Tokmanni     Press release     29 April 2019 at 3:50 p.m Tokmanni will open a new store in Juuka on Friday 3 May 2019 at 9 a.m The new store is located in a very central commercial location in the centre of Juuka and will replace the Tokmanni store that has served the municipality for many years and which will be closed on Thursday 2 May 2019 The new store will have a wide product selection and is more pleasant and spacious than its predecessor the Juuka Tokmanni will treat its customers with generous special offers and by handing out 500 surprise buckets containing product gifts to the first 500 customers The new store in Juuka will offer customers an extensive range of regularly updated products health and wellbeing products to cleaning and home renovation products The selection will also include a varied selection of clothes and accessories There will also be a larger range of home decoration products than in the previous store The store’s separate garden department will sell yard and garden products such as tools and plants according to the season The store has been designed to make shopping quick and easy This has been achieved particularly through wide aisles and improved signage A contemporary general visual appearance has been ensured with Tokmanni’s red brand colour and modern white-grey tones energy-efficient LED technology will be used in the store’s lighting A pleasant shopping experience is further enhanced by Veikkaus gaming services and a recycling point for small electronics items bought in the Tokmanni online store can be picked up from the Juuka store The new store will have about 1,350 square metres of retail selling space around 300 square metres more than its predecessor “We are extremely happy to be opening a new Tokmanni in the centre of Juuka before the summer season be more functional and address our needs better than its predecessor We strongly believe our customers and personnel will feel much more at home in the larger and more spacious new store Thanks to the functional division of space we will be able to showcase our product selection better,” says Tokmanni’s Sales and Marketing Director Mathias Kivikoski From the opening day on Friday until Sunday the new Tokmanni will be full of special offers A total of 500 surprise buckets containing product gifts will be given to the first customers on the opening morning to 4 p.m. The address of the new store which will employ around six to eight customer service professionals will represent Tokmanni at the store opening on Friday morning Mayor Markus Hirvonen will hold a speech on behalf of the Municipality of Juuka at the opening event Tokmanni’s chain will continue to grow and renew Tokmanni’s target is to increase its store chain to more than 200 stores and to add a net of 12,000 square metres of new retail space every year which means around five new or relocated stores Tokmanni currently has 188 stores around Finland.  The first half of this year is a very busy time for Tokmanni the general discount retailer will reopen the Säästökuoppa chain store in Sodankylä and the TEX chain store in Kemijärvi which were taken over by Tokmanni at the beginning of this year Tokmanni opened eight Ale-Makasiini chain stores and a former TEX chain store in the centre of Rovaniemi under the Tokmanni brand the general discount retailer moved into new store premises in Hanko and opened a renewed store on Kehräämötie in Kajaani and a renewed and enlarged store in Turenki Tokmanni also centralised all of its store operations in Siilinjärvi into the Tokmanni store that has been in operation in the town for a long time by closing the Ale-Makasiini located in other premises nearby.  During the autumn, Tokmanni will expand its store network to two new locations, Vääksy and Virrat.¹)  ¹) https://ir.tokmanni.fi/en/investors/tokmanni-as-an-investment/new_stores Mathias KivikoskiSales and Marketing Director  Tel. +358 20 728 6045mathias.kivikoski(at)tokmanni.fi Harri KoponenStore Network and Concept Director  puh. +358 20 728 6030harri.koponen(at)tokmanni.fi Maarit MikkonenInvestor Relations and Communications Manager Tel. +358 40 562 2282maarit.mikkonen(at)tokmanni.fi after a lightning strike's electric charge ran through their bodies Open image viewerImage: AOPYle News4.8.2018 11:25•Updated 4.8.2018 14:41Two men died in the North Karelia municipality of Juuka on Friday when an electric charge caused by a lightning strike conducted through nearby wet soil to their bodies The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim says lightning strikes kill between one and two people each year in Finland the effects of a lightning strike can cause burns or seizures the electric charge created by the natural phenomenon can bring about cardiac arrest or stop a person's breathing The shock wave that results from the lightning flash can also damage the ears or throw the victim Moisture improves the conductivity of the electric current that creates lightning so a wet location will cause a more dangerous charge to channel through the body than a dry one Duodecim recommends that people who have felt the effects of a lightning strike in their body be brought to treatment immediately the charge may have caused internal bodily damage If you can hear thunder less than 30 seconds after seeing lightning The safest place during a lightning storm is inside a building or a vehicle. If this isn't possible, the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) recommendsOpens an external website crouching down and staying low FMI also advises people caught in a lightning storm to stay away from high places and water Boaters should get off the water onto the shore Rubber boats will not protect you from a direct lightning strike but they will safeguard your body from "step potential" – the ground current that races towards a lightning strike and sometimes chooses nearby humans as better conductors avoid using electric devices and stay away from water pipes and fireplaces The risk of being hit by lightning remains for up to 30 minutes after the last observed lightning or thunder strike in the area so do not go back outside until this period of time has passed Edit at 1:05 pm: The FMI does not recommend that people take shelter near a tree It instead advises people caught out in the open to crouch and stay low Based on the design of La Sagrada Família in Barcelona one of the structure's domes will be 30 meters high making it the loftiest ice dome in the world Open image viewerImage: Kuvakaappaus Juuan kunnan web-kamerasta8.1.2015 7:02•Updated 8.1.2015 10:20Construction of the ice cathedral began in December and is reportedly on schedule for completion next week The goal of the project is to create an ice structure which is based on the design of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona which will be the highest dome constructed of ice on the planet A type of reinforced ice mixing wood fibres and plain