Looking back - 1976: Neepawa's new liquor store officially opens its doors
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- Published on Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Neepawa Press Archives. 40 Years ago: Thursday, July 8, 1976: Lionel Charbonneau and Industry and Commerce Minister Len Evans officially opened Neepawa’s new Liquor Mart.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Friday, July 10, 1936
Whether they agree with his politics or not, Errick Willis, new Conservative leader in Manitoba, will create an interest in town Wednesday night at the rink, where he will address the electors in the interest of Dr. J. S. Poole. Few of the districts have ever heard or seen him.
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Wild summer reading at the local library
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- Published on Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Photo by Tony Eu. The main display for the summer reading program at the Neepawa Public Library.
By Tony Eu
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Neepawa Public Library is in the midst of its annual summer reading program. Having started on June 20, the program is well on its way, but it’s not too late to jump in before the 2016 program ends on August 19.
Dreams from A to Z: the legacy of the Alphabet Railway
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- Published on Sunday, July 10, 2016
Media Release
Our project brings a focus to small prairie towns in 2016. The rail line that has captured our imagination is a very specific slice of Canadiana which provides us with parameters that are current, national and universal. When Grand Trunk Pacific (GTP) laid a rail line across Canada’s northern prairies at the beginning of the 20th century, it promised a new world of “Health, Wealth and Happiness,” according to a 1913 GTP ad. Despite its early bankruptcy and subsequent absorption by Canadian National Railways (CN) in 1923, GTP was instrumental in creating community along this new route from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert, B.C. Today, the section of railway between Portage la Prairie and Jasper is fondly known as the Alphabet Railway. CN freight trains ply the rail line, maintaining its role as the heart of the local communities and intrinsically tying it to international economic progress. Interestingly, the extensive network of rail lines that once snaked across the Prairies, it is only this line that still carries passengers on Via Rail.
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Rapid City 4-H achievement results
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- Published on Saturday, July 9, 2016
By Deb Inglis
Leader
Rapid City 4-H Beef Club held its achievement on June 25, in conjunction with the annual fair. The day commenced with participating in the parade, where the club won first; way to go, kids! Classes started in the morning with Darby Cochrane as judge; Darcy Hickson was show announcer; Christopher Hillis and Joey Bootsman, both former members, were ring person and show marshal respectively; Rana Reid was our photographer.
Town honours its past
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- Published on Friday, July 8, 2016
By Jessie Bell
The hamlet of Harding has a remarkable collection of cairns and plaques to remember its ancestors. One of the most interesting is Harding Community Center. The centre was once a church (Methodist and then United), built in 1893 at the north end of the town. Due to larger farms, rural depopulation and declining interest, it became vacant and was closed around 1967-68. Since Harding Agricultural Society needed more accommodation at fair time, the building was moved to the town’s southwest entrance, at the fairgrounds, in 1999. It was set on a cement slab, with crawl space to allow room for a furnace. It became Harding Community Center and has since been refurbished inside and out, insulated for the first time, has new wiring, plumbing, air conditioning and an exterior wheelchair ramp.
