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City of Thompson, Manitoba
Nickname: Hub of The North, T-Town
Coordinates: 55°45′N 97°52′W / 55.75, -97.867
Country Canada
Province Manitoba
Region Northern
Established 1956
Town 1967 Town of Thompson
City 1970 City of Thompson
Government
 - City Mayor Tim Johnston
 - City Council Thompson City Council
 - MLA(Thompson) Steve Ashton
Area
 - Total 17. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Steve Ashton (born February 29, 1956 in Surrey, England) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 18 km² (6. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 6 sq mi)
 - Census Agglomeration 3,481. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 24 km² (1,344. 1 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 13,446
 - Density 782. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 8/km² (2,027. 4/sq mi)
 - Census Agglomeration 13,593
 - Census Agglomeration Density 3. 9/km² (10. 1/sq mi)
  According to CTV news the population grew from 13 000 to 18 000 in the past year.
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC)
Postal code R8N
Area code(s) 204
Website: http://www.thompson.ca

The City of Thompson, "Hub of the North" is the regional trade and service centre of Northern Manitoba. Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Daylight saving time ( DST A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 204 is the telephone Area code in the Canadian province of Manitoba, encompassing the whole province and includes the Environment Canada Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America The city is located 830 kilometers north of the international border, and 739 kilometers north of the provincial capital of Winnipeg, and is 396 kilometers Northeast of Flin Flon. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Flin Flon (pop 5594 in 2006 census is a Canadian mining city and border city of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It is the third largest city in the province behind Winnipeg and Brandon. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Brandon is a City in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. The surrounding area is often referred to as " Westman "

Contents

History

The modern history of Thompson began in 1956 when on February 4, a major ore body was discovered by use of an airborne electromagnetometer following ten years of mining exploration in the region. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons An ore is a volume of rock containing components or Minerals in a mode of occurrence that renders it valuable for mining Inco Limited signed an agreement with the Manitoba government covering the construction of the mine, mill, smelter, and refinery, as well as town services. Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America The agreement also required that the company provide financial assistance towards the Kelsey Generating System, and a spur line to connect with C.N's Bay Line near Thicket Portage. Thompson is a planned community named after Inco's chairman, John F. This is a list of planned cities (sometimes known as planned communities or New towns by country Thompson, and was incorporated as a town in 1967 on Canada's Centennial Anniversary. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. In 1970 Thompson was incorporated as a city in the royal presence of Queen Elizabeth II, having reached a population of 20,000. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II A decline in population occurred during the following decades, levelling off around 14,000 people. Thompson came to be known as "The Hub of the North", as it functions as a centre for politics and commerce in the region.

Economy

Its most prominent local industry is the mining, milling, smelting and refining of nickel, with additional nickel concentrates coming from Voisey's Bay, Labrador. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body Chemical reduction, or smelting, is a form of Extractive metallurgy. Refining (also called affining) is the process of Purification of a substance. Nickel (ˈnɪkəl is a metallic Chemical element with the symbol Ni and Atomic number 28 Voisey's Bay is a Canadian Bay in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Modern Labrador Just like its island neighbour Newfoundland early settlement in Labrador was tied to the sea as demonstrated by the Montagnais, Innu and

Aside from Vale Inco Ltd; Manitoba Hydro, Calm Air, MTS and the provincial government employ the majority of the people in Thompson. A large portion are teachers and entrepreneurs as well.

Many federal and provincial government agencies have offices in Thompson. Thompson has a large retail sector, providing such things as clothing for all ages, a pet store, jewelry stores, travel agencies, vehicle dealerships, and grocery stores. Calm Air Airlines provides direct service between Winnipeg and Thompson. First Air is the newest airline in Thompson, with their first flight in late 2007. Thompson Airport

The construction of the 200 megawatt Wuskwatim hydro project southwest of Thompson will be important for the local economy. Thompson Municipal Airport is an airport located There are also bases for Custom Helicopters Missinippi Airways Fast Air Royal Canadian Mounted Police Air Services Construction of the access road to Wuskwatim began in 2006, and construction of the hydro dam will likely begin in 2009.

Thompson Transit is the public transit service operated for the city by Grey Goose Bus Lines. Thompson Transit is the public transit agency in Thompson Manitoba, Canada.

Education

The local School District of Mystery Lake encompasses six elementary grade schools (Deerwood, Burntwood, Westwood, Riverside, Juniper, and Wapanohk (formerly Eastwood)), and one high school, R.D. Parker Collegiate. The School District of Mystery Lake provides educational services in the city of Thompson Manitoba at six elementary schools and one high school RD Parker Collegiate is the only high school in Thompson Manitoba, and holds grades 9 - 12 (senior 1-4

Thompson also offers a K-12 French immersion program. French immersion is a form of Bilingual education in which a child who does not speak French as his or her first language receives instruction in school in French Parents must enroll their children in the program and send them to École Riverside School and then afterwards they can continue it in high school. Students do not have the option of switching to French immersion in secondary school if they did not take the course at some point while in elementary school.

There is also the opportunity to receive K-8 education in the Cree language. Cree (also known as Cree-Montagnais Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 117000 people across This immersion program begins at Wapanohk (formerly Eastwood) elementary school. There are also basic Cree courses for grades 9-12 at R. D. Parker Collegiate as well as grade 10 and 11 courses in Native Studies and a grade 12 "Native Law" course. Full Cree-medium education does not, however, extend to the high school as of yet.

