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.
Observation - Nov. 25
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- Published on Sunday, November 27, 2016
By Addy Oberlin
Neepawa Banner
Photographs can be found all over our house. They are often a reminder of special occasions and are a builder of memories. The only part that ever gets changed in our home are updated pictures. Some frames have a variety of school pictures with a graduation picture as the last. They represent memories and are nice to look at and think and talk about. The people in the pictures are in our hearts and we think about them.
Homebodies - CBC and me, a long term relationship
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- Published on Saturday, November 26, 2016
By Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner
We have long term relationship, CBC and me. Television came to our home in the 1950s. The late ‘50s, but I remember the excitement of Hockey Night in Canada, with the young men of the neighbourhood stopping in on a Saturday night and it wasn’t to come courting! Cartoons, Hitchcock, Lawrence Welk and of course, the station’s emblem when it went off air. I don’t know exactly when I began listening to CBC Radio. It is my favourite station for long road trips. It was the one station that my husband, daughter and I could all agree on during long road trips the years we home schooled.
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Faithfully yours - Christmas is a time to read
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- Published on Saturday, November 26, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner
As you read these words, we are one month away from our annual celebration of Christmas.
That should come as no surprise. Despite howls of protest in the United States and similar cries in Canada, businesses have been selling Christmas decorations, homes have been decorated and Christmas specials have been playing on TV since early November. Today is Black Friday; with its sales and insanity that officially mark the beginning of the annual Christmas shopping season. And we are all bracing ourselves for the annual barrage of envelopes, emails, text messages and phone calls asking for our year-end charitable donations. This is how it happens every year.
My perspective - More, not more of the same
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- Published on Friday, November 25, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Last week, a number of Canadian media representatives, including Banner owner and publisher Ken Waddell, spoke at hearings of the House of Commons’ Canadian Heritage committee. The committee has been established to look at the media landscape in Canada and throughout 2016, it has been hearing presentations from new and established media providers.
