Improvement to Neepawa Natives bottom line
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- Published on Friday, July 24, 2015
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
The Neepawa Natives generated a slight profit during its most recent financial year. The Manitoba Junior Hockey League club announced a net profit of $33,011 for the 2014-15 season during its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 22 at the Yellowhead Centre. Those financial results are an improvement from 2013-2014, when the organization posted a loss of $58,035 and was on the brink of disbanding.
Great weekend for Neepawa track athletes
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- Published on Friday, July 24, 2015
Members of Prairie Storm Athletics. Charlot Butler of Brandon, Morgan Ramsey of Rivers, Zoie Forgue of Neepawa and Kiera Senkbeil of Rapid City.
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
Multiple track and field athletes from Neepawa set new personal bests at the 2015 Western Canada Challenge. The event was held in Winnipeg from Friday, July 17 to Sunday, July 19, and featured competitors from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
My perspective - Don't get a job
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- Published on Thursday, July 23, 2015
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
Imagine if instead of telling kids to “Get a job!”, we said, “Start a business!”? Imagine how different our Main Streets would look? For a country that was built by small business owners, some of whom became large, we have become increasingly adverse to entrepreneurship.
Right in the centre - Take the personalities out of it all
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- Published on Thursday, July 23, 2015
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
I hear a lot of criticism of our governments at all levels. Criticizing the government is a privilege we have in this country, one to be protected. However, we need to make sure we are dealing with truth and not just colouring our criticism with personal based nastiness. It seems that our prime minister, Mr. Harper generates some personal based criticism, often evidenced by phrases like “I don’t like Harper” or “We have to stop Harper.”
Why do people say such things? The reason is quite simple, Harper does what he said he was going to do.
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