Thompson teachers gathered at the Juniper Centre to honour colleagues retiring from the teaching profession at the 2013 Thompson Teachers Association (T. T. A.) retirement dinner June 21. Emceed by colleague Robyn Ridley, the evening featured moving
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“The whole project [is about topics] that we truly believe need to be brought up in Thompson or the world and that we feel close to our hearts,” says Grant. That is certainly the case for Amber Frost, also 13, who is focusing on MMIWG and suicide awareness with Grant. “It’s very important to me because I lost a few people to this,” Frost says. “I think no one should die because of what their culture is or how they look or how they sound or how they speak or how they style their hair.” As part of their work on suicide awareness, Grant and Frost are creating a video about people who lost children or relatives to suicide.
So far, 23 infections caused by the B.1.1.7 or United Kingdom variant have been identified in Northern Manitoba as well as two that have not been categorized. Manitoba reported 261 new COVID cases April 22, including 159 in Winnipeg, 36 in the north, 31 in the southern health region, 25 in the Interlake-Eastern health region and 10 in the Prairie Mountain health region. Three previously announced cases were removed due to data corrections for a net daily increase of 258. This is the second day this week that more than 200 new cases have been announced in the province and the five-day test positivity rate has climbed to 6.4 per cent.
One new death was reported since yesterday, the 960th person to die as a result of the virus since the pandemic began. In the north, 25 new cases were reported, including nine from the Grand Rapids/Misipawistik/Mosakahiken/Moose Lake/Easterville/Chemawawin health district, seven from the Shamattawa/York Factory/Tataskweyak/Split Lake district, and five from the Bunibonibee/Oxford House/Manto Sipi/God’s River/God’s Lake district. There are 132 Manitobans in hospital as a result of COVID-19, including 66 with active cases, 18 of whom are in intensive care. There are also 15 people who are no longer considered infections who are still in intensive care.