Take your MLA to Work Day
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Left to right: Carreer Connections Inc. executive director Tracy Williams, Agassiz MLA Eileen Clarke, Mitchell Baryla and Salvation Army manager Amanda Naughton-Gale pose for a picture during the Take your MLA to Work Day tour.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
Disability Employment Awareness Month has come to a close with its annual ‘Bring Your MLA to Work Day’. The event featured members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) visiting a local workplace that has hired an individual who happens to have a disability. The employee then provides a tour of their place of work and discusses their duties in their position.
NACI student honoured for volunteer efforts
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Declan Smith of NACI was one of five Manitoba youth selected to receive the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers. He received the award at WE Day in Winnipeg on Oct. 30.
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Declan Smith is a Grade 10 student from Neepawa, MB who was recently awarded the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers. He was one of five Manitobans chosen to receive this prestigious award on Oct. 30 at a special breakfast event hosted by WE Schools prior to WE Day in Winnipeg.
BPCF challenges community to give big
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In 2016, BPCF held a Jail ‘n Bail event in the Liquor Mart parking lot. This year, it will be at the Neepawa Legion Hall.
Pictured: “Judge” Ivan Traill prevented a jailbreak attempt by Jean Forsman.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner & Press
On Saturday, Nov. 17, the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation (BPCF) is holding their fourth annual 24 Hour Giving Challenge to help raise money for projects in the community.
Looking back - 1958: Choosing winners a challenge for Lions’ Hallowe’en judges
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Costume contest winners in the grade 2 class were Beverly Murray, Hawaiian; Colleen Cram, Purple People Eater; and Lynn McLelland, pumpkin. -1958
By Cassandra Wehrhahn
Neepawa Banner & Press
110 years ago,
Tuesday,
November 3, 1908
Winnipeg ladies are forming a curling club.
A steamship service is to be established on the Pacific next year between Prince Rupert and the Orient, by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway company.
Read more: Looking back - 1958: Choosing winners a challenge for Lions’ Hallowe’en judges
McDonald’s gives back
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- Published on Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Photo by Kira Paterson
Pictured from left: BPCF members Kate Jackman-Atkinson and Shelley Graham, McDonald’s Supervisor Ross Sheard and BPCF Treasurer Ian Thomson
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner & Press
From Friday, Oct. 12 to Sunday, Oct. 14, McDonald’s in Neepawa had a grand opening celebration for their new double lane drive-thru. McDonald’s took the opportunity to not only give back to its customers, but also to the community.
