‘I love to travel, to meet new people’
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- Published on Thursday, December 24, 2015
Photo by Kira Paterson. Cristina Pichardo Lapetra is spending a year in Neepawa on a Rotary exchange.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
This school year, the Neepawa Rotary Club welcomed an exchange student from Spain. Cristina Pichardo Lapetra arrived in Canada on Sept. 4, 2015. She is 17 years old and in Grade 11 at NACI. She is from a small town of 7,000 people just outside of Seville, Spain, called Villanueva del Ariscal.
The year that was for Neepawa council
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- Published on Tuesday, December 22, 2015
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
As we shift into the new year, it’s important to review exactly what’s been accomplished in the previous 12 months by the Neepawa Town Council. Listed below are some of the most notable resolutions passed by council.
Neepawa looking to clear up snow removal challenges
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- Published on Tuesday, December 22, 2015
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Administration for the Town of Neepawa is asking for a little bit of understanding from residents when it comes to the first major snowfall of the winter. A low pressure system struck southern Manitoba earlier this month and left between 12 to 15 centimetres of snow across the region.
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End of an era for Neepawa hotel industry
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- Published on Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Picture of the Vivian Hotel from an ad of its grand opening from the January 26, 1962 Neepawa Press.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Vivian family has long been tied with the hotel industry in Neepawa. Spanning three different locations, for almost a century, a Vivian has owned one of the town’s hotels.
Looking back - 1995: Riverside Cemetery tree stolen for Christmas
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- Published on Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman archives. 80 years ago, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1935: The new closed in arena has brought hours of enjoyment to the town and rural citizens.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago, Tuesday December 31, 1935,
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