My perspective - The good, the bad
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- Published on Friday, May 4, 2018
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Turns out, improving the skills of Manitoba students isn’t as easy as A-B-C. This week, the results of the 2016 Pan-Canadian Assessment (PCAP) of reading, science and math were released, and students and educators in this province got some good news and some bad. While Manitoba students’ skills have improved, they still lag behind those in other provinces.
Right in the centre - Biggest scam of the century
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- Published on Friday, May 4, 2018
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Canadians, and Manitobans as well, are about to be subjected to the biggest scam ever foisted upon us. It’s called the carbon tax. The Canadian government is imposing a carbon tax. As our local MP Bob Sopuck and MP Pierre Poilievre have pointed out, the government isn’t saying how much the tax is expected to bring in or where it will be spent. I think everyone can guess where it will be spent and that is the blackhole of government spending that has typified governments of the past few decades. God knows, they wouldn’t want to balance the budget, service the debt or actually curb spending. It is reported that a family taking in $85,000 per year pays 45 per cent in taxes of all kinds. That is scarily close to half their income.
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My perspective - Portrait of a newspaper
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- Published on Friday, April 27, 2018
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
I heard an analogy a couple of weeks ago; if daily papers are the Titanic and weekly papers are the lifeboats, the weeklies need to distance themselves enough that they don’t get sucked down. It may be hyperbole, but it’s rooted in some truth.
Right in the centre - Recycling business in big trouble in Manitoba
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- Published on Friday, April 27, 2018
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Recycling is more than just in trouble, it has become a farce. For about 30 years, many well-intentioned Manitobans have expressed their concern for environmental stewardship by faithfully recycling. Beer cans, pop cans, newspapers, books, magazines, steel, lead batteries, household waste, food and other organic waste have been faithfully steered away from the landfills and into the recycling stream.
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Right in the Centre - Distracted driving, distracted living
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- Published on Friday, April 20, 2018
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
In today's world, we have many more distractions than we used to have, whether it is on the highway or life itself.The change is two-fold. Fifty, or even 20 years ago, we were not flooded with all the information we have today. There may well have been as much going in the world but we didn’t know about it. We certainly didn’t hear about it instantly like we do today. If there was an outbreak of war, a disaster or a tragedy, we might not even hear about it, let alone view it over and over again on our TV, computer or phone. Our lives are one big distraction, played out in our heads and fed by both organized media and by social media.
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