My perspective - More important than ever
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- Published on Friday, November 1, 2019
By Kate-Jackman Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
This week, the Neepawa Banner & Press is publishing our annual Remembrance Day feature. While we’re still about 10 days away from Nov. 11, since the feature includes information about area services, we wanted to make sure readers had plenty of time to make their plans.
Right in the centre - Western separation unlikely to happen, but...
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- Published on Friday, November 1, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
In the days following the Oct. 21 federal election, the results graphically showed that the Liberal Party did very poorly west of the Ontario-Manitoba border. In fact, they didn’t do all that great in Quebec either. For a federal party to be shut out of Saskatchewan and Alberta states loudly that their message is not going over well in those two provinces. The Liberals also lost seats in Manitoba and B.C. The cries of western separation came out loud and clear. There are rallies and conferences planned all over Alberta to discuss the steps toward separation.
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Friday, October 25, 2019 Neepawa Banner & Press
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- Published on Friday, October 25, 2019
Get the latest news online with the Neepawa Banner & Press! Click the front page image at the bottom to see the pages from this week, or click the link below to flip through the whole paper on issuu.com.
In this week's paper, read about the results of the Oct. 21 federal election, the upcoming fundraiser for Neepawa's Rotary Club, a recent entrepreneurial event that took place and much more!
Don't forget to pick up a hard copy of the Banner & Press so you don't miss out on some great deals in the flyers! In this week's, you can find Home Hardware, Giant Tiger, Rona and Princess Auto, depending on where you pick up your paper.
My perspective - Urban versus rural
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- Published on Friday, October 25, 2019
We hear a lot about the east-west divide in federal politics, but that might not be the whole story. I read a column in a recent edition of the Moosomin World-Spectator about the urban-rural divide in Canadian politics and it got me thinking– what if that’s the cause of much of the divisiveness we see today?