Although there is some demand for a private school, Thompson is not home to any at this time. For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered

Thompson contains one of the two main campuses of the University College of the North, as well as the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Social Work branch in the region. The University College of the North (UCN is a post-secondary institution located in northern Manitoba, Canada. The University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada, is the largest university located in the province of Manitoba.

Shopping

Thompson is home to western Canada's first fully enclosed shopping centre, the Thompson Plaza. The surrounding communities also rely on many of the shopping amenities it has to offer. The city's main shopping mall, City Centre Mall, has many stores. It including WalMart, Safeway, Marks Work Warehouse, Bootlegger, The Source by Circuit City, Warehouse One, Starbucks, Tim Hortons and Boston Pizza. In 2007, Safeway remodelled their Thompson store into a Safeway Lifestyles style store, with a fresh meat counter and more quick meal choices. Safeway Inc ( a Fortune 500 company is North America's third largest Supermarket chain with as of December 29 2007 1743 stores located throughout the

Cold Weather Testing

Due to Thompson's unique location and subarctic climate it has gained a good reputation for its cold weather testing. Regions having a subarctic climate (also called boreal climate) are characterized by long usually very cold winters and brief warm summers Automobile manufacturers such as Chrysler, Ford, and Hummer have tested their vehicles in winter months in Thompson. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Hummer is a Brand of Off-road vehicles sold by General Motors, also known as GM The National Research Council of Canada has indicated its intentions to seek a partner in the private industry to develop an aircraft engine testing facility. An aircraft engine is a Propulsion system for an Aircraft. Aircraft engines are almost always a type of lightweight Internal combustion engine.

Sports

Thompson is home to the Norman Northstars hockey team. Thompson's minor hockey teams are known as the King Miners.

The high school teams are called the RD Parker Collegiate Trojans. The main rivals of the Trojans are the Hapnot Kopper Kings from Flin Flon and the MBCI Spartans from The Pas.

Every year students from the six elementary schools in grades 4-8 compete in the Knights of Columbus Track Meet. The most successful school to date in the competition has been Westwood School.

Thompson also has a large 6-sheet curling rink known as the Burntwood Curling Club which has hosted several zone and provincial competitions.

Circuit Court

Thompson is unique in that it is the judicial centre for an enormous geographic area ranging from Norway House in the South to Churchill in the North. Norway House is a rural community of approximately 5000-6000 people some north of Lake Winnipeg, on the bank of the eastern channel of Nelson River, in the province Churchill ( 2006 Population 923 is a town on the shore of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada, situated at the Estuary of the Churchill The Thompson Judicial district covers 15 circuits and offers both Judicial Justice of the Peace Court as well as Provinical Court sittings. Judges, Judicial Justices of the Peace, Clerks, Crown Attorneys and defence lawyers based in Thompson and Winnipeg regularly travel by small plane on circuit court to various remote communities and First Nation Communities to hold Provinical court.

Bylaws

The City Council of Thompson has bylaws. There was a curfew bylaw (varying depending on age) for people under 18. [1]. The bylaw was discontinued after police enforcing issues.

Population

Stats Canada[1]

Year Population Five Year
 % change		 Ten Year
 % change
1971 n/a n/a n/a
1976 17,291 n/a n/a
1981 14,288 -17. 4 n/a
1986 14,701 n/a n/a
1991 14,977 n/a 4. 8
1996 14,385 -3. 9 n/a
2001 13,256 -7. 8 -11. 5
2006 13,446 1. 4 -6. 5

Burntwood Regional Health Authority[2]

Year Population 1 Year
 % change
2002 14,106 0
2003 13,899 0
2004 14,215 0
2005 14,160 0
2006 14,076 0

Media

Newspaper

The local newspaper, the Thompson Citizen, is published on Wednesdays. A free newspaper produced by the same company, The Nickel Belt News, is distributed to a wider area than the Citizen, encompassing other communities such as Churchill, Snow Lake, Norway House, Nelson House, Cross Lake, Lynn Lake, Split Lake and many others.

Reference in music

The town has been made famous by the Tragically Hip song "Thompson Girl", whose scene is set just north of Thompson. The Tragically Hip is a Canadian rock band from Kingston Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and occasional acoustic Phantom Power is the sixth full-length Album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip.

Radio

Television

CBWTT went on the air for the first time on April 1, 1969. CBWK-FM is the callsign of the CBC Radio One station in Thompson Manitoba. CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information Radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [3]

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.citypopulation.de/Canada-Manitoba.html
  2. ^ http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/population/2006/3/burntwood.pdf
  3. ^ "Microwave Hook-Up Gives North Live TV", Winnipeg Free Press, April 29, 1969, p. CBWFT is the Société Radio-Canada French language Television station in Winnipeg Manitoba. Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language Television network. CBWT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. CKY-TV (also commonly known as CTV Winnipeg) is a Television station based in Winnipeg Manitoba and owned by CTVglobemedia. CTV is a Canadian English language Television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network the main television asset of CTVglobemedia Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.  28.  

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