Canoeing for comrades
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- Published on Wednesday, June 8, 2016
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
On April Fool’s Day Mike Ranta of Atikokan, Ont. began a cross-country trip he expects will take six months to complete. According to posts on mikeranta.ca, he started April 1 at dawn “at the ocean’s edge at Fisherman's Memorial, Steveston, BC. Heading up the Frazer River, Mike is aiming to set a speed record on his 2016 journey… faster and farther than any person in history. This epic journey will be accomplished when Mike [lands] at Dominion Beach, Cape Breton, N.S.”
My Neepawa - Shells and wheels
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- Published on Tuesday, June 7, 2016
What’s “Your Neepawa”? We’re asking readers to share with us their pictures of past and present Neepawa. To share a picture, please email a high resolution version (1 MB or higher) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or stop by the office at 243 Hamilton Street, in Neepawa. Please include your name as well as a description of the photo.
Photo by Loribelle Bacaling. My husband and I were biking on a trail at the back of the Neepawa cemetery, along the river bank, and this huge western painted turtle was crawling across the track. It caught our attention for sure!
Photo by Antonio Mabazza. At a small gathering with my friends in the afternoon when suddenly this couple drives through.
Neepawa teams serve as Model United Nations delegates
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- Published on Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Photos courtesy of Shona Davidson, 2016 MUNA Photographer. From left: NACI’s Emma Gerrard and Graeme Chapman as MUNA delegates to the Philippines.
From left: NACI’s April MacDonald as a MUNA Delegate to South Africa with Counsellor Deva-Marie Beck.
Submitted by Deva-Marie Beck
Neepawa Rotary and Inner Wheel
The 58th annual Winnipeg Model United Nations Assembly — also called MUNA — was recently convened, on May 13 to 15, at the Canadian Mennonite University and hosted by the Winnipeg Rotary Club. MUNA brings together regional high school students and their ‘counsellors’ to learn more about the workings of the United Nations and to serve and speak as ‘model’ UN Delegations — by studying their assigned nations’ politics, geography, history and culture.
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Looking back - 1946: Birnie welcomes home returning soldiers
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- Published on Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman Archives. Royal Winnipeg Rifle soldiers Bill, Frank and George Meakin cycling in London 1943. George and Frank were captured following the Juno Beach landings on June 6. They were both executed June 8, along with 23 other members of the RWRs.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Friday, June 9, 1936
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Volunteers needed for Canada Day
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- Published on Tuesday, June 7, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Organizers of Neepawa’s Canada Day celebrations are hoping a few more people will come forward to ensure that this year’s event is one to remember. On Wednesday, June 1, the town’s Leisure Services manager Amanda Novak, along with representatives from several different community groups, met to go over the preliminary details for the day, which is set for July 1 at Riverbend Park.
