Farm flooding threatens farmers’ income
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- Published on Thursday, November 17, 2016
Brothers frustrated by inaction
Submitted photo. The road by the Coutts’ field (left side, covered in water) is three feet lower than it should be, allowing water to flow over it and flood their fields.
By Tony Eu
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
For farmers, spring is a busy time. Fields need to be tended to and crops need to be planted; what a farmer manages to accomplish in those couple months dictates what a perfect year will yield. Spring is also a time of hope. Hope that the work put in during those first months isn’t wiped out by pests, that the weather helps instead of hinders.
My perspective - Don’t miss the chance
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By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Every spring, three levels of government release their budgets and for the most part, Canadians respond with questions and concern. They wonder why the highway they travel is still crumbling, why their health care needs aren’t being met and why certain industries or businesses are being chosen as winners. The problem is that by then, it’s too late to start complaining about how governments are spending our money.
New program gets kids moving in Eden
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By Miranda Leybourne
Neepawa Banner
Shake, Rattle & Roll, a physical literacy class for parents and toddlers, is happening over the next few weeks at the J. M. Young school in Eden.
The six-week program has been running in the Neepawa area for the last 10 years. It is facilitated by the Beautiful Plains School Division and Assiniboine North Coalition and run by Sheila Bremner.
Years of volunteerism to be celebrated
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Submitted photo. On Nov. 28, a celebration is planned to thank Pat and Ivan Traill for close to three decades of volunteer work done for NACTV.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
After close to three decades behind the camera and behind the scenes at NACTV, Ivan and Pat Traill are retiring. Later this month, the community will have a chance to celebrate their contributions to access television, both in Neepawa and beyond.