My Perspective - Trivial matters

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

The Neepawa Banner

Last weekend, a group of staff and families from the Neepawa Banner attended the Neepawa Kin Club’s annual Trivia Night.  We’ve been doing this for the last three of four years and as always, we had a great time and learned a few things.

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Right in the centre - A definite problem

By Ken Waddell

The Neepawa Banner

We have a definite problem in Manitoba. It pervades our whole society but it’s most noticeable and identifiable in our current provincial government.

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Homebodies - The time waiting was not wasted

By Rita Friesen

I had accompanied friends to a specialised health clinic in a larger center. The waiting room was filled to overflowing and so I sat in the anti chamber. More like a hallway, or a landing at the top of the stairs, the chairs were