Community comes together
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- Published on Friday, July 21, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
In just over two weeks, Neepawa residents banded together to help keep the community beautiful. Following the four incidents of offensive graffiti over the Canada Day long weekend, Neepawa Cares, a grass roots fundraiser was established. Messages were found on the Town of Neepawa welcome sign at the east end of town, the Royal Canadian Legion, the sidewalk at the flats and Lions Riverbend Park.
On July 17, a total of $426.75 was collected at drop off spots at Neepawa Golf Pro Shop, Neepawa Home Hardware and It’s Time. It was decided that $200 would be donated to the Legion and the remainder would be donated to the Town to help remove and repair recent vandalism or for use in future beautification projects. Additionally, if there’s any more clean up required, Home Hardware offered to donate paint, while Vincent Livingston, of Competitive Edge Painting, offered to donate his time.
Currently, the aim is to complete the repainting at Riverbend Park during the July 21 weekend.
Right in the centre - Epidemic of secrecy
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- Published on Thursday, July 20, 2017
Ken Waddell
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In the decades long crawl to make health care accessible and still stay within 40 per cent of the province’s budget, Manitoba governments have actually done a very poor job of containing costs. The current Pallister government is finding that to hold the line on costs or to actually reduce costs is a pretty frustrating exercise.
My perspective - Fast food
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- Published on Thursday, July 20, 2017
Kate Jackman-Atkinson
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Alot has changed in Canadian agriculture since 1977, but one thing that hasn’t is the rules that govern the transportation of livestock. In the last 40 years, not only have there been changes in how farm animals are transported, there has been more research into factors impacting their well-being, as well as an increased concern about their welfare. Since 2013, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been working on updating these rules and last December, the federal government released proposed changes to the Health of Animals Regulations. The proposed changes were open for comments until Feb. 15.
Ahead of the pack
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- Published on Thursday, July 20, 2017
Local athletes lead the way for Manitoba at Western Canada Track and Field Challenge.
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The very best track and field athletes from across the prairies recently converged on Winnipeg for the Western Canada Track and Field Challenge. Amongst those elite were five members of the Prairie Storm Athletics track club. Their weekend results included:
