A celebration of stories and of the woman who told them
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- Published on Tuesday, August 7, 2018
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
Neepawa’s most prominent writer is receiving some well deserved national recognition. On Friday, Aug. 10, a plaque will be unveiled at the Margaret Laurence House, designating the author as a Person of National Historic Significance.
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Now we have a race!
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- Published on Monday, August 6, 2018
Floyd Martens seeking Federal Conservative nomination
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
A new candidate had thrown his name into the race to replace outgoing Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa M.P. Robert Sopuck. Floyd Martens of Roblin has formally announced he is seeking the Conservative nomination for the riding. Martens is the second person to officially step forward, as former KAP president Dan Mazier announced his intentions earlier in the summer. Both men are looking to fill the position currently held by Sopuck, who announced back in May that he would not run in the next federal election.
Clear Lake beckons with fun for all
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- Published on Sunday, August 5, 2018
Photos by John Drinkwater, courtesy of the Banner & Press archives
A colourful entry provided by The Boardwalk staff in last year’s Wasagaming Chamber Days Parade.
Come to Gladstone for 4 days of fun!
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- Published on Sunday, August 5, 2018
Photo courtesy of the Banner Archives
The annual Gladstone Fair runs this year from from Thursday, Aug. 9 to Sunday, Aug. 12. The always popular parade as shown above in a picture from our files will be held at 11:15 on Saturday, August 11
Looking Back - 1998 : Teachers enjoy reunion
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- Published on Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Photo courtesy of the Neepawa Banner & Press archives
Seated left to right are Dorothy (Osborne) McFayden, Edith (Larsen) Dunsmore, Eleanor (Wareham) Stewart, Dorothy (Ellis) Forsythe and Mary (Campbell) McLaughlin.
By Cassandra Wehrhahn
Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago,
Tuesday,
July 26, 1938
A shipment of made-in-Winnipeg shoes is going to a firm in Toronto this week for the first time in the history of the west.
