Right in the centre - Maybe there is a chance
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- Published on Thursday, November 24, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Manitoba government’s speech from the throne highlights priorities within three thematic areas – Fixing Our Finances, Repairing Our Services and Rebuilding Our Economy. At first glance, the themes should strike a common chord with most Manitobans.
Observation Nov. 18
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- Published on Sunday, November 20, 2016
By Addy Oberlin
Neepawa Banner
This week we have to reminisce on the beautiful weather we have had. Some of our veterans were saying how cold it sometimes was on November 11 at the cenotaph. My husband had to clear the snow in the church parking lot so we could get in to get married.
Homebodies - Figuring it out...
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- Published on Saturday, November 19, 2016
By Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner
For the past several years, I have watched the Remembrance Day services from the comfort of my home. Not certain why I switched to staying home, we used to attend as a family. Whoever was ‘home’ with us was family, and we all bundled up and paid our respects. This year I had simply to walk a block and find a seat for one.
Faithfully yours - The personal side of war: part three
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- Published on Saturday, November 19, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner
By the time you read these words, Remembrance Day 2016 will be history. The window displays will have been taken down, the wreaths put away, the poppy boxes collected and any decorations placed on the graves of our veterans will have been removed.
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Right in the centre - News must be reliable, verifiable
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- Published on Friday, November 18, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
If all goes according to plan, by the time you read this column, I will have made the following presentation to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage in Ottawa:
We have been involved full time in newspaper publishing since 1989, when we started up The Neepawa Banner from scratch, in competition with The Neepawa Press, which had been publishing since 1896. In 2010, the Neepawa Press was sold to a major corporation. I declined to sell to that same corporation and by 2015, they sold the Neepawa Press to us. We are pleased to be able to store 120 years of history in our archives.
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