Opaskwayak Cree Nation and is responsible for administering and providing for the delivery of Child and Family Services Under a provincial mandate, the Agency services the Swampy Cree communities, as well as Flin Flon, Thompson, Swan River, Winnipeg and Lynn Lake/Marcel Colomb First Nation.

Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency is dedicated to providing comprehensive CFS Services that are community-based and incorporate both protection and prevention service. Our agency strives to maintain family unity.

POSITION SUMMARY:Under the supervision of the Unit Supervisor, the Resource Worker is responsible for developing, maintaining, supporting, educating and licensing foster care resources for children in the care of the Agency. Adheres to the Child and Family Services Act and regulations and ensures that provincial standards are met.

RESPONSIBILITIES:• Resource Pool Development• Licensing • Support to Foster Care Providers• Training• Assist with placement

QUALIFICATIONS

• Work experience in Child and Family Services with demonstrated knowledge of child development, family centered service, early intervention, family support and community-based services

• Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) or related undergraduate degree in Human Services (preferred)

• Ability to converse fl uently in Cree (preferred)• Excellent assessment, intervention and writing skills• Knowledge of the Child and Family Services Act and provincial

standards• Ability to use a variety of computer applications including CFSIS

and FACTS,

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Must pass a criminal records check, child abuse registry check and • prior contact check.• Cannot be active on a protection case.• Must maintain absolute confi dentiality in accordance with agency

requirements.• Varied amounts of travel required within this position.• Must have a valid Manitoba driver’s license.• Must be able to provide own vehicle for work.• Other duties related to the position may be assigned.

Deadline: October 14, 2014 @ 4:30 pm

SUBMIT RESUMES ALONG WITH THREE (3) REFERENCES MARKED

“PERSONAL & CONFIDENTIAL” TO:

Human Resource Manager Cree Nation Child & Family Caring Agency Box 10130 Opaskwayak, MB. R0B 2J0 Fax: 204-623-3847 Email: [email protected]

We thank all who apply, and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Please visit our website at www.creenation.ca

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Full Time Youth Care Practitioner

Kisewatisiwin Services – Thompson MB

Competition No. 2288.09.14

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: A Full Time Youth Care Practitioner (YCP) is required for the Kisewatisiwin Service Area in Thompson Manitoba. The successful candidate will be required to work 40 hours per week with a variety of shifts including days, evenings, weekends and holidays. This position will be working with our Learning Independence Fosters Empowerment (LIFE) & MYTEAM Programs. As part of multi-disciplinary teams in the provision of a nurturing, caring and safe environment for male and female adolescents in a residential setting, the YCP 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.

QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO DO THE JOB: Minimum of 18 years of age; Valid driver’s license is mandatory; Willingness to obtain First Aid/CPR/AED Certifi cation; Demonstrated ability to work independently with youth in the community; Non –Violent Crisis Intervention and Applied Suicide Skills Intervention training or a willingness to obtain; Possess a current (within 3 months) or willingness to obtain a Criminal Record Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) and a Child Abuse Registry Check.

SALARY RANGE: $27,727.49 to $43,622.31 d.o.q. per annum plus 5% Northern Allowance and a competitive pension and benefi t plan.

HOURS: 40 hours per week. Split shifts plus a combination of regularly scheduled shifts consisting of days and evenings.

Resumes may be faxed, 778-7778, emailed, [email protected], or delivered 102-83 Churchill Drive Thompson, MB quoting competition number before 12:00 p.m. October 16, 2014. Visit us at www.mys.ca for complete information on this and other employment and volunteer opportunities.

THOMPSON REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

Help WantedElectrician/Equipment Operator

Qualifi cations:

Applicant must be a licensed electrician. Applicants must have a valid class 5 driver’s license. Must be able to manage and prioritize his/her workload. Effective interpersonal skills, communication skills and proven ability to work co-operatively in a team environment are essential. Knowledge in aviation industry would be an asset.

Duties:

Reporting to the Operations Manager the incumbent will be responsible for conducting preventative maintenance, install conduit, extensions, or alterations in electrical systems; services, repairs, maintains lighting, power, heating, and fi re alarm systems; repairs replaces defective parts in motors, generators, pumps, storage batteries, appliances, transformers; tests for, locates, and repairs trouble in electrical circuits and equipment, runway and approach lighting and precision approach path indicators; and performs related duties as required. Incumbent will have the ability to read and interpret blueprints, sketches and diagrams.

