Right in the centre - A definite problem
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- Published on Friday, February 6, 2015
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
We have a definite problem in Manitoba. It pervades our whole society but it’s most noticeable and identifiable in our current provincial government.
Homebodies - The time waiting was not wasted
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- Published on Tuesday, February 3, 2015
By Rita Friesen
I had accompanied friends to a specialised health clinic in a larger center. The waiting room was filled to overflowing and so I sat in the anti chamber. More like a hallway, or a landing at the top of the stairs, the chairs were near filled here as well. The upside was that the reading material was current and covered a wide range of interests. I was gifted an hour to do what I truly enjoy doing, people watch.
Right in the centre - The word is prejudice, not racism
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- Published on Friday, January 30, 2015
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
The City of Winnipeg has been accused of being the most racist city in Canada. Nobody knows how to measure that but it’s futile to argue the point, racism, as it’s defined today, exists all over the world. It’s nasty stuff.
However, to solve the problem, definition and meaning of the word must be examined. The use of the word racism is incorrect.
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My Perspective - The year of Manitoba
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- Published on Thursday, January 29, 2015
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
For the last decade or so, the oil and gas industries have dominated Canada’s economy. Since the oil sands in the west started drawing workers from the farms, fishing boats, forestry camps, towns and cities across Canada, we have heard about little else. Now, that might all change.
The view from my chair - Charlie Hebdo edition
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- Published on Monday, January 26, 2015
By Alan Gillies
G.E.M. Media
People were shot because they drew cartoons.
It crushed me to learn of the terrorist attack and mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in France.
Charlie Hebdo is a satirical French magazine, its name taken from the comic strip Charlie Brown and hebdomadaire (“weekly”).
God protect those of us who go into greater descriptive detail.
