My perspective - Imposing old on new
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- Published on Monday, June 25, 2018
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was quick to shoot down a proposed tax on internet service providers to fund Canadian news media. This year, there’s a serious push to institute the same type of tax, this time, to fund the production of Canadian entertainment media.
Right in the centre - Shaped by hardship
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- Published on Monday, June 25, 2018
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
If you are old enough to have been born in the Great Depression, you are now 80 years old. Few people alive today have adult level memories of those terrible years, 1929-39, when jobs were scarce, farm prices low, crop yields very poor and the combination of heat, dust and despair permeated every pore.
My perspective - Missed opportunity
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- Published on Monday, June 18, 2018
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
The 2016 Canadian Census of Agriculture recorded 20,140 farm operators and 14,791 census farms in Manitoba. Only 37 of them provided input into the upcoming changes the province’s Agricultural Crown Lands (ACL) program, which took places earlier this year.
Right in the centre - Canada hit hard by U.S. bluster
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- Published on Monday, June 18, 2018
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The recent comments by an official of the United States government about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are both disturbing and absurd.
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Right In The Centre - MCNA welcomes changes to the Planning Amendment Act
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- Published on Monday, June 11, 2018
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Late last week, the Manitoba Community Newspapers Association (MCNA) issued the following press release. It is my privilege to serve as president of MCNA.
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