The Association of Manitoba Municipalities fall convention took place last week in Winnipeg.

On City Beat yesterday, Mayor Colleen Smook indicated the event is an opportunity to network with municipalities of a similar size, with similar issues and concerns.

She speaks here about a positive outcome from the convention, after an announcement from the Province.

“We had a talk on health care at the Institutional Safety Officers coming to Thompson to work in the hospital which is something that we’ve been pushing for since 2019. It took a crisis to get our hospital grey-listed for things to finally move forward.”

The Thompson General Hospital was grey-listed by the Manitoba Nurses Union two weeks ago, due to safety concerns brought forward by their local members.

Smook added that there will be 8 Institutional Safety Officers working at the hospital, but couldn’t say what will have to happen before the grey-listing designation will be removed.