My perspective - Trading places
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- Published on Thursday, March 8, 2018
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
While most people think of trade agreements in international terms, trade between provinces isn’t always as free as we think. In November 2016, Manitoba joined the New West Partnership, which aims to create a western Canadian free trade zone. The goal of the agreement is to allow for the better mobility of trade, investment and labour, with the end result of reducing costs. The original partnership was signed between British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan in 2010 and came into effect in 2013.
Right in the centre - A matter of struggles and perspective
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- Published on Thursday, March 8, 2018
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Everybody thinks they have a struggle in life and to a certain extent they do. But putting one’s own personal struggle in perspective is something we should all learn to do. An average Canadian may be annoyed with the weather or local taxes or health care delays. Everyone in Canada is a bit afraid of what the United Sates will do next or more specifically what President Trump will say next. All the negative things that come at us every day are indeed an annoyance or a setback. The problem is that at any given time, few of us have real problems compared to others around us.
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Homebodies - Teetering on the top rung?
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- Published on Saturday, March 3, 2018
Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner & Press
For many years I felt like the filling of a sandwich- caring for those beneath me, children and such, and caring for those above me, parents. You know how you make a good peanut butter and jelly sandwich by heavily spreading the peanut butter on the bottom slice and the jelly on the top and then forcibly compressing the two? (yes, there is a correct way to make a pb and j sandwich!) I felt a lot like that compressed goo. First my mother passed away and then, ten years later- eleven plus years ago- my father died. Not only was I an orphan, I transferred from the filling to the upper crust in this sandwich of life.
My perspective - Of combines and code
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- Published on Thursday, March 1, 2018
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
What do a tractor and Microsoft Word have in common? A lot, if equipment manufacturers get their way. For close to a decade, automobile manufacturers have been governed by Right to Repair legislation. In Canada, this voluntary agreement came into effect in 2009 and requires manufacturers to make key software and training available to independent garages, which allows someone other than the dealership to access a vehicle’s software in order to diagnose and repair problems. Given the increasing level of computer control on modern vehicles, such access is required for almost all repairs. Automobile owners can also take it one step further, all vehicles must use the same data port, meaning owners can purchase inexpensive scanners to do their own diagnostics.
Right in the centre - Canada Post lowers service one more time
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- Published on Thursday, March 1, 2018
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Canada’s newspaper industry and rural Canada has had a strained relationship with Canada Post for several decades. Canada Post has been involved in a self-inflicted downward spiral for a long time. They slipped a notch lower this month. Canada Post is reducing its services yet again to rural Canada. They have reduced the number of truck deliveries in and out of rural post offices and have drastically changed their schedules. Many post offices will get fewer deliveries and pick ups and while the reduced schedule is one factor, the change in schedule is disruptive to say the least. This paper delivers a large number of copies through the post office.
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