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Right in the Centre - Making Choices

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Published on Friday, April 28, 2023

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

In just about every graduation ceremonies speech the distinguished guest speaker encourages the students to “follow your dream” and “you can be anything you want to be”. There is some wisdom and truth in both those admonishments but there needs to be discernment. On my graduation day there was no ceremony or speeches but had I been encouraged that I could be anything I wanted to be it would have been foolish to take it at face value.

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Right in the Centre - Some big questions

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Published on Thursday, April 20, 2023

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

Our world is changing, perhaps faster than ever before. We are certainly made aware of changes, be they good or bad, faster than ever before. Examining the changes and what is driving them is an important discussion to have.

Jennifer Bilek is an investigative journalist, a feminist and a leading voice really looking behind the curtain at who is pushing changes in our society that she bluntly calls “absolute madness.”

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Right in the centre - Journalism needs attention from government and corporations

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Published on Friday, April 14, 2023

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

The Toronto Star publisher and owner Jordan Bitove made an impassioned plea recently to Canadian corporations and governments to step up and support journalism. Bitove argued that journalism is essential to democracy and that smaller communities are being starved of essential information.

Bitove, speaking to a packed audience of business and community leaders at a Canadian Club luncheon in Toronto, said big tech companies including Google and Meta have drained crucial advertising revenue from media companies, endangering journalism’s business model and indirectly, democracy itself.

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Right in the centre - Those problem people

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Published on Friday, April 7, 2023

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

Easter is a wonderful time of year. Spring is coming soon. Gardens will be planted, crops seeded, cattle will soon be out on the pasture. Summer awaits us all. Easter is when we are reminded that God made us all, the world and everything in it. Easter is when we are reminded that God sent Jesus as our Saviour.

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Right in the centre - New parties need to read history

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Published on Friday, March 31, 2023

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

Canadians history is well seeded with new political parties. Most haven’t gained enough traction to even be in most peoples’ memory banks. Occasionally, a new party emerges and gains enough support to actually elect some members.

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