Right in the centre - Reality and consequences
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- Published on Thursday, March 30, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
There is a growing divide between reality and what people want to believe. What people want to believe and what people wish were true is one thing. Reality may be quite another thing. The mainstream media and many people in the academic world seem to have a very open view to what they perceive to be reality. Here are three widely unrelated examples
My perspective - A problem of perception
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- Published on Thursday, March 23, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
One of the things I love most about my job is that every week, I get to look at what I’ve created. Every week is a new adventure with tangible results, I can flip through the pages and see the results of our work. If you’ve ever built something from scratch or made something broken work, you know the satisfaction that comes from the skilled trades. Not just that, but you also know how important they are.
Right in the centre - Random thoughts
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- Published on Thursday, March 23, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
Premier Brian Pallister said this week that the unions no longer run this province. It’s about time that was stated, as the unions have been running Manitoba for far too long. And running the province into the ground I might add.
My perspective - How big is "small"?
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- Published on Thursday, March 16, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
There will be some changes in the classrooms and hallways of Manitoba schools this fall. On March 14, the provincial government announced that the previous government’s Smaller Classes Initiative (SCI) will be replaced with the new Early Years Education Initiative for the 2017-2018 school year. The SCI required 90 per cent of classes from Kindergarten to Grade 3 to have a maximum of 20 students. The new program won’t tie divisions to a specific class size, but will allow them to direct funding in ways they feel will best improve student outcomes in literacy and numeracy.
Right in the centre - Nobody should be surprised
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- Published on Thursday, March 16, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
It is a bit amazing that some people are surprised and even angry that the Province of Manitoba is having to seriously look at ways of cutting expenses. The deficit is a billion dollars. In case anyone is unsure of what that is, it is 1,000 million dollars. Can one even imagine that? A 1,000 million is enough money to build 3,000 houses at $333,000 each. It’s enough to build modest sized city’s worth of homes. That’s lot of money and made even more serious because it is a deficit, a loss, and it’s happening every year.
