Winkler clinic celebrates year of growth with added staff and space

By Steven Sukkau

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The last year saw more space and staff for the C.W. Wiebe Medical Clinic, which recently opened a nearly 4,000 sq. ft. addition.

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Residents offered a say in municipal priorities

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.

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Laurence’s national significance recognized

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Banner file photo. This portrait of Margaret Laurence is on display at the Margaret Laurence Home Museum in Neepawa.

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The people of Neepawa may already see her as significant, but now the Government of Canada has officially recognized Margaret Laurence as a Person of National Historic Significance. 

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Looking back - 1966: Drive Inn fire leaves three families homeless

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Neepawa Press Archives. 50 years ago: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1966: Evan’s Drive Inn Restaurant demolished by the worst fire in years.

By Cecil Pittman

The Neepawa Press

80 years ago Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1936

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Watoto Children’s Choir coming to Neepawa

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File photo. The Watoto Children’s choir is made up of orphans who were taken in by the Watoto program in Uganda. They performed in Neepawa in 2014.

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

Watoto Children’s Choir is making its way to Neepawa on a Canadian concert tour that started in January. The choir is made up of orphans who were taken in by the Watoto program in Uganda and now live in the Watoto children’s villages.

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