Right in the centre - Canada Post lowers service one more time
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- Published on Thursday, March 1, 2018
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Canada’s newspaper industry and rural Canada has had a strained relationship with Canada Post for several decades. Canada Post has been involved in a self-inflicted downward spiral for a long time. They slipped a notch lower this month. Canada Post is reducing its services yet again to rural Canada. They have reduced the number of truck deliveries in and out of rural post offices and have drastically changed their schedules. Many post offices will get fewer deliveries and pick ups and while the reduced schedule is one factor, the change in schedule is disruptive to say the least. This paper delivers a large number of copies through the post office.
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It's over
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Natives eliminated from playoff contention
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
The playoff dreams of the Neepawa Natives have been iced, after a 3-2 loss to the Winnipeg Blues on Wednesday, Feb. 28. With the defeat, the Natives were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, unable to catch the eight place Swan Valley Stampeders before the end of the regular season.
New cash for Austin community kitchen
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Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
Eight community centres across Manitoba, including one in Austin, will split more than $84,000 to purchase and install new commercial-grade kitchen equipment. “With this funding, our government is investing in the future of food innovation, product development and Manitoba’s entrepreneurial spirit,” said Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler. “Community centres are often the launching pad for new food products, giving Manitobans access to the space and equipment needed to grow from a home-based business into something more. This is an important investment in community-led economic development and local value-added processing.”
Federal budget gets it mostly wrong according to critics
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Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The federal government tabled their budget on Tuesday emphasizing they intend to close the gender gap in pay scales and encourage more fathers to take paternity leave. Critics were quick to point out that while these may be laudable goals, the country is in need of many other economic initiatives. The province of Manitoba PC government lead by Premier Brian Pallister held a news conference Tuesday afternoon. Pallister said, “This is a mid-term budget. There is nothing to help with health care. There is some money there to help with addictions but it would also have been a good time to give some tax relief.” Finance Minister Cameron Friesen said, “The economy is growing and federal spending is growing but in face of what is happening in the United States with their tax cuts, the federal government should have provided some tax relief.”
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