Killarney commits big bucks to secure new doctors
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- Published on Friday, March 25, 2016
Submitted by Kim Langen
The Killarney Guide
In a groundbreaking move, the municipality has invested thousands of dollars in order to secure new doctors long-term.
Frustrated by the shortage of physicians in the Killarney-Turtle Mountain area – and losses of present doctors when their four-year contracts run out – the town decided last year to implement their own recruitment program, hiring a specialist company in Winnipeg to get the job done.
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Neepawa well represented on Bantam Female Chiefs
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- Published on Friday, March 25, 2016
By Kyle Gluska
Submitted Article
Neepawa found itself well represented on the roster of the Yellowhead AAA Female Bantam Chiefs. There were six players on the 2015-2016 team that have all played their minor hockey in Neepawa.
Local girl takes pageant title
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Submitted photo. Three-year-old Kennedy Brown of Glenella won the Toddler Miss Manitoba title earlier this month.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
A little girl from Glenella, MB was recently named Toddler Miss Manitoba 2016. She will be competing for a national title at the National Canadian Girl, Teen and Miss (NCGTM) pageant in Edmonton this summer.
Green candidate Smith proposing ‘different thinking’
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By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The third candidate in the Agassiz riding to step into the race, Robert F. Smith is running for the Green Party.
The mixed farmer runs a section of land and has a herd of 25 cows, as well as growing oats and buckwheat. He has been an organic farmer since 1999.
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