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Thompson’s annual Take Back the Night walk in support of community safety and opposing violence, particularly violence against women, took place Sept. 22.
Thompson Royal Purple Lodge No. 276 ended its 60-year history in Thompson by donating $29,000 to the Thompson Crisis Centre’s children’s program Aug. 16.
Marchers took to the streets for the first time since 2019 to protest sexual and intimate partner violence.
For a residential property assessed at $174,680, the total taxes before the provincial education tax credit is applied will be $3,656 compared to $3,584 in 2020. For a commercial property valued at $1 million, total taxes would be $36,030 this year compared to $35,447 last year, a difference of $583. The total city budget, if passed without changes, will be about $41 million. About 69 per cent of that is accounted for by salaries and benefits (47 per cent) and paying for RCMP services (22 per cent). The city said in a press release that council decided to include an increase in property ta...