TORONTO, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Inco Limited is contributing $1.5 million to the Regional Community Centre project in Thompson, Manitoba. The gift was announced in Thompson this weekend by Inco Chairman and CEO Scott Hand during special celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Thompson ore body discovery and the founding of the community of Thompson.
Mr. Hand said that the project will help improve the quality of life in the community and enhance Thompson's attractiveness to potential new residents and tourists.
"For fifty years, our company and this community have shared the common goal of making Thompson a great place to live," Mr. Hand said. "Our contribution to the Thompson Community Centre project is one way to help ensure that Thompson continues to be a community of choice for our future employees and others who work for a wide array of growing businesses and institutions in the city," he said.
The Thompson Regional Community Centre is a $22 million project to ensure a sustainable, multi-faceted destination point and community facility that will reflect current and future needs by enhancing and developing lifestyle opportunities for the residents of Thompson and surrounding area.
