Opasquia Times
Tuesday, 13 February 2024 13:25
MB U18 AAA league considers restructuring
There’s some unsettling talk about the possibility of Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League restructuring and eliminating some teams that they feel aren’t meeting the competitive standard of the league. A competition committee was formed to determine the viability of league and made some recommendations for improvements.“The hockey community is large,…
Tuesday, 13 February 2024 13:23
RCMP ICE investigations regarding youth on social media
We’ve somehow made it normal to allow kids to use smart devices and have access to social media, and now it’s catching up to us. The Manitoba RCMP Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has seen a drastic increase in the number of investigations involving youth and social media. The apps…
Tuesday, 06 February 2024 14:46
UCN Linkages in Thompson for the first time
University College of the North (UCN) is hosting its annual Linkages Conference this month, but this time in a new location. This will be the first time UCN’s Linkages Conference will be held in Thompson.“Linkages Thompson is going to be held this year on February 13 and 14,” said UCN…
Tuesday, 06 February 2024 14:45
Heape had a once-in-a-lifetime experience
Sixteen-year-old Emily Heape has overcome incredible odds and was granted a dream come true through the Dream Factory. Just before Christmas, Heape went on her dream trip to Australia to experience all kinds of adventures with her family.“We started our journey to Australia on Dec 17, flying to Vancouver after…
Tuesday, 06 February 2024 14:42
Skippy L ownership under question by Town
The state of the Skippy L rests in the hands of who officially owns it, which has now come into question. With the derelict state of the designated heritage site being beyond repair, the Town of The Pas and Heritage Society must first find the owner before the de-designation process…
Tuesday, 06 February 2024 14:40
Hiring process begins for Town’s CSO program
The Town of The Pas, like many rural and northern Manitoba communities, is struggling with having adequate numbers of police officers stationed in the community. The cost of policing is rising, as is the cost of everything else, but there are just not enough police officers on hand to deal…
Tuesday, 30 January 2024 15:41
From paper to the big screen
Growing up with a love of reading and making up stories is a sure path to a career in writing of some sort. That is exactly what fueled the fire for Sonya Ballantyne to become a writer, director and filmmaker. “When I was a little girl, I loved making up…
Tuesday, 30 January 2024 15:28
Pre-Law offered coming to the north this fall
Beginning in September 2024, University College of the North (UCN) and the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law will deliver selected courses designed to help prepare Indigenous and northern students for entry into law school. Pre-Law at UCN will provide a solid academic background for entry into a career in…
Tuesday, 30 January 2024 15:27
Draft provincial recycling plan now out
Municipalities all across Manitoba are looking for more cost-effective ways of doing things, while maintaining a certain standard level of service. Recycling costs have been a topic of discussion for all Manitoba municipalities, as to find out how to recoup the costs of operating recycling services in each community, which…
Tuesday, 30 January 2024 15:21
TPAHD currently facing financial hardships
At last week’s Town of The Pas council meeting, members from The Pas Association for Human Development (TPAHD) Board of Directors made a presentation during Citizen’s Period. In that presentation, TPAHD was looking for the town for forgiveness of their property taxes for the next three years, to help them…
Tuesday, 30 January 2024 15:18
Town Council hear requests during Citizen’s Period
The Town of The Pas held a regular scheduled council meeting on January 22 in council chambers. The meeting started off with four presentations during Citizen’s Period.The first presentation was by Val Miron, the Office Manager for The Pas Handi-Van. Miron did a presentation as part of a request for…
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 13:43
The Pas RCMP respond to serious stabbing incident
On January 19, 2024, at approximately 3:50 pm, The Pas RCMP responded to a serious stabbing incident in the 300 block of Edwards Avenue. Two people were severely injured. No further reports of violence have been received. However, one or more suspects remain at large. The RCMP is asking residents…
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 13:40
Trappers’ Festival dog races cancelled
This winter has been one for the books, when it came to warmer than average temperatures in December and very little snow. Winter may be catching up, but the lack of snow on the ground in tri-community has put a major Trappers’ Festival event on the backburner for this year.…
Tuesday, 16 January 2024 15:47
A family effort to make sure veterans are not forgotten
Recently The Pas Legion has voted in a new president, Roger Nikolychuk. Roger is no stranger when it comes to volunteering as Legion member, for he has strong family ties to The Pas Legion that started with his mother, Angie, who was the former president of The Pas Legion. Serving…
Tuesday, 16 January 2024 15:44
The Grub Box celebrates half a century in biz
When thinking about the Grub Box being in existence for 50 years, since 1973, I’ve had to go back in history some 70 years, to the early 1950s, when I was in my teens. I had a part time job working for Mabel and Gilbert Jones at Jones’ Grocery, stocking…