A community’s most important decision
- Details
- Published on Friday, May 18, 2018
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
As 2018 is a municipal election year, councillor and mayoral candidates are coming out with their election intentions. Neepawa’s mayor, Adrian de Groot, says he intends to run again.
My perspective - Coming and growing
- Details
- Published on Thursday, May 10, 2018
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Depopulation is a serious issue facing many rural communities. Over the last hundred years, Canadians have become increasingly urban and this shift has created challenges in many smaller towns and cities. They’ve seen their youth leave for education or career opportunities and not come back.
Right in the centre - Let’s think this through
- Details
- Published on Thursday, May 10, 2018
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I just read this morning that the Manitoba trucking industry isn’t happy with the Manitoba version of a carbon tax. I can’t imagine that they would be.
Letters - A recycling rebuttal
- Details
- Published on Monday, May 7, 2018
Submitted
Neepawa Banner & Press
RE: Apr. 27 ‘Right in the centre – Recycling business in big trouble in Manitoba’ article. The following is written in response to Ken Waddell’s editorial published on Friday, April 27, 2018 in the Neepawa Banner & Press and Rivers Banner. About 93 per cent of Manitobans have easy access to a residential recycling program funded by Multi‐Material Stewardship Manitoba Inc. (MMSM), an industry‐funded, not‐for‐profit organization. MMSM represents stewards — brand owners, producers, distributors and manufacturers — who pay fees to help cover the costs of recycling their products and packaging. MMSM is not a government agency.
My perspective - The good, the bad
- Details
- Published on Friday, May 4, 2018
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Turns out, improving the skills of Manitoba students isn’t as easy as A-B-C. This week, the results of the 2016 Pan-Canadian Assessment (PCAP) of reading, science and math were released, and students and educators in this province got some good news and some bad. While Manitoba students’ skills have improved, they still lag behind those in other provinces.
