Tourism award nominations
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- Published on Thursday, May 19, 2016
By John Drinkwater
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The 13th Annual Tribute to Tourism Awards & Gala will be held this year at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, at Carberry Community Hall.
Awards are presented to recipients in six categories. Local nominees from communities within the Banner distribution area are:
Local sisters play fairy godmother
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- Published on Thursday, May 19, 2016
Submitted photo. (From left) Sisters Jade and Shaelyn Leflar collected donations of grad dresses from local girls to send to Fort McMurray.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Two sisters from Neepawa made an effort to send some glamour to graduating girls in Fort McMurray who lost theirs in the recent fire. Eighteen-year-old Shaelyn and 21-year-old Jade Leflar reached out to girls who have graduated from NACI in the past few years to see if they would be interested in donating their grad dresses to send to Alberta.
RCMP seek information on break ins
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- Published on Thursday, May 19, 2016
Submitted
RCMP News Release
RCMP are calling on the public to report suspicious behaviour following several break and enters that occurred last week in the Westlake area. It is unknown if anything was stolen, but damage was caused in an effort to gain access inside the properties. Anyone with information about these crimes can phone the Amaranth RCMP Detachment at 204-843-2309 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
More optimism in the Neepawa business community
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- Published on Tuesday, May 17, 2016
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Neepawa Chamber of Commerce sent out a business survey in February of this year and recently released the results. Overall, the results of the survey indicate that Neepawa’s local businesses are currently stabilizing or growing and most responses were similar to, or better than, last year’s.
My Neepawa - Saints and angels
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- Published on Tuesday, May 17, 2016
What’s “Your Neepawa”? We’re asking readers to share with us their pictures of past and present Neepawa. To share a picture, please email a high resolution version (1 MB or higher) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or stop by the office at 243 Hamilton Street, in Neepawa. Please include your name as well as a description of the photo.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Baker.
This is the Stone Angel that stands watch over Riverside Cemetery in Neepawa.
