Looking back - 1946: 1946 Ford cars went on display for the first time in Neepawa
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- Published on Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman archives. Thur. Mar. 28: Gill & Schmall Agencies building is now at this Mill St. and Mountain Ave. location.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Tuesday, Mar. 24, 1936
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“This appears to be exactly what we all thought it was, a tragedy,”
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- Published on Sunday, March 27, 2016
RCMP Sgt Bert Paquet photo courtesy of Alan Gillies, GEM Media. Martens picture provided by RCMP media release.
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
The search for a missing Manitoba child ended in tragedy on Saturday, Mar. 26, as the body of two year old Chase Martens was found in a creek close to his family’s home. The discovery of the deceased toddler, who had been missing since Tuesday, Mar. 22, followed a massive search effort from RCMP, Winnipeg Police, local emergency services personnel and volunteers, in the rural area near the community of Austin.
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Killarney commits big bucks to secure new doctors
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- Published on Friday, March 25, 2016
Submitted by Kim Langen
The Killarney Guide
In a groundbreaking move, the municipality has invested thousands of dollars in order to secure new doctors long-term.
Frustrated by the shortage of physicians in the Killarney-Turtle Mountain area – and losses of present doctors when their four-year contracts run out – the town decided last year to implement their own recruitment program, hiring a specialist company in Winnipeg to get the job done.
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Local girl takes pageant title
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- Published on Friday, March 25, 2016
Submitted photo. Three-year-old Kennedy Brown of Glenella won the Toddler Miss Manitoba title earlier this month.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
A little girl from Glenella, MB was recently named Toddler Miss Manitoba 2016. She will be competing for a national title at the National Canadian Girl, Teen and Miss (NCGTM) pageant in Edmonton this summer.
Green candidate Smith proposing ‘different thinking’
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- Published on Friday, March 25, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The third candidate in the Agassiz riding to step into the race, Robert F. Smith is running for the Green Party.
The mixed farmer runs a section of land and has a herd of 25 cows, as well as growing oats and buckwheat. He has been an organic farmer since 1999.
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