On City Beat last Thursday, Deputy Mayor Kathy Valentino shared the latest update on the Aquatic Centre.

“Administration has reviewed the proposal during the last week of January, both of those proposals met the technical requirements then staff looked at the financial information to the technical requirements. Council did receive a presentation from administration about the scoring, about each proposal received, about how much money we currently can commit to the project and how much more we need to complete the project.”

Valentino added that the Mayor, Council and City Administration are working to seek additional outside funding to cover the construction costs.

The City of Thompson has about $15 million in confirmed funding for the new pool, including $11 million combined from the federal and provincial governments, a $2 million donation from Vale, a $1 million provincial grant the city received in the summer, and additional money raised by the Swim North committee.