Manitoba
Archive of hometown notes from Thompson: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.
How Thompson sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Thompson follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Thompson in national context first.
Heritage North Museum is a reason people stay fond of Thompson.
December 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
Vale's Thompson operation describes a mine and nickel concentrator in production since 1961 beside the city in the northern boreal.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Thompson compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Thompson's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Thompson still answers to Hub of the North when the conversation turns to Northern Manitoba services. The townsite sits on a Burntwood
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
C.A. Nesbitt Arena is listed as home of the Norman Northstars and the Norman Wolves.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Thompson.
Residential mill rates for Thompson appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Thompson beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Walk or drive through Thompson long enough and Mystery Mountain Winter Park comes up. Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon Beard Arena, home ice for the Norman Northstars and Norman Wolves, plus a free walking track that matters when the wind is sharp. Public skates fill Gordon Beard on weekend evenings, and Nickel Days turns those arenas and grounds into the summer gathering that names the ore underfoot. Mystery Mountain Winter Park sits about twenty minutes north on Provincial Road 280, with downhill runs, the Polar Lounge after-ski stop, and groomed cross-country trails run by the Thompson Ski Club.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Vale's Thompson operation describes a mine and nickel concentrator in production since 1961 beside the city in the northern boreal.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Heritage North Museum records Hub of the North as the nickname for Thompson's role serving fly-in and winter-road communities across the
November 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
Heritage North Museum records Hub of the North as the nickname for Thompson's role serving fly-in and winter-road communities across the region.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Thompson sits in published building-permit figures for October 2023.
Construction intent in Thompson shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Thompson permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Mystery Mountain Winter Park offers eighteen downhill runs about twenty minutes north of Thompson on Provincial Road 280.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Heritage North Museum is a reason people stay fond of Thompson.
October 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
Nickel Days is named on municipal TRCC pages as a special event that fills the arenas with residents and provincial visitors.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon
Walk or drive through Thompson long enough and Mystery Mountain Winter Park comes up. Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon Beard Arena, home ice for the Norman Northstars and Norman Wolves, plus a free walking track that matters when the wind is sharp. Public skates fill Gordon Beard on weekend evenings, and Nickel Days turns those arenas and grounds into the summer gathering that names the ore underfoot. Mystery Mountain Winter Park sits about twenty minutes north on Provincial Road 280, with downhill runs, the Polar Lounge after-ski stop, and groomed cross-country trails run by the Thompson Ski Club.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Thompson.
Residential mill rates for Thompson appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Thompson beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Municipal notices sound like any northern service town: Dominion Bay paving, TRCC track closures, councillor registration windows. What
September 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
C.A. Nesbitt Arena is listed as home of the Norman Northstars and the Norman Wolves.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Thompson draws municipal drinking water from Burntwood River, treated at Thompson Water Treatment Plant (23 Burntwood Road).
Ask where Thompson drinking water begins and the answer is Burntwood River, then Thompson Water Treatment Plant (23 Burntwood Road). That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
Municipal surface plant on Burntwood Road. City publishes annual water quality reports (province-reviewed). 2025 engineering RFP covers mechanical/electrical/SCADA upgrades and potential UV integration into the existing process; full coagulation/filtration train details are not fully published in open city pages.
See the Thompson water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Nickel Days is named on municipal TRCC pages as a special event that fills the arenas with residents and provincial visitors.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Thompson.
Thompson appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Walk or drive through Thompson long enough and Mystery Mountain Winter Park comes up. Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon Beard Arena, home ice for the Norman Northstars and Norman Wolves, plus a free walking track that matters when the wind is sharp. Public skates fill Gordon Beard on weekend evenings, and Nickel Days turns those arenas and grounds into the summer gathering that names the ore underfoot. Mystery Mountain Winter Park sits about twenty minutes north on Provincial Road 280, with downhill runs, the Polar Lounge after-ski stop, and groomed cross-country trails run by the Thompson Ski Club.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Thompson.
Broadband rows for Thompson come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Thompson internet page.
Mystery Mountain Winter Park offers eighteen downhill runs about twenty minutes north of Thompson on Provincial Road 280.
