Right in the centre - Time for a pushback
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- Published on Thursday, May 22, 2025
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
It didn't take too long, in fact only a day, for the newly elected federal Liberal government to fall back into the miry clay of days gone bye. In spite of shiny new promises from Prime Minister Mark Carney, several of his cabinet minsters blew off steam on day one with some egregious comments.
Right in the centre - PC Leadership races - a review
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- Published on Thursday, May 15, 2025
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Manitoba Progressive Conservative (PC) Party has historically struggled over a number of issues include organizational structure and leadership. This column deals with the leadership issue.
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Right in the centre - May 8 is 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day
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- Published on Thursday, May 8, 2025
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
May 8 is a very significant date for the whole world. It’s of special importance for Canadians and Manitobans. It was 80 years ago on May 8, 1945 that WWll came to an end in Europe. It’s known as VE-Day, or Victory in Europe Day.
We have devoted a bit of space in our three papers to exhibit how the respective front pages of our papers looked right after the May 8, 1945 date.
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Right in the centre - Carry on and don't lose faith
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- Published on Thursday, May 1, 2025
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
After Monday’s federal election, there were some very tired people across Canada. The TV commentators and staff were up long past their usual bedtime and it showed. One older TV personality was almost nodding off in their chair. So was I, and I didn’t even work that hard on Monday.
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Right in the centre - Canada's future is in doubt
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- Published on Thursday, April 24, 2025
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Canadian election on Monday, Apr. 28 is being billed as ranging from very important to the most crucial election in Canadian history. After mostly Liberal governments forever, the current attitude in Western Canada is one of exceeding frustration. Oil and minerals are in high demand and are an integral part of Western Canada. You can hardly tell by looking at federal policies. Oil is produced in all four prairie provinces, as are minerals. Two western provinces have seaports albeit the Hudson Bay port is only used minimally. Western Canada needs another pipeline and a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline. It also needs more robust railroads.
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