Looking back - 1967: Stoney Creek School surrounded by water
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- Published on Tuesday, April 18, 2017
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago: Friday, April 9, 1937 - L. Vivian entertained the provincial intermediate hockey champions, the local hockey club executive and mayor Pollock at a banquet at the King Edward Hotel Tuesday evening.
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Teaching the importance of wetlands
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- Published on Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Photo by Miranda Leybourne. Nicholas Kotecki, a nature interpreter with Oak Hammock Marsh, shows off a coyote pelt to Grade 1 students at HMK on Tuesday, Apr. 11.
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Hazel M. Kellington Elementary School’s (HMK) “On the Go” program from Oak Hammock Marsh was a big hit again this year, despite a snowstorm in late March that delayed some of the classes’ presentations. The program saw guest nature interpreters from the Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre, located 20 kilometres north of Winnipeg, teach and interact with the grade school children and explain to them the importance of wetlands.
Local celebrations for Canadian Film Day
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- Published on Monday, April 17, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
Canada has a rich history of film excellence and this month, area residents will have the chance to see some of these movies, free of charge. Presented by REEL Canada, National Canadian Film Day is an event which helps secure the rights for community groups to show Canadian films at no charge on one day only, April 19, 2017.
Right in the centre - Budgets, results and realities aligning
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- Published on Thursday, April 13, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
The reality of balancing the provincial budget is looming large these days. The budget was announced on Tuesday, but several days ahead of that, the PC government made an announcement that may have huge implications. They announced that there would only be three hospitals in Winnipeg with acute emergency services. Amazingly enough, there was only a muted response from the opposition and among the general public, there was a bit of shock but also a resigned realization that having six emergency rooms in a city the size of Winnipeg isn’t sustainable.
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