C.O.P. Program needs volunteers

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Neepawa Citizens on Patrol Program

Talk around town recently, in coffee groups and social media, is prevalent with the recent increase of obscene graffiti tagging, property damage and break, enter and thefts, especially a rash of bicycle thefts.

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Colour run coming to Carberry Aug. 26

By Miranda Leybourne
The Neepawa Banner

Colour runs, in which participants gleefully throw powdered paint at one another, seem to be the latest trend for eager runners and walkers looking for a fun event to express themselves and exercise at the same time. And now, the Town of Carberry is hosting their very own colour run, called “Paint the Plains”, on Aug. 26.

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North Cypress-Langford taxes shifting more to farmland

By Gloria Mott
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North Cypress-Langford has received their ‘Reassessment Impact’ for 2018, and what it predicts for this municipality has Reeve Adriaansen worried for the farmers. North Cypress-Langford Council met on June 12, with all council in attendance.

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Community looking to restore historic grotto

Grotto

Photo courtesy of the The Grotto Restoration Project Fund Raising Committee
By the Ste. Rose Grotto Committee
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Waste management to heat up at Evergreen Environmental

By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner

A $350,000 grant for the Southwestern Manitoba Zero Waste System Pilot Project at the Evergreen Environmental Technologies site has been approved.
Jon Lewis, chairman of the South-west Regional Development Corporation says the grant comes from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Green Municipal Fund. If proven successful, this process will set the stage for possibly establishing a new Manitoba standard for waste management and waste-to-energy initiatives for the province.

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