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Legion news - Branch No. 75: Nov 11, 2015

Details: Published on Wednesday, November 11, 2015

By Warren Smallwood

Publicity

The Nov. 9 meeting of Rivers Legion was called to order by Comrade Darryl Childerhose at 1930 hours; 12 members were present. Much of the meeting was taken up with a final review of the Remembrance Day services. Besides the main service on Nov. 11, a number of members will be involved in three services on Nov. 10. The Rivers Collegiate service is at 10:30 a.m., Riverdale Personal Care Home at 1 p.m. and the final one is at Rivers Elementary School at 2:20 p.m.

Cops Corner - Nov. 10, 2015

Details: Published on Tuesday, November 10, 2015

By Bruce Klassen

River Police Chief

Rivers Police Service had 57 calls in October; eight of them were in the Criminal Code category. There were two thefts under $5,000 (24 to date in 2015), three properties damaged (13), one fraud (22) and two various other crimes such as breaches, public mischief, harassing phone calls, etc. (19). In total to date there have been 88 Criminal Code cases in 2015 which include four sexual offences, four assaults, one other violent crime (extortion, threats, etc.) and one break and enter.

Helping newcomers on the path towards citizenship

Details: Published on Tuesday, November 10, 2015

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

Because of the influx in immigrant workers in Neepawa, Neepawa and Area Settlement Services (NAISS) has been very busy lately. Don Walmsley, coordinator at NAISS, estimated that about one quarter of Neepawa’s population is new immigrants.