Incumbent must be willing to be deemed profi cient and operate heavy equipment in a safe and appropriate manner. Heavy equipment will include trucks, front-end loaders, dozers, graders, packers, snowblowers, sweepers and other pieces of equipment. Incumbent must also clean, maintain and secure all equipment as directed by legislation, policies and procedures. Incumbent must be willing to obtain a class 3 driver’s license with air brakes.

Applicants are requested to indicate in their covering letter or resume how they meet the qualifi cations of the position. Starting wage is $36.74 per hour. The Thompson Regional Airport Authority offers a competitive benefi ts package. Closing date will be October 10, 2014.

Apply by mail to: Thompson Regional Airport Authority

Box 112

Thompson MB R8N 1M9

Fax: 204-778-6477

or by email to:

Melissa.Lounsbury@fl y-yth.ca

LEGAL SECRETARY

Employer: Law North

Quali ca ons: 1 - 2 years experience/training in secretarial/administra ve support. Must be pro cient in Word, Excel and Outlook. Du es will include recep on, keyboarding, word processing, light bookkeeping and administra ve func ons. Ability to type 40 wmp, accuracy, organiza onal and communica on skills are essen al. Legal secretarial training and bookkeeping experience in an o ce environment is an asset. Salary will be commensurate with experience.How to apply: Send resume and cover le er, along with wage requirements to:

Contact: Derek M. CogganBy Mail: 2nd Floor, 436 Thompson Dr. N.Thompson, MB., R8N 0C6By Fax: (204) 677-3249By E-mail: [email protected]

Closing Date: October 17, 2014

We thank you for your interest and will contact you if you are selected for an interview.

Salesperson/Management TraineeSeeking a highly motivated, permanent, full-time salesperson for busy expanding retail store.

Successful applicant will be well groomed, outgoing and personable, and able to keep pace with rapidly changing technology and procedures. Applicants should possess a positive attitude, and be professional in appearance and demeanor. A high degree of proficiency with new and emerging technologies is required.

Wireless Solutions offers an above industry average performance based compensation package with benefits. Applicants must be available to work during store hours which are from 9 AM to 6 PM weekdays, and 9:30 AM to 5 PM on Saturdays.

Must be able to pass a criminal background check.

Please drop off resume and cover letter in person to:

Wireless Solutions/MTS Connect Thompson16-50 Selkirk Avenue,

Thompson, MB R8N0M7Attention: Vincent W. Shumka

No phone calls please.


PLUMBING INSTRUCTOR Classification: Instructor Full-Time Term Position: November 3, 2014 to March 6, 2015 Oxford House, Manitoba Competition No. 14-083 Closing Date: October 19, 2014 Please visit our website for more detailed information about UCN and this employment opportunity. At http://www.ucn.ca, select “Employment”, and select from the list of positions to view. Thank you for your interest in UCN.

Thompson (866) 677.6450

Employment Opportunity

MAINTENANCE & SECURITY POSITION

THOMPSON, MANITOBA

This position is responsible for performing grounds and building maintenance, facility systems preventative maintenance, as well as ensure complete security of this world-class, outdoor aero-engine test site.

REQUIREMENTS: Willingness to work a rotational shift; valid driver’s license; operation of fork lifts, scissor lifts and boom arms, and CAT 996 wheel loader, or similar; operation of hand tools, power tools and torque wrenches.

For more information about this position, visit www.mdsaerotest.ca

We offer competitive salary and comprehensive benefi ts package. Submit your resume in confi dence to [email protected]

by October 13, 2014. We thank you for your interest, however, only selected candidates will be contacted.

Join MDS AeroTest for a unique and rewarding experience!


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N.C. Crossroad Lanes10 Pin & 5 Pin Bowling • Glow Bowling

Sports Bar • Strikers LoungeHomemade Pizza • VLTs • Video GamesComputerized Scoring • Birthday Parties

Twoonie Tuesdays • Closed Sundays + Holidays

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Thompson Citizen photo courtesy of Dave Safronetz

Inside a hospital tent for ebola patients in Liberia.

Safronetz couldn’t have

predicted this paththe ebola fi ght, since he knew he had done work in Africa before. The Deer-wood vice-principal says his friend is an excellent ex-ample of why science is im-portant for current students.

“That’s a great way, espe-

cially to promote biology,” Harwood said.

Safronetz says he could never have predicted work-ing in the anti-ebola fi ght back when he was still in high school.

“Seven years ago if some-one would have told me I’d be living in a small town in

western Montana but still working in a world-class research facility I would have laughed at them,” Sa-fronetz said. “I never really expected this but here I am and we’re loving it down here. It’s a fantastic place to live and it’s a fantastic place to work.”

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