Farmery to begin brewing in Neepawa this spring
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- Published on Thursday, February 25, 2016
Banner file photo. Last September, Chris (left) and Lawrence (right) Warwaruk stood with Bob Mazer (centre) to announce the purchase of the former Mazergroup building in Neepawa. Brewing equipment will be installed in the building starting in April.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Chris and Lawrence Warwaruk’s dream will come one step closer to reality this spring. In 2011, the brothers set out to build Canada’s first estate brewery, which they called Farmery, and at the end of April, they will take delivery of their new brewing equipment. Not only is Farmery a microbrewery, all of the inputs used to make the beer are grown on their Arden-area farm.
My perspective - Bigger is better, or is it?
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- Published on Thursday, February 25, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Bigger is better, bigger is better. For centuries, that’s been the mantra and for the last 100 years, the chants have gotten louder. Almost anywhere you look, we are consistently told that things must get bigger. North America was built, after all, on the premise that we need to fill up all that empty space.
Residents offered a say in municipal priorities
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- Published on Thursday, February 25, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
A pre-budget consultation, set for Monday, Feb. 29, will allow Neepawa taxpayers to have their say on what the spending priorities should be in the 2016 municipal budget. Councillor and chair of the Finance and Administration committee, Bill Stilwell, said this gathering has been arranged to allow the public an opportunity to say where their tax dollars are spent.
Varsity boys win Zone Seven Final
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- Published on Thursday, February 25, 2016
Photo by Kira Paterson. Jayvee Posadas was Neepawa's top scorer of the night, tallying up 25 points.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Another championship banner will be hanging from one of the walls of the NACI gymnasium, as the varsity boys basketball team has won the Zone Seven Championship. The Neepawa Tigers locked up the title with an 83-64 win over the William Morton Warriors on Tuesday, Feb. 23.