Iron ore project on hold, investors waiting for a change in government
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- Published on Thursday, January 7, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
It’s been in the ground for a long time, it’s taking a long time to get it out as well.
There’s a large seam of iron ore deep down in the earth, south-west of Arden.
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New Year’s standoff in Minnedosa
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- Published on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The normally quiet community of Minnedosa was anything but quiet on New Year’s Eve, as it dealt with a dramatic police standoff to ring in 2016.
MPI unveils top five frauds of 2015
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- Published on Tuesday, January 5, 2016
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Manitoba Public Insurance
Vehicle technology, good old-fashioned investigation skills and strong partnerships with police agencies were major factors in helping identify those people who tried to defraud Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI).
Fraudulent and suspicious claims are handled by Manitoba Public Insurance’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU). The efforts of this special unit resulted in fraud savings last year of $7.6 million for Manitoba auto insurance rate payers. The SIU investigates about 2,500 claims yearly.
Looking back - 1996: Odd Fellows first to ‘adopt a ball diamond’
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- Published on Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Neepawa Press Archives. 20 years ago, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1996: IOOF Grand Nobel Bob Lumsden is pictured presenting a $1,000 cheque to Gail White toward a baseball diamond adoption.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago, Friday January 10, 1936:
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YAC supports Christmas Cheer
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- Published on Thursday, December 31, 2015
Submitted photo. Presenting the cheque to Salvation Army representative Amanda Naughton-Gale were (from left): Josh Jackson, Tony Eu, Sam Nickart, Elizabeth Dobson, Taryn McConechy, Sam Kerkowich, and Courtney Gilmore.
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The Neepawa Banner
Last week, the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Committee made a donation to the Neepawa Salvation Army Christmas Cheer. The donation is the result of a raffle that the YAC conducted to raise funds for the initiative. The draw was held at NACI on Dec. 7.
