Right in the centre - Who do you trust anyway?
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- Published on Thursday, February 15, 2018
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Social media, and Facebook, in particular has drawn a lot of attention in recent history. Even Facebook has been critical of its own performance as they begin to fathom that they have almost no control over their content. Last year, it is reported that they shut down five million FB sites as the content was inaccurate, illegal or immoral. I would suggest that if they are trying to weed out the sites that are inaccurate, illegal or immoral then they have a long way to go yet.
Thumbs up, thumbs down - February 9, 2018
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- Published on Monday, February 12, 2018
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Would you like to send a thumbs up or thumbs down to an individual or group in the community? Please send it our way. Submissions must include a name and must be under 100 words. We want to hear from you! In person: 243 Hamilton St. Neepawa By fax: 204-476-5073 By email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Letters - Collection for recreational purposes should not be mandatory
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- Published on Monday, February 12, 2018
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Neepawa Banner & Press
I object strongly to a mandatory collection of funds for recreational purposes. Funds for the above should come only by fund raising events, combined with user fees if necessary. If that can’t be achieved, then perhaps its time to shut down some. The fact is, is that businesses have been shutting down in town here one after the other recently. The die has long been cast for small towns such as ours.
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Right in the centre - Justin should be ashamed of himself
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- Published on Thursday, February 8, 2018
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I am certainly no fan of our present prime minister Justin Trudeau and for a number of reasons. However, no matter what my opinion of Trudeau’s style and policies may be, nothing he has ever said, done or not done comes close to his callous answer to a wounded Canadian veteran. In a town hall meeting, a Canadian wounded war veteran who lost one leg and part of his other leg asked the PM a question. He basically said that he signed up knowing he might be wounded or that he might be killed. What he didn’t sign up for was to be mistreated by his own government. He asked why the government was fighting veterans’ request for compensation.
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My perspective - Return to local
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- Published on Thursday, February 8, 2018
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
The management of schools in Nova Scotia will look a lot different this fall. At the end of January, the provincial government announced that they would be implementing 22 recommendations from a consultant’s report on educational administration, aimed at improving student outcomes. One of the recommendations that has drawn the most publicity is the elimination of the province’s seven English language school boards.
