Pilot project to staff minor treatment clinic
1:42 PM
In an effort to further reduce ER wait times, an additional physician will staff the minor treatment clinic at Health Sciences Centre starting next week, health officials announced today.
The additional doctor means there will be two doctors on duty at a time and will allow them to potentially treat more than 20 additional patients per day, taking pressure off the ER.
The additional physician staffing is being done on a four-week pilot project basis with about $33,000 in additional funding for the clinic, which is located near the emergency department.
Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said the pilot project is a direct result of the feedback they heard from frontline health workers.
Missing Thompson woman last heard from Wednesday
11:36 AM
RCMP are searching for a missing Thompson woman who was last heard from on Wednesday.
Janice Muskego, 41, spoke with a family member by phone that day and was last seen in person on Sunday.
She was reported missing to RCMP late Tuesday afternoon, the day before the relative spoke to her on the phone.
Muskego is described as 5-5 in height, 175 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Thompson RCMP are asking anyone who has seen her to call them at 204-677-6909/6911 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
Four facing charges after shots fired
11:12 AM
Two men and two teenage boys are facing charges after shots were fired in the city’s core area late Wednesday night.
Police, including members of the heavily armed tactical support team, were sent to the area of the 100 block of Kate Street at about 10:30 p.m. They found damage to property, including evidence indicating a gun had been fired. No injuries were reported, and the suspects fled.
Four males were arrested in a nearby suite. Police seized 100 grams of crack cocaine, a modified semi-automatic rifle, a loaded .22-calibre rifle and various ammunition after getting a search warrant for the suite.
Ross Stephen Thompson, 49, and Matthew Harold Meredith, 45, are facing drug and weapons charges. Two boys, ages 16 and 14, are facing several weapon- and drug-related charges, but were released.
