Right in the centre - Historical foundations
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- Published on Friday, December 2, 2022
Neepawa Banner & Press
By Ken Waddell
When we look back through the archived pages of our newspapers, we get a bird’s eye view of how things were done over 100 years ago. Some things really stand out.
Perhaps the first thing that jumps off the pages is the lack of what we would today call “political correctness”. Opinions and humour back in the day were pretty much unbridled. There was no filter on the editors’ typewriters 100 or more years ago.They said whatever was on their minds and sometimes their comments very bluntly called out politicians and citizens alike.
Right in the centre - Closing the gaps on public policy
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- Published on Friday, November 25, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I am not sure if we will have room this week for a column from John Feldsted about the big international climate conference. Seems that Canada sent over 300 delegates. These conferences have been going on for decades now and don’t appear to be making much progress. John’s column explains how the goals of the conferences are based on some pretty shaky premises and agreement isn’t happening anytime soon.
Perhaps the problem is similar to a lot of issues, where governments set out to solve problems but often bog down.
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Right in the centre - Repair or replace, that is the question
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- Published on Friday, November 18, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I was asked a pointed question last week by a person who lives in the region and knows about Neepawa but doesn’t live in the town. The question was, “Neepawa is a progressive town, isn’t it?”
I paused with my answer and then offered, “Yes, it is a progressive town, but sometimes reluctantly.”
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Right in the centre - What choice do you make when there are no good choices?
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- Published on Friday, November 11, 2022
by Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
By the time this column sees the light of day, the United States will have conducted their mid-term elections. The U.S. mid-terms serve a couple of purposes. They serve as a sort of referendum on the sitting president’s performance. It’s like a half-way performance review and it’s rare that presidents do all that well.
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Right in the centre - Some basic facts about newspapers
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- Published on Friday, November 4, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Dozens of times per week we get various press releases. They are important in the newspaper industry. By way of press releases, we find out what governments are up to, what organizations have planned for programs or meetings, what local events might be happening and a whole host of other items.
The problem is a newspaper can’t live on printing press releases. A newspaper needs ads to survive. And surviving isn’t enough, a business needs to thrive, to pay the print bill, distiribution costs and oh, yes, the staff.
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