Irish stew warms up the community
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- Published on Saturday, March 24, 2018
Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Neepawa Victoria’s Quilts Canada (VQC) held its annual Irish stew luncheon on Mar. 15 at the Neepawa Legion. The event is one of the biggest fundraisers for the VQC. This year the fundraiser raised just over $4,000 with 331 meals being served.
Tentative labour deal reached at Safeway
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- Published on Friday, March 23, 2018
Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
A strike has been averted at Safeway stores across Manitoba, including the Neepawa location. On Saturday, Mar. 17, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 832, the union representing about 2,200 employees, announced that a tentative agreement had been reached with Sobeys West Inc.
WWII pilot disappeared on fateful flight
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- Published on Friday, March 23, 2018
Photo by Erik Wieman
Nels Andersen was raised at Woodside, Manitoba and his RCAF identification card is shown above.
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Thousands of families across Canada have a story of an ancestor who marched, sailed or flew off to war between 1939 and 1945. Many families lost a loved one and some never did find out what actually happened to their family member. That was the case for the family of Nels Andersen of Woodside, Manitoba. Andersen was an airman who trained at Brandon air base. He was a crew member of a Halifax bomber. In 1945 he and his crew flew into German territory on a bombing run. Their plane disappeared and there was little if any record of what happened. The whole crew was lost in the crash.
Hotel, seniors housing complex may be coming to Neepawa
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- Published on Friday, March 23, 2018
Photos by John Drinkwater
Trevor Rempel (VP Sales & Marketing) Steel Creek Developers, outlines a new potential development in Neepawa, during a Rotary meeting held on Mar. 14, at ArtsForward.
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
If their plans come to completion, Steel Creek Developers will be heading up what Town of Neepawa councillor Murray Parrott says is “a turning point project for Neepawa”. Parrott and Trevor Rempel of Steel Creek made a presentation to Neepawa Rotary Club on Wednesday, Mar. 14 at the club’s regular weekly lunch meeting.
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de Konings win at Winnipeg’s World of Wheels
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- Published on Friday, March 23, 2018
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Drew and Bain de Koning of Eden show off their cars in Winnipeg. Drew and Bain’s dad, Bert says, “The boys hard work finally paid off” as their cars have made it to the exhibition floor at World of Wheels in Winnipeg. Drew’s car is a 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang and Bain’s is a 1970 Dodge Challenger. The twin boys bought the cars as shells in 2013 and have extensively worked on them at their home shop. The motors were built by their uncle Leon de Koning. The boys are still only 19 so they have spent their whole teen years on their projects. They did most of the work themselves including the body work and painting. Both de Koning brothers won awards this year including the 2018 Rising Star award which was given to both of them, the Mustang took an award for color design, where the Dodge Challenger took the 2018 Outstanding Street Machine award, Drew’s Mustang also took a mid-Canada Finest 5 Street Driven award.
