Award winning Canadian country act set to perform in Gladstone
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- Published on Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Twin Kennedy’s debut LP, It’s a Love Thing, is a beautifully honest account of the ebb and flow of the navigation through love and life. The record generated numerous awards nominations and won Song of Year and Country Recording of the Year at the Vancouver Island Music Award. (Submitted photo)
Gladstone and District Community Centre
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Their musical bond is as strong as their small town roots–Twin Kennedy, comprised of West Coast sisters Carli and Julie Kennedy, have been making music together since they could talk. Born and raised in the small town of Powell River, Twin Kennedy grew up perfecting their sibling harmonies and dynamic live performances, while making their name known through their small community as a family band.
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Vivian Hildebrand: Life has been a great adventure
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By Wayne Hildebrand
The Neepawa Press
Vivian Hildebrand was born on a farm south of Kenton, Manitoba in 1930. Vivian jokingly says she was born in a henhouse, because that is what their old home became when her family moved to a new farm in 1931. The new farm house, affectionately referred to as “the shack”, was home to her parents, Lewis and Amy Richards and her three siblings, Lois, Kae and Barry. Vivian came into the world at the onset of the Great Depression, commonly referred to as the “dirty thirties”. It was a period of hard times for the Richards family and many of their farm neighbors.
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Where are they now? 1975-76 House league team
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By Rick Sparling
Neepawa Press
Gary Kingsbury: I last heard that Gary moved to Regina (he was with the RCMP) and I have tried to contact a Gary Kingsbury listed in the Regina directory via leaving messages, but with no reply. If anyone knows his where-a-bouts, please advise and I'll get that information into a future column.
Natives remain on edge of playoffs
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- Published on Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Photo by Eoin Devereux. Griffin Chwaliboga scored the shootout winner for the Neepawa Natives on Friday, Feb. 24 against the Portage Terriers.
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
As the MJHL regular season winds down to its final weekend, the Neepawa Natives remain on the edge of the playoffs. As of Monday, Feb. 27, the club was just a single point out of the eighth and final playoff spot. Neepawa helped their own cause with an important 6-5 shootout victory over the Portage Terriers on Friday, Feb. 24 at the Yellowhead Centre.
Looking back - 1967: Neepawa man dies in fire
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By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago. Friday, March 5, 1937: Curling activities are entering around the Alec Dunlop Memorial trophy and to date, the Pollock and McGregor rinks are in the lead, with five wins each. Although Martin has only three games to his credit, he has a chance to come up to the top, as he has eight games left to play.
