Friday, January 11, 2019 Neepawa Banner & Press
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This week, read about the Neepawa New Year's baby, a country music concert coming to ArtsForward, an NACI student who's won yet another athletic award and much more!
Don't forget to pick up the hard copy of the Banner & Press so you don't miss out on some great deals in the flyers! In this week's, you can find Home Hardware, Giant Tiger, Rona, the Brick, McMunn & Yates and Harris Pharmacy, depending on where you pick up your paper.
Friday January 11, 2019 Rivers Banner
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This week, read about the upcoming curling events at RCC, the ongoing turkey survey put on by the Rivers and Area Game and Fish Association and see the new version of from our files now called looking back.
My perspective - Bridging the digital divide
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By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Our future is connected, but Canadians outside urban centres are already being left behind. Rural residents know a thing or two about poor cell service, but the problem is even worse when it comes to rural broadband. Despite a 2016 promise to close the digital divide that separates those with access to cheap and plentiful broadband internet from those without, the Trudeau government has done little to make this a reality.
Right in the centre - Learning from the past, looking to the future
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By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Iam told, or more precisely, I have read that Canada’s first public pension plan was introduced in 1927, with the passing of the Old Age Pensions Act. That legislation established a means-tested pension for men and women 70 years of age and over, who had little or no income. I remember hearing about “means tests” in my younger days, but I really don’t know when Old Age pensions became unconditional.
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