Killarney commits big bucks to secure new doctors
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- Published on Friday, March 25, 2016
Submitted by Kim Langen
The Killarney Guide
In a groundbreaking move, the municipality has invested thousands of dollars in order to secure new doctors long-term.
Frustrated by the shortage of physicians in the Killarney-Turtle Mountain area – and losses of present doctors when their four-year contracts run out – the town decided last year to implement their own recruitment program, hiring a specialist company in Winnipeg to get the job done.
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Local girl takes pageant title
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- Published on Friday, March 25, 2016
Submitted photo. Three-year-old Kennedy Brown of Glenella won the Toddler Miss Manitoba title earlier this month.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
A little girl from Glenella, MB was recently named Toddler Miss Manitoba 2016. She will be competing for a national title at the National Canadian Girl, Teen and Miss (NCGTM) pageant in Edmonton this summer.
Green candidate Smith proposing ‘different thinking’
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- Published on Friday, March 25, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The third candidate in the Agassiz riding to step into the race, Robert F. Smith is running for the Green Party.
The mixed farmer runs a section of land and has a herd of 25 cows, as well as growing oats and buckwheat. He has been an organic farmer since 1999.
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'If someone has Chase, please bring him home'
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- Published on Thursday, March 24, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
At 5 p.m. on March 24, just shy of 48 hours after Chase Martens went missing from his family’s yard, the two-year-old’s parents issued a public plea. Father Thomas and mother Destiny were visibly distraught speaking to the assembled media. Thomas Martens choked back tears as he urged anyone with information to contact the police, “If someone has our son, please bring him home. We won’t be angry, we’ll be forgiving and grateful.”
Manitoba Votes 2016 - Meet the candidates in the Agassiz constituency
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- Published on Thursday, March 24, 2016
By Banner Staff
The Neepawa Banner
This week, we asked the candidates about their previous experience in politics and why they wanted to represent their party. Over the next few weeks, we will ask the candidates for their take on certain topics that concern rural Manitobans.
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