ice called pykrete that is three times stronger than plain ice the use of textiles and ropes is also being investigated as reinforcement for the ice structure The international project's technical coordinator even though temperatures this week dipped as low as -25C "It's hard to work in extreme cold A temperature of about -15C is best," Jaaranen explained the construction team is comprised of 40 people working and hoping that the weather will stay cold enough for the structure to freeze and set in time for its formal inauguration on the 24th of this month You can follow the work in progress via a special project webcam provided by the municipality of Juuka hereOpens an external website Carved gently into the Hamersley Ranges in Western Australia’s Pilbara Region It’s a place with an ancient human history a place that’s held signs and stories of the world’s oldest living culture for more than 46,000 years archeological excavations of rock shelters there found several Aboriginal artefacts a 28,000-year-old marsupial bone tool and a 4,000-year-old belt made from plaited human hair — hair that belonged to the ancestors of today’s Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura traditional owners a series of quick-fire booms echoed through this sacred place as mining giant Rio Tinto detonated strategically placed charges at its Brockman 4 mine the Juukan 1 and 2 shelters were destroyed; rattled by a company that sees the place’s richness not in its ancient story but in the deposits of iron ore that run beneath the rust-red soil The Taliban blew up the ancient Buddhist statues at Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Now Rio Tinto has blown up an older Aboriginal heritage site at Juukan Gorge, Western Australia. Both were government-approved. One was for the profit of religion, the other for the religion of profit. pic.twitter.com/yVNDN53L5r — Bob Brown Foundation (@BobBrownFndn) May 26, 2020 Rio Tinto confessed to damaging this site of great significance on a day of great significance — Sorry Day Sorry Day falls during Reconciliation Week and acknowledges the strength of survivors of the Stolen Generations This particular Reconciliation Week marks 20 years since more than 200,000 people marched across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for a treaty that would formally recognise the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their ancient connection with this land Rio Tinto said it had “worked constructively” with traditional owners on a range of heritage matters and “has modified its operations to avoid heritage impacts and to protect places of cultural significance to the group” Ancient rock shelters destroyed in Pilbara mining blast on Sunday. PKKP Aboriginal Corporation devastated at loss of Juukan Gorge sites. Terrible irony that awareness of blasting came when PKKP contacted Rio for site access for NAIDOC @BillJohnstonMLA https://t.co/knUkok9oEw pic.twitter.com/OuUph6qYcc — Ngaarda Media Pilbara (@ngaarda) May 27, 2020 Sadly, what Rio Tinto did was entirely legal. In 2013, the former Barnett state government granted the company ministerial approval to excavate in the area in accordance with Section 18 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act (1972). Not even the findings of the archeological excavation a year later could reverse that decision. Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura traditional owners only learned of the immediate threat to the Juuka shelters about a week before the blast, after they requested access to the area for NAIDOC Week celebrations, which take place in July. They desperately negotiated to stop the detonation, but it was too late — the charges had already been laid and were deemed unsafe to remove. In a statement to Mamamia, Puutu Kunti Kurrama Land Committee Chair John Ashburton said, “Our people are deeply troubled and saddened by the destruction of these rock shelters and are grieving the loss of connection to our ancestors as well as our land. “There are less than a handful of known Aboriginal sites in Australia that are as old as this one and we know from archaeological studies that it is one of the earliest occupied locations not only on the western Hamersley Plateau, but also in the Pilbara and nationally. Its importance cannot be underestimated.” Mr Ashburton said, while the traditional owners acknowledged Rio Tinto had met its legal obligations throughout the process, they are “gravely concerned [about] the inflexibility of the regulatory system” that allows such destruction to take place even after the cultural and historical significance of an area has been established. The WA Aboriginal Heritage Act is under review, and final consultation on a draft bill by Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt has been pushed back to later this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Let’s hope it prioritises the other irreplaceable richness held within that rust-red soil. Feature images: Supplied by the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura Aboriginal Corporation. Meanwhile a gentler approach is being taken against a lone wolf in Pieksämäki Open image viewerImage: Teemu Nieminen11.12.2012 6:59•Updated 11.12.2012 7:07The Juuka hunting licenses are in effect for two weeks within a limited area Seven dogs have been killed there since October Local officials say the two wolves are young individuals who do not seem to fear humans and find dogs to be easier game than elk They urge locals to keep a close eye on all pets and domestic animals The Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute estimates that there are between 180-200 wolves in Finland Some 90-110 of these are believed to be in Eastern Finland At least seven litters of pups were born there last spring Meanwhile a wolf has remained around residential areas of Pieksämäki in east-central Finland after killing a dog there last week The wolf was earlier fitted with a tracking collar by the Game and Fisheries Research Institute so its movements have been easy to track Commissioner Hannu Jäppinen of the South Savo Police says the wolf has been moving around at night in a relatively small area in Hirvipohja a few kilometres from the centre of Pieksämäki He said it is unusual for a wolf to remain in such a small area but that efforts are underway to encourage it to move on people should keep pets on leash and avoid the forests unless necessary “And maybe children shouldn’t be left alone to wait for the school bus,” Jäppinen suggests However he points out that wolves are by nature shy creatures who avoid humans “There are packs roaming around North Karelia at times but when was the last time a wolf attacked a person it’s not a comforting thought to have a wild animal like that wandering around your back garden.” No-one has been killed by a wolf in Finland since 1882 Road Transport AccidentTwo wolves die in car accidentsPublished 20122012Sources: Yle