Trucking, a multi-generational affair
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- Published on Friday, September 8, 2017
Martin Warner, with “Cream Puff”, and their third place Bobtail Tractor award at Shell Super Rigs in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Martin Warner
The Neepawa Banner
With 15 years of trucking under my belt, spanning all of the continental United States and coast to coast in Canada, I wouldn’t consider myself a rookie. Nor do I consider myself a veteran of the highway. The fascination with trucks and the highway came from my grandfather, a driver of 47 years who was by definition a Professional Driver of the highest order. I remember being very young riding with him from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg, hauling resin to Palliser Furniture in a Freightliner cabover and a set of Krohnert super B tankers. Over the many summers, I enjoyed our time together as we travelled back and forth across northern Ontario. I remember the courtesy and respect that drivers showed to each other, this is slowly fading, however a few of us still try to keep the values taught to us by the previous generation.
Out of Helen’s kitchen-Social Change
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- Published on Friday, September 8, 2017
Helen Drysdale
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1964 and the social insurance number was instituted to help administer the Canada Pension Plan, and the various employment plans in Canada.
Keeping Manitoba moving
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- Published on Thursday, September 7, 2017
Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
“We don’t deliver babies or bad news.” That’s how Manitoba Trucking Association general manager Terry Shaw described the breadth of his industry in a interview a few years ago. Living in rural Manitoba, this description is especially appropriate.
Time for communities to plan
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- Published on Thursday, September 7, 2017
Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
School is back in and for many people, that means “getting back to normal”.
Homebodies - ‘Farming in Canada’
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- Published on Saturday, September 2, 2017
Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
With time on my hands and a wealth of older books available, I picked up “Farming in Canada”, written by Honorable Duncan Marshall, D. of Agriculture, and sponsored and published by the Cockshutt Plow Company. The book is a detailed description of farming, from selecting land, choosing the yard site, planning a garden and a wide variety of livestock helps. It was written for the purpose of assisting Returned Veterans from World War II in the settlement on the land. The title drew my attention, for in the last few weeks, I have met individuals who began their farming career through this program.
