My Perspective - From the comfort of your couch

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

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Thanks to modern technology, from the comfort of my couch, I can take a drive down the Champs-Élysées, through Times Square or past Stonehenge. This is all because of Google’s Street View images, which work with Google Maps to provide 360° images of locations around the world. 

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Right in the Centre - In pursuit of truth and decency

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The government of Manitoba just re-named a portion of Hwy. 10 after the longest serving premier of Manitoba, John Bracken. Bracken wasn’t a big self-promoter. His name isn’t exactly a household name any longer.

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Thumbs down - July 20, 2016

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Submitted by Val Wilson

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Observation

By Addy Oberlin

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All we have seen this week is a cloudy sky with off and on severe rain and, in some places, even golfball sized hail. The weatherman has been pretty close in predicting the right kind of weather. People are planning to go on holidays, maybe even thinking of camping and enjoying the beautiful outdoors. However, wind, rain and thunder can spoil anyone’s holidays.

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Homebodies - Saskatoons...

By Rita Friesen

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Some of the bushes growing in the garden were planted on this yard over twenty years ago. Chris and Ken had them nicely growing when Ed bought the place from them. I didn’t like where they were, so I moved them. Twice. Their growth has been considerable. Another variety was given to us when our daughter worked at the Saskatoon farm in Saskatoon. I tried them in more than one location before they took root. Now, on the south edge of the garden, is an impressive stand of berry bushes. This spring, we had a late frost and I was certain that heavy blossoms would be rendered sterile. Quite the opposite occurred. Every blossom took and I have watched with amazement as fruit matured and the branches began to bend under the weight of the developing crop. 

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