Area students learn about human rights issues
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- Published on Thursday, June 16, 2016
Photo by John Drinkwater. Participants from Erickson Collegiate’s Human Rights Conference, pictured with flag maker Gilbert Baker (seated).
By John Drinkwater
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
On June 3, the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) group of Erickson Collegiate Institute (ECI) hosted a Human Rights Conference for Grades 9 to 12. Students from six different schools, including ECI, Elton, MCI, Neepawa, Rivers and Rossburn, took part in an educational and inspirational day of presentations and discussions on some of the human rights issues facing Canadian youth today.
Negotiations continue for Minnedosa station
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- Published on Thursday, June 16, 2016
Photo by Eoin Devereux. The Minnedosa train station was built in 1910. Since 2005, local volunteers have spent over 2,000 hours in maintenance and repairs.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for a heritage group in Minnedosa that’s been working for over a decade to preserve the town’s train station. Minnedosa Heritage Inc. has received a financial offer of $75,000 from CP Rail to compensate them for the work the organization has done to the historic building since 2006. During a meeting on Tuesday, June 14, the group considered the offer and voted to send a counter offer to CP of $110,000.
Court’s Greenhouse no longer a perennial business
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Photo by Kira Paterson. After being open for 32 years, Jeanine Court has decided to close Court’s Greenhouse after this season is over.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
After 32 years in the greenhouse business, Jeanine Court has announced this as the last season for Court’s Greenhouse. At the end of June, the business will be closing for the year, like it usually does, but the doors will not open again next spring.
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Medical clinic lottery winners announced
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Photos by Kira Paterson. Norm and Pearl Hogarth, of Neepawa, won the grand prize of $100,000.
On June 14, the two main prizes in the Neepawa & District Medical Committee Farm and Leisure Lotto were presented with their cheques. Committee chair Mary Ellen Clark presented the cheques.
Quilter, washboard player and grand adventurer
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- Published on Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Photo by Kira Paterson. Mary Murray put on her thimbles and demonstrated how to play the washboard. She plays with bands at the Legion every Wednesday.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
This is the first of a monthly Neepawa Press series highlighting stories from some of our local residents.
Everywhere one goes, there are people with stories to tell. Shocking stories, funny stories, inspiring stories, can be found in places one would never think to look. Mary Murray of Neepawa holds a treasure trove of such tales. Her life has been an adventure from when she was just a few years old, even to now, being in her 70s.
