My perspective - Culture, vulture
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- Published on Thursday, May 5, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Culture is an important part of our lives and within the context of culture, there is the subgroup of Canadian-made content. Historically, the federal government has focused its concern over Canadian content to regulating a minimum number of Barenaked Ladies songs that must be played on the radio, funding the CBC and making sure our cable and satellite providers show enough shows featuring Anne of Green Gables.
The arts, good for the soul
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- Published on Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Photo submitted by Ron Nordstrom. Kevin Roy and Amie Peterson from Winnipeg performed a concert in the home of Ron and Diane Nordstrom on April 26 to a crowd of around 20. Kevin and Amie played a mix of fast paced bluegrass and soulful tunes.
Submitted by Ron Nordstrom
The Neepawa Press
Kurt Vonnegut was an author best known for his novel Slaughterhouse Five. Vonnegut believed that all people needed to be creative simply because it was good for the soul. One of my favorite Kurt Vonnegut quotes is:
Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow. - Kurt Vonnegut
My perspective - Death by a thousand cuts?
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- Published on Friday, April 29, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
What’s $16,900 in a budget of more than $7.6 million? Not much, not even one per cent. But for many Neepawa organizations, it’s a lot.
Not so silent E - They’re all 1.5 per cent screwed
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- Published on Thursday, April 28, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Full disclosure; but when it comes to the Neepawa Town Council, this is my favourite time of the year and the reason why is quite simple. Because this is the only time of the year in which people, other than myself and Jackie from NACTV, actually bother to pay any attention to Neepawa Town Council.
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Right in the Centre - None too soon
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- Published on Thursday, April 28, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The resounding defeat of the Manitoba NDP on April 19 was a long time coming. They won elections in 1999, 2004, 2007 and 2011. By 2016, their luck ran out and to many in Manitoba, it was none too soon. The NDP would never have won the 1999 election except for a combination of circumstances that worked in their favour.
