Right in the Centre - Random thoughts from the Canada Day long weekend

By Ken Waddell

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A number of thoughts crossed my mind over the long weekend and so I thought I would share them.

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My perspective - Too much of a good thing?

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

Neepawa Banner & Press

I hold a Commerce degree and during university, we had many chances to interact with those already in the workforce.  Whether it was in-class presentations, networking events or hiring fairs, the message was always the same, “School is great, but you’ll learn what you actually need to know once you start working.” I don’t think that Commerce grads are unique in this experience.

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Right in the centre - Recycling may be doomed

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

Recycling is a wonderful idea and everyone is in favour of it. For some it is a passion, for some, it is a duty, for some it is a begrudging obligation and for some, it is just a pain.

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My perspective - Imposing old on new

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

Neepawa Banner & Press

Last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was quick to shoot down a proposed tax on internet service providers to fund Canadian news media. This year, there’s a serious push to institute the same type of tax, this time, to fund the production of Canadian entertainment media.

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Right in the centre - Shaped by hardship

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

If you are old enough to have been born in the Great Depression, you are now 80 years old. Few people alive today have adult level memories of those terrible years, 1929-39, when jobs were scarce, farm prices low, crop yields very poor and the combination of heat, dust and despair permeated every pore.

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