My perspective - Perception? Or something more?
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- Published on Friday, May 3, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Last week, news broke that the majority stake in Manitoba success story, HyLife Ltd., will be sold to a Thai-based agricultural conglomerate. The rest of the company had previously been purchased by a Japanese general trading company, Itochu. I also heard recently about some Manitoba equipment dealers being purchased by a European company. These are two examples of recent business sales, but each year, there are more. I’m hesitant to draw conclusions from a handful of examples, but do we have a problem in Canada?
Right in the centre - Recycling’s house of cards is falling down
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- Published on Friday, May 3, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
There are a few factors coming out now that clearly show what some of us have been saying for many years about the fragility of the recycling industry.
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My perspective - Serving up a balanced diet… of news
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- Published on Friday, April 26, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Some weeks, I worry that we’ll scare off our readers. As we left for the holiday weekend, the list of completed or in process stories included two about Neepawa council (both about the financial plan), two about local annual general meetings, one about changes at the planning district and one about the impact on businesses of the federal and provincial budgets. I was (only sort of) joking that we’d scare our readers away from the May 2 paper; they wouldn’t yet have woken up, a week later.
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Right in the centre - Assorted topics from a rural perspective
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- Published on Friday, April 26, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Monday morning came early with the blockbuster news that HyLife was being sold. HyLife is perhaps best known locally for its hog processing plant at Neepawa, which employs over 1,300 people. A bit lesser known is that the company has barns, feed mills and other hog-related enterprises across Manitoba, as well as interests in the U.S., China, Japan and Mexico. What is even less well known is that the founding families, the Janzens and Vielefaures, started out from very humble hog farmer beginnings.
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My perspective - It’s better to give
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- Published on Thursday, April 18, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
What would our communities be like without volunteers? It’s a timely question to ask, especially since last week was National Volunteer Week. How would our lives be worse off without the 12.7 million Canadians who give their time?
