Right in the centre - Swatting flies with a sledge hammer

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

My first encounter with a government edict to eradicate something was in 1971 in my first year as an Ag-rep with the Manitoba Department of Agriculture (MDA). The enemy to be eradicated in 1971 was an old one, Leafy Spurge. I say an old one because, Leafy Spurge was introduced to Canada in the early 1800s coming into the country as a contaminant in imported seed. 

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Right in the centre - Let's save some and lives

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

I was talking to a couple of business people and we were chatting about ways we could save money, time and effort, especially in terms of policing and bureaucracy costs. The topic of the day was gun ownership. The federal government has been throwing money down the sewer pipe for decades now pretending that Canada needs gun control. We don’t need gun control, we need criminal control.

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Right in the centre - File your taxes and watch them be wasted

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

Just about everybody has filed their tax returns by now and people should be disappointed. Whether your income tax bill was a few hundred, a few thousand or many thousands of dollars, you have good reason to be disappointed. The federal government is wasting tax dollars, yours and mine.

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Right in the centre - Rough roads ahead

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

The Town of Neepawa has a problem and it’s pretty obvious what it is. The streets and roads are in terrible shape. So terrible that they are dangerous and causing severe damage to cars and trucks alike.

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Right in the centre - Local is essential

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

It seems the ultimate goal of business corporations is to dominate the world, or at least their home country. I have written recently about the dreadful downside of big corporations effect on the newspaper industry. This week, I want to address some history and how corporations swallowed and then spit out many newspapers.  I also want to show how that trend is affecting other part sf our local communities. 

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