Looking back - 1967: Neepawa man dies in fire
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- Published on Tuesday, February 28, 2017
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.
Neepawa hog plant down for three days
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- Published on Tuesday, February 28, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
In what was described as the “most serious delay ever”, HyLife CEO Guy Baudry described the three day shut down at the hog processing plant. “The unit that is used to stun the hogs went down. It wasn’t the mechanical part, it was the brains of the unit,” said Baudry.
Resource Centre property sold
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- Published on Tuesday, February 28, 2017
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
The land where the Neepawa Resource Centre currently sits will soon have a new owner. On Tuesday, Feb. 21, Neepawa town council passed a motion to sell the property at 290 Davidson Street to Budz ‘n Bloom Daycare.
Homebodies - My view...from here
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- Published on Saturday, February 25, 2017
By Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
When I was a child, all adults appeared old. I would have referred to them as old, behind there backs! Now, when I do the math, I acknowledge that I was wrong. Very wrong.
Observation - Feb. 24, 2017
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- Published on Friday, February 24, 2017
By Addy Oberlin
The Neepawa Banner
Have you ever been discouraged? Not very many people will say “No” to that. Most of us have good days, sometimes even super good days, but also not so good ones or even disastrous days. We might want to quit everything and just hide in a corner.
