NACTV loses use of equipment
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- Published on Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Photo by Eoin Devereux. This notice was posted on the doorway of NACTV on the evening of Oct. 14, following the AGM.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
When NACTV staff arrived at the station on Oct. 15, they found a notice on the door and some of the equipment they had been using was gone.
Massive changes to NACTV board
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- Published on Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Photo by Kate Jackman-Atkinson. The newly elected NACTV board (from left): Don Walmsley, Larry Powell, Alvin Borchardt, Val Wilson, Ivan Traill, Jean Borchardt and Richard Knechtel. Missing: Jodie Byram
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
It was a very eventful night at the Neepawa Access Television (NACTV) Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
The back room of the Neepawa Library was full, with 51 people attending the meeting.
Sopuck wins re-election. Trudeau new PM
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- Published on Monday, October 19, 2015
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
For voters in the Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa riding, there will be a change in government, but not locally. In the local riding, incumbent Conservatives candidate Robert Sopuck was re-elected with a strong majority.
Thankful for lives in Thanksgiving fire
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- Published on Monday, October 19, 2015
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
Jennifer Pearson and her three children, aged six to 11, had a Thanksgiving they won’t soon forget. At 10:50 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12 Rivers-Daly Volunteer Fire Department was called to their home to extinguish a fire which started in a child’s bedroom at the southeast side of the residence. Quick and efficient action by the department saved the bulk of the 310 Fourth Avenue house, which is owned by Manitoba Housing Authority. While the structure still stands, Manitoba Housing has not yet determined if it is worth the cost to restore and repair, or to destroy it — smoke damage is extreme.
