NACI group gets the right experience
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- Published on Thursday, February 25, 2016
Submitted photo. A group of NACI students and their exchange partners from Quebec experienced the Human Rights Museum earlier this month.
Submitted by Nora Heschuk
Neepawa Area Collegiate
On Feb. 8 and 9, 17 Grade 9 NACI students and their 18 exchange partners from Quebec participated in workshops and tours at the Human Rights Museum in Winnipeg. Sponsorship from Great West Life as well as a partnership between Experiences Canada (formerly “SEVEC”) and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights made this opportunity possible.
Winkler clinic celebrates year of growth with added staff and space
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- Published on Thursday, February 25, 2016
By Steven Sukkau
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
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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.
Laurence’s national significance recognized
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- Published on Wednesday, February 24, 2016
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.
Looking back - 1966: Drive Inn fire leaves three families homeless
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- Published on Tuesday, February 23, 2016
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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