Question of the week / Thumbs up, thumbs down
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- Published on Friday, October 27, 2017
Question of the week: Oct. 27, 2017
Do changes need to be made to the perpetual care program at Neepawa’s Riverside Cemetery?
Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op building for the future
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- Published on Thursday, October 26, 2017
By Banner Staff
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op has come a long way from it’s farm supply roots in the 1920s. The co-op has a modern Ag centre near Gladstone and an overcrowded and out-dated one at Neepawa on Hwy. 5 North.
McCreary RBC shutting down
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- Published on Thursday, October 26, 2017
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RBC Royal Bank has announced it will be shutting down its McCreary branch next spring. In a press release, the financial institution indicated that change in banking habits, towards online and mobile banking facilitated the decision. The McCreary branch, located at 516 Burrows Road, will officially close its doors after Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. and will merge into the Neepawa branch.
Perpetual care could become a public discussion
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- Published on Thursday, October 26, 2017
Neepawa Town Council - Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
A motion to set up an ad-hoc committee looking at Riverside Cemetery’s Perpetual Care (PC) program has been defeated by Neepawa Town Council. Recently, the suggestion was made to establish the committee, which would have been made up of four citizens, one councilor and a member of the Town administration. It would have served as a fact finding group and would not make decisions on the future of the program.
Local dancers attend North American Conference
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- Published on Wednesday, October 25, 2017
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Three dancers from the local dance troupe, Expressive Dance with Crystal, were nominated to attend the Scottish Dance Teachers’ Alliance North American Conference. They received top honours for their theory exams during November 2016 Highland Medals Tests held at Crystal’s Dance Studio in Minnedosa. Two of the dancers; Lara Denbow from Neepawa and April Bilcowski from Minnedosa, were unfortunately unable to attend due to other commitments. Vicky Elgert from Neepawa was the lucky candidate able to attend. Her exceptional work during dance exam time proved worthwhile as it took Vicky, her mother Judy and instructor Crystal Scott, to the Pinnacle Harbourfront Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. on Oct. 5-8
