Right in the centre - Local is essential
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- Published on Friday, April 19, 2024
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
It seems the ultimate goal of business corporations is to dominate the world, or at least their home country. I have written recently about the dreadful downside of big corporations effect on the newspaper industry. This week, I want to address some history and how corporations swallowed and then spit out many newspapers. I also want to show how that trend is affecting other part sf our local communities.
Right in the centre - Optimistic, but longing for a change
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- Published on Friday, April 12, 2024
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
As spring bursts forth with bright, sunny days and fast running creeks, it’s easier to become optimistic. That is in spite of all the problems we face. There is no doubt we have problems and some pretty big ones. Be it worldly in nature or personal, there are always problems.
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Right in the centre - There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
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- Published on Friday, April 5, 2024
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The above title, attributed to Mark Twain, pretty much sums up the manner in which citizens of the world are being mislead by politicians and academics. The current situation with regard to climate change and the global warming mantra is horrible because of how badly, even maliciously we are being mislead.
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Right in the centre - A newspaper review
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- Published on Thursday, March 28, 2024
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
As of the date of this issue, I have been around for 76 years. For almost half of those years, I have been in the newspaper business full time. For 58 of those years, I have been involved in writing and publishing and that dates long before the desktop or laptop computer.
Many people have asked me questions about the newspaper industry, people from seniors to farmers to sports figures to politicians, including premiers and prime minsters. They ask questions, lots of questions, and here’s a few examples.
Right in the centre - Farmers feed us all
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- Published on Friday, March 22, 2024
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
March is a memorable month for me. Seventy-six years ago I was born on March 29. I remember many of the intervening Marches. One year, when I was in my very, very early school days, we had to travel by horse drawn sleigh and van to school because the roads weren’t passable for a truck. The snowplows of the day couldn’t keep up. Yes, students used to be hauled to school in the back of a covered in pick up truck. But that year our early 1950s rear wheel drive half ton could not make it through the snow clogged roads. It wasn’t “over the fields we go” or “dashing through the snow”, it was more like slogging all the way.
