On City Beat last Thursday, Mayor Colleen Smook provided an update on a number of items of interest in Thompson over the past year.

While the music at the Walmart entrance of the City Centre Mall is still playing, there may be some relief once the RCMP staff the Crime Suppression Unit to work with the Community Safety Officers to deter loitering there.

Smook talks here about a data tracking system from MRG Geosystems Corporation that the city is now using.

“The actual trial was run from late spring to early summer and the system worked well. The purchase of the hardware and software was approved in August and staff has received training on it last month. The hardware was installed in the public safety CSO vehicles and it is now in use.”  

Shared Health took over the Ambulance Service from Thompson Fire and Emergency Services back in February.  The City still provides ambulance service, but they are now the third ambulance out.

The new system has seen ambulance calls handled by Thompson Fire and EMS reduced by two-thirds over 2024.