Fraudulent police service calling for money
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- Published on Friday, November 20, 2015
By Bruce Klassen
Chief
Rivers Police Service was made aware of a fraud/scam happening in the Rivers area within the first 10 days of November. A caller is pretending to be from Brandon Police Service, stating they are collecting donations. DO NOT give them your credit card information!!! If you receive a call like this in the future, please contact Rivers Police Service to verify if this program even exists; we will follow up on it and advise you as to whether or not it is legitimate. We encourage all to visit our Facebook site for more current information.
CNIB for veterans, started by veterans
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- Published on Friday, November 20, 2015
By Jackie Lay
Communications Specialist
With Veterans Day on Nov. 10 and Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 just passed, Canadian National Institute of the Blind (CNIB) wants to raise awareness of the services available to veterans and remind people of its long-standing history with veterans.
“CNIB was not only created by a number of veterans but started after World War I because of the needs of veterans,” says Garry Nenson, regional vice-president of CNIB in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
CNIB was founded in 1918 by a group of men – several of whom had served in the military – who recognized the need to support their fellow veterans returning home blind after the First World War. Two of the founders were not only veterans, but also lost their eyesight in the war. Alexander Viets was blinded by a mortar explosion in France and Edwin Baker was wounded and lost the sight in both his eyes.
Today, no matter whether their vision loss is combat-related or simply a factor of aging, CNIB offers personalized rehabilitation support to Canadian veterans of all ages – at no cost – to help them lead full, active lives.
“CNIB has a longstanding relationship with the men and women of Canada’s military, and we’re proud to continue that tradition to this day – by reaching out to veterans across Canada, and offering them programs and services that can help them lead full, active lives with vision loss.”
If you’re a Canadian veteran and you’ve experienced a loss of vision that’s affecting your life, CNIB can help you:
• Work through your emotions with support from people who care and understand.
• Access helpful products at Shop CNIB, like talking watches and large-button phones. What’s more, the costs of many of these products are covered for you by Veterans Affairs Canada.
• Build your independence with personalized support in everything from travelling, to cooking, to identifying money.
• Maintain your love of reading with books, newspapers and magazines in easy-to-use audio from the CNIB library.
Memory tree for CM
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- Published on Friday, November 20, 2015
Submitted article
The Neepawa Banner
Country Meadows Personal Care Home in Neepawa is starting a Memory Christmas Tree.
Network upgrades create problems for rural customers
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- Published on Thursday, November 19, 2015
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Since the transition to a new network with MTS began, some people have come to notice issues with their cell service. Places where customers had no trouble getting a signal with their old phones seem to be out of reach of the new networks.
Read more: Network upgrades create problems for rural customers
Access 2 Books clearing out next week
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- Published on Thursday, November 19, 2015
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
From Wednesday, Nov. 25 to Saturday, Nov. 28, Access 2 Books in Neepawa will be having a clearout sale. The bookstore was meant to be another source of income for Neepawa Access Television (NACTV), but it’s no longer making any money.
