Right in the Centre - Not much to complain about in rural Manitoba
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- Published on Thursday, August 10, 2023
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
If anyone is bored these days, it sure isn’t the fault of rural Manitoba. Just a week or two ago there were six country fairs in six days. The Ukrainian National Festival was in Dauphin this past weekend. Rockin’ the Fields was in Minnedosa and the ManitobaYouth Beef Round-Up was in Neepawa. Rivers had their recent homecoming and a golf tournament. Rapid City had a golf tournament and it seems like there’s a golf tournament to go to every day at this time of year. Campgrounds are full and if you want a job, just about every farmer in the country is looking for hired help. Construction sites need workers and most businesses could use an extra staff person. This weekend and next, the country is full of events. Most of them aren’t all that expensive to attend either. It’s not so much a matter of what can we do as it is how do we choose what to do?
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Manhunt in downtown Neepawa!
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- Published on Tuesday, August 8, 2023
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
What began as an attempted traffic stop, turned into an intense high-speed chase and manhunt in Neepawa over the long weekend. Initial reports to the Banner & Press suggest that the incident began about 10 kilometres east of Neepawa, on Highway 16, in the early afternoon of Sunday, Aug. 6.
August 4, 2023 - Neepawa Banner & Press
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- Published on Friday, August 4, 2023
Neepawa Banner & Press
This week's Banner & Press shares pictures from the Manitoba Threshmen's Reunion & Stampede and previews the upcoming Gladstone Fair! As well, stories related to new funding for the Roxy Theatre & Yellowhead Centre, A dance camp planned for Minnedosa and the numbers from the Neepawa Titans' annual general meeeting. Those stories and much more in the Aug. 4 edition of the Neepawa Banner & Press.
Right in the Centre - Change speed zones now!
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- Published on Friday, August 4, 2023
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The past two columns have been about highways within towns. The issue I have with Highways, or Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure, is that they have a hugely difficult process for doing something as simple as changing speed zones. The particular question I have is: Why have they not lowered the speed limit east of Neepawa on Hwy. 16 at the eastern boundary of the town limits? The amount of traffic on that piece of road is going to lead to accidents and possibly death that could well be at a reduced risk of happening if the speed limit was lowered. Currently it is 100 km/hr and that is senseless.