Right in the centre - When life seems hard
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- Published on Friday, June 28, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
This week’s column leans heavily on words written by two women who wrote very impactful stories about the shortness of life. The first is a poem by Linda Ellis, the second is a “letter home” by Elizabeth Ferguson who was writing from Palestine (later named Gladstone) in 1873 to her brother and sister in Scotland. The letter runs un-edited, written in the original fashion.
My perspective - I’ve got a beef
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- Published on Friday, June 21, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Canadian beef industry took a bit of flack in the regional media last week. It’s part of a larger problem— many Canadians have lost their connection to the farm and how food is produced. They don’t know what Manitoba cattle producers are actually doing and why turning our province’s pastures into fields of soy might not be the best idea.
Right in the centre - Big decisions
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- Published on Friday, June 21, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Like many councils, the Town of Neepawa council is faced with big decisions, and soon. What has been rumoured for a while, that is major change in the Town’s cemetery perpetual care policy, is coming to a head. To many, a cemetery policy might seem like a small deal, but in Neepawa’s case, it is both an emotional and expensive policy to maintain. It has been said that the Town of Neepawa spends more on the care of graves, on the dead, essentially, than they do on the living, if you look at Neepawa’s somewhat skimpy recreation budget.
My perspective - Planting the seeds
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- Published on Friday, June 14, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Small businesses are the backbone of most rural communities, but maybe more important than the businesses a community currently has, is the ones it will have in the future. Will there be more, or fewer? As another class of graduates leaves school behind, how many of them plan to run their own businesses? How many have even thought about it?
Right in the centre - Obvious solutions often ignored
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- Published on Friday, June 14, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
A number of events this past week have prompted a reaction in my mind. It seems strange to me that, as a society and with the governments we have in place, we can’t solve our problems much faster.
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