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.
Letters - To Town of Neepawa Mayor and Council
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- Published on Monday, February 5, 2018
Members of the Beautiful Plains Horticultural Society
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Neepawa has long been known as a most beautiful town, with a beautiful tree canopy, lilies and a cemetery unlike any other. While our town is fortunate to be growing in population, we are slowly losing our beauty. The changes to the former Eastview Lodge site have been very obvious during the last month. As horticulturalists, we are concerned with the number of trees and natural vegetation that is being destroyed.
My perspective - Investing in the future
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- Published on Thursday, February 1, 2018
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
The province’s agricultural industry faces a major challenge when it comes to succession— the high cost of entry. Few other jobs require such a high upfront investment; you don’t need to own a hospital to become a doctor or a school to become a teacher, but you need a farm to be a farmer. The cost of land, equipment, livestock, seed and other inputs is high and only rising. At their recent annual general meeting, Keystone Agricultural Producers, Manitoba’s general farm policy organization, passed a resolution to help combat two problems, with one simple solution. The high cost of entry for young farmers is one problem, while the other is the purchase of farmland as an investment vehicle.
Right in the centre - More on money
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- Published on Thursday, February 1, 2018
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Whenever you read charts and do some math you run a bit of risk. On Jan. 19, I wrote about the minimum wage increases, especially the situation in Ontario. I said, “From the employee point of view, a 40 hours a week job at minimum wage of $11.15 per hour comes to $446 per week. At that level, there is no federal income tax, the provincial tax is $6.73, CPP is $15.41 and EI is $7.40. Net is $416.46 per week. At $15 per hour the wages rise to $600 per week, federal tax kicks in at $10.03, provincial tax at $22.26, CPP at 32.29 and EI at $ 9.96. Net is 534.71.” The net difference was $118.25.
