Right in the centre - Want a TV career? Read on!
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- Published on Thursday, December 8, 2016
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
NACTV has been in operation as a community access TV station serving Neepawa and area since 1977. The broadcast license is held by an eight person, community-elected board. The station broadcasts mostly locally produced programs, seven days a week, 365 days a year, on Channel 12, MTS Channel 30, Bell ExpressVu 592 and on-line through the station’s web site, nactv.tv.
Faithfully yours - Christmas is a time to reflect
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- Published on Sunday, December 4, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
The Neepawa Banner
In today’s society, especially in North America, the news that a teen-aged girl is pregnant out of wedlock will probably send a few shock waves through her family and that of her baby’s father.
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Homebodies - Filled with wondrous memories of the past
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- Published on Saturday, December 3, 2016
Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
Tradition, well, my family tradition, is that the Saturday before the First Sunday of Advent is the day the tree can be set up and the home decorated.
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My perspective - Fact and fiction
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- Published on Friday, December 2, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
Fake news has been in the news a lot lately, especially in the context of the American presidential election. In recent months, fake news sites, with click-bait headlines, have seen wide-spread sharing on social media platforms. With many people never reading beyond the headline, the reports, which either have no solid grounding in fact or are taken wildly out of context, are believed to have played a strong role in shaping voters’ opinions of the candidates and ultimately, the choices they made in the voting booth.
Right in the centre - Tough decisions ahead
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- Published on Thursday, December 1, 2016
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
Recent news articles and columns show that, at both the provincial and federal levels, there will be a lot of decisions made in the near future. The Trudeau government is faced with decisions on everything from pipelines to election reform. The provincial government is faced with finding ways to both grow the economy and curb spending. The federal government doesn’t appear to care about curbing spending. The contrast is quite stark, as stark as the way Trudeau and Pallister spoke about the death of Fidel Castro, but that’s another story.