August 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
Mystery Mountain Winter Park offers eighteen downhill runs about twenty minutes north of Thompson on Provincial Road 280.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Thompson sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Thompson follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Thompson in national context first.
Thompson Regional Community Centre is a reason people stay fond of Thompson.
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Vale's Thompson operation describes a mine and nickel concentrator in production since 1961 beside the city in the northern boreal.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Thompson compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Thompson's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon
Walk or drive through Thompson long enough and Mystery Mountain Winter Park comes up. Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon Beard Arena, home ice for the Norman Northstars and Norman Wolves, plus a free walking track that matters when the wind is sharp. Public skates fill Gordon Beard on weekend evenings, and Nickel Days turns those arenas and grounds into the summer gathering that names the ore underfoot. Mystery Mountain Winter Park sits about twenty minutes north on Provincial Road 280, with downhill runs, the Polar Lounge after-ski stop, and groomed cross-country trails run by the Thompson Ski Club.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Thompson.
Residential mill rates for Thompson appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Thompson beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
July 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
Nickel Days is named on municipal TRCC pages as a special event that fills the arenas with residents and provincial visitors.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Walk or drive through Thompson long enough and Mystery Mountain Winter Park comes up. Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon Beard Arena, home ice for the Norman Northstars and Norman Wolves, plus a free walking track that matters when the wind is sharp. Public skates fill Gordon Beard on weekend evenings, and Nickel Days turns those arenas and grounds into the summer gathering that names the ore underfoot. Mystery Mountain Winter Park sits about twenty minutes north on Provincial Road 280, with downhill runs, the Polar Lounge after-ski stop, and groomed cross-country trails run by the Thompson Ski Club.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Heritage North Museum records Hub of the North as the nickname for Thompson's role serving fly-in and winter-road communities across the
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Heritage North Museum records Hub of the North as the nickname for Thompson's role serving fly-in and winter-road communities across the region.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Thompson sits in published building-permit figures for June 2023.
Construction intent in Thompson shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Thompson permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Walk or drive through Thompson long enough and Mystery Mountain Winter Park comes up. Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon Beard Arena, home ice for the Norman Northstars and Norman Wolves, plus a free walking track that matters when the wind is sharp. Public skates fill Gordon Beard on weekend evenings, and Nickel Days turns those arenas and grounds into the summer gathering that names the ore underfoot. Mystery Mountain Winter Park sits about twenty minutes north on Provincial Road 280, with downhill runs, the Polar Lounge after-ski stop, and groomed cross-country trails run by the Thompson Ski Club.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Thompson Regional Community Centre is a reason people stay fond of Thompson.
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Nickel Days is named on municipal TRCC pages as a special event that fills the arenas with residents and provincial visitors.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Municipal notices sound like any northern service town: Dominion Bay paving, TRCC track closures, councillor registration windows. What
May 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
Vale's Thompson operation describes a mine and nickel concentrator in production since 1961 beside the city in the northern boreal.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Thompson.
Residential mill rates for Thompson appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Thompson beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Thompson still answers to Hub of the North when the conversation turns to Northern Manitoba services. The townsite sits on a Burntwood
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
C.A. Nesbitt Arena is listed as home of the Norman Northstars and the Norman Wolves.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Thompson draws municipal drinking water from Burntwood River, treated at Thompson Water Treatment Plant (23 Burntwood Road).
May 2023 is a good week to revisit Thompson's source: Burntwood River. Treatment at Thompson Water Treatment Plant (23 Burntwood Road) sits between the intake and the tap.
Municipal surface plant on Burntwood Road. City publishes annual water quality reports (province-reviewed). 2025 engineering RFP covers mechanical/electrical/SCADA upgrades and potential UV integration into the existing process; full coagulation/filtration train details are not fully published in open city pages.
See the Thompson water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Walk or drive through Thompson long enough and Mystery Mountain Winter Park comes up. Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon Beard Arena, home ice for the Norman Northstars and Norman Wolves, plus a free walking track that matters when the wind is sharp. Public skates fill Gordon Beard on weekend evenings, and Nickel Days turns those arenas and grounds into the summer gathering that names the ore underfoot. Mystery Mountain Winter Park sits about twenty minutes north on Provincial Road 280, with downhill runs, the Polar Lounge after-ski stop, and groomed cross-country trails run by the Thompson Ski Club.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Thompson.
