NACTV loses use of equipment

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Photo by Eoin Devereux. This notice was posted on the doorway of NACTV on the evening of Oct. 14, following the AGM.

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

When NACTV staff arrived at the station on Oct. 15, they found a notice on the door and some of the equipment they had been using was gone. 

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Massive changes to NACTV board

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Photo by Kate Jackman-Atkinson. The newly elected NACTV board (from left): Don Walmsley, Larry Powell, Alvin Borchardt, Val Wilson, Ivan Traill, Jean Borchardt and Richard Knechtel. Missing: Jodie Byram

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

It was a very eventful night at the Neepawa Access Television (NACTV) Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, Oct. 14. 

The back room of the Neepawa Library was full, with 51 people attending the meeting.

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Sopuck wins re-election. Trudeau new PM

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner

For voters in the Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa riding, there will be a change in government, but not locally. In the local riding, incumbent Conservatives candidate Robert Sopuck was re-elected with a strong majority.

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Thankful for lives in Thanksgiving fire

By Sheila Runions

Banner Staff

Jennifer Pearson and her three children, aged six to 11, had a Thanksgiving they won’t soon forget. At 10:50 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12 Rivers-Daly Volunteer Fire Department was called to their home to extinguish a fire which started in a child’s bedroom at the southeast side of the residence. Quick and efficient action by the department saved the bulk of the 310 Fourth Avenue house, which is owned by Manitoba Housing Authority. While the structure still stands, Manitoba Housing has not yet determined if it is worth the cost to restore and repair, or to destroy it — smoke damage is extreme.

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Assessment is only one of the factors that make up taxes

By Reeve Bob Adriaansen

RM of North Cypress-Langford

It has been a year since the municipal election and the amalgamation of the RM’s of North Cypress and Langford.  Overall things are going pretty well.  

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