It’s not about money, it’s about the nature of democracy
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- Published on Friday, March 30, 2018
Ken Waddell
President of the Manitoba Community Newspapers Association
On Dec. 4, Cathy Cox, provincial minister of sport, heritage and recreation, tabled Bill 8, The Government Notices Modernization Act, for first reading in the Manitoba legislature. At first glance, the bill seems procedural, even innocuous. Its first part proposes that The Manitoba Gazette, the government’s official online portal for legal notices, be made available to the public free of charge. It then recommends amendments to 24 statutes relating to the government’s publication of official notices, removing requirements that such notices to be published in local newspapers and replacing them with the requirement or option of publishing them in The Manitoba Gazette.
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Neepawa youth supports Special Olympics
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- Published on Friday, March 30, 2018
Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
North Dakota’s Special Olympics basketball program has a special connection to Neepawa. On Mar. 9-10, Minot State University (MSU) hosted the Special Olympics North Dakota (SOND) Basketball Tournament. This years event in Minot featured over 500 athletes participating in either adult and youth divisions and a grand total of 32 teams involved. One of the teams was the Minot Beavers, who are coached by Shelby Gillies of Neepawa.
Neepawa introduced to lacrosse
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- Published on Thursday, March 29, 2018
Jerrett Smith teaches the basics of lacrosse to a group of youth on Monday, Mar. 19.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
Local youth recently had the chance to learn about Canada’s national sport. No, not hockey; Canada’s other national sport. A lacrosse skills camp was recently organized by the Town of Neepawa and the Manitoba Lacrosse Association (MLA). The workshops were held on Monday, Mar. 19 and Thursday, Mar. 22 at Hazel M. Kellington (HMK) Elementary School, with the sessions split into Kindergarten to grade four age participants and grade five and older.
Neepawa Resource Centre demolished
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- Published on Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Photo by Jessica Morton
The Neepawa Resource Centre was torn down on Monday, March 26. The land was sold by the Town of Neepawa to the Budz N Bloom daycare for a possible second location.
Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press
A piece of Neepawa’s history was taken down on Monday, Mar. 26. The land will be made available for Budz N Bloom daycare for $50,000 according to an agreement that was made last year by Neepawa Town Council.
Looking Back - 1988: Fascination with clocks leads to lifelong hobby
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- Published on Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago
Tuesday, March 22, 1938
A couple of inches of heavy snow blanketed the country side Monday morning, but as the temperature did not go down but a few degrees below freezing, there was no indication that a March cold spell was in the offing. The sunny days during the previous week caused most of the snow to disappear but now there will be another run of rivulets.
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