The Northern Manitoba Tourism Awards Gala was held last night at the Kikiwak Inn in The Pas.

 

The Event of the Year award went to The Blueberry Jam Music Festival in Flin Flon.

 

The Partnership Award went to Calm Air.

 

The Innovation Award went to Nights Under Lights from Churchill.

 

Opaskwayak Indian Days in OCN and Wapusk Adventures from Churchill tied for the Indigenous Tourism Award.

 

And the Award of Distinction went to Volker Beckmann from Thompson.

 

Other Thompson nominees included Nickel Days, the National Indigenous Peoples’ day celebrations, the Northern Adventure Guides mobile apps and the Snowmobile Project