Gladstone 4-H Handi-Workers ready to start new year

By Nikki Anderson

Gladstone 4-H Handi-Workers

On Tuesday, Oct. 13,  the Gladstone 4-H Handi-Workers held their first meeting of the 2015/16 4-H year.  As of that day, there are 26 members registered in 12 different projects.  

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Westlake Employment finds new home

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The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

Westlake Employment Skills and Services Centre (WESSC) is a familiar name in Neepawa and the surrounding area for anyone looking for help finding a job or help finding an employee.  Since 1998, Westlake has offered a wide range of short-term employment assistance services to job ready unemployed Manitobans in the geographical region including the Town of Neepawa, the Rural Municipalities of Rosedale, North Cypress-Langford, Glenella-Lansdowne and a portion of Westlake-Gladstone.  

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Masquerade dance cancelled

By Kira Paterson

The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The masquerade dance planned by the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation (BPCF) has been cancelled. The dance was scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7 and was planned as a special event to celebrate the foundation’s 20th anniversary. Tickets were meant to be sold in advance, but there wasn’t enough interest from the community to make hosting the event worthwhile. 

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Manitoba entrepreneurs share their big ideas

Big-Idea

By Kira Paterson

The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The first annual “What’s the Big Idea?” event was a success. Marilyn Crewe, economic development officer (EDO) for the town of Neepawa, said that it went really well for its first time. “We were really pleased with the event,” she said. It was put on at the Minnedosa Community Conference Centre on Thursday, Oct. 22.

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Westman completes network upgrades

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The Neepawa Press

Earlier this month, Westman Communications Group completed a network upgrade for Neepawa. The network upgrade provides additional capacity to accommodate increasing internet traffic and the expansion of high definition video offerings.

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