Faithfully yours - It can happen here
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- Published on Sunday, July 16, 2017
Neil Strohschein
The Neepawa Banner
When you live in a small town, it’s easy to get the idea that you’re somehow immune from the bias, prejudice and racism you see in the big cities. So, when you wake up one morning to discover that sometime during the previous night, a person (or persons) unknown spray-painted offensive language on one sign, one new sidewalk and two buildings in your town, you sit up, take note and start thinking: “I guess it can happen here.”
Neepawa welcomes new lawyer
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- Published on Saturday, July 15, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
There's a new face at Taylor Law Office, in Neepawa. About a year ago, Sarah Fast came to Neepawa from Winnipeg to begin working at the full service law office. She has spent most of that time working with Charlie Taylor.
Homebodies - Summer reflections
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- Published on Saturday, July 15, 2017
Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
As I skulked around the Gardens of Versailles, slipping from the shade of one tree to another, all I could think was that I was hot. Very hot. Too hot. The last time I was in the little village of Marie Antoinette it was quaint and charming and intriguing, this time, the sweat in my eyes blurred my vision and I felt tired and jaded.
Out of Helen's kitchen - The 1940's
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- Published on Saturday, July 15, 2017
Helen Drysdale
The Neepawa Banner
Canada entered the Second World War in 1939 and Neepawa’s airport became one of the British Commonwealth Air Training schools to train pilots. Everyone did their part, including the women who worked on the farms and in the factories producing war materials. By the end of the war, 50,000 women had joined the Women’s Army Corps (CWACS).