Thompson appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
April 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
Heritage North Museum records Hub of the North as the nickname for Thompson's role serving fly-in and winter-road communities across the region.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Thompson.
Broadband rows for Thompson come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Thompson internet page.
Mystery Mountain Winter Park offers eighteen downhill runs about twenty minutes north of Thompson on Provincial Road 280.
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Mystery Mountain Winter Park offers eighteen downhill runs about twenty minutes north of Thompson on Provincial Road 280.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Thompson sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Thompson follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Thompson in national context first.
Mystery Mountain Winter Park is a reason people stay fond of Thompson.
Walk or drive through Thompson long enough and Mystery Mountain Winter Park comes up. Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon Beard Arena, home ice for the Norman Northstars and Norman Wolves, plus a free walking track that matters when the wind is sharp. Public skates fill Gordon Beard on weekend evenings, and Nickel Days turns those arenas and grounds into the summer gathering that names the ore underfoot. Mystery Mountain Winter Park sits about twenty minutes north on Provincial Road 280, with downhill runs, the Polar Lounge after-ski stop, and groomed cross-country trails run by the Thompson Ski Club.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Thompson compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Thompson's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Municipal notices sound like any northern service town: Dominion Bay paving, TRCC track closures, councillor registration windows. What
February 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
C.A. Nesbitt Arena is listed as home of the Norman Northstars and the Norman Wolves.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Thompson.
Residential mill rates for Thompson appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Thompson beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Nickel Days is named on municipal TRCC pages as a special event that fills the arenas with residents and provincial visitors.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
February 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
Vale's Thompson operation describes a mine and nickel concentrator in production since 1961 beside the city in the northern boreal.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Heritage North Museum records Hub of the North as the nickname for Thompson's role serving fly-in and winter-road communities across the
Walk or drive through Thompson long enough and Mystery Mountain Winter Park comes up. Ski and snowboard hill north on PR 280, with Polar Lounge after-ski talk and more than ten kilometres of groomed cross-country trail.
Winter and hockey give the place its indoor geography. Thompson Regional Community Centre, the TRCC, holds C.A. Nesbitt Arena and Gordon Beard Arena, home ice for the Norman Northstars and Norman Wolves, plus a free walking track that matters when the wind is sharp. Public skates fill Gordon Beard on weekend evenings, and Nickel Days turns those arenas and grounds into the summer gathering that names the ore underfoot. Mystery Mountain Winter Park sits about twenty minutes north on Provincial Road 280, with downhill runs, the Polar Lounge after-ski stop, and groomed cross-country trails run by the Thompson Ski Club.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Thompson sits in published building-permit figures for January 2023.
Building-permit value for Thompson comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.
Open the Thompson permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Heritage North Museum is a reason people stay fond of Thompson.
January 2023 in Thompson: Heritage North Museum. Local museum interpreting Thompson-region history from Mystery Lake exploration through Hub of the North service-centre identity.
Mystery Mountain Winter Park offers eighteen downhill runs about twenty minutes north of Thompson on Provincial Road 280.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Thompson draws municipal drinking water from Burntwood River, treated at Thompson Water Treatment Plant (23 Burntwood Road).
Ask where Thompson drinking water begins and the answer is Burntwood River, then Thompson Water Treatment Plant (23 Burntwood Road). That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
Municipal surface plant on Burntwood Road. City publishes annual water quality reports (province-reviewed). 2025 engineering RFP covers mechanical/electrical/SCADA upgrades and potential UV integration into the existing process; full coagulation/filtration train details are not fully published in open city pages.
See the Thompson water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Thompson still answers to Hub of the North when the conversation turns to Northern Manitoba services. The townsite sits on a Burntwood
Thompson Regional Community Centre still orients Thompson. TRCC is the indoor heart of town: two arenas, fitness, gym, walking track, and the floor that hosts Nickel Days crowds.
Vale's Thompson operation describes a mine and nickel concentrator in production since 1961 beside the city in the northern boreal.
More on Thompson: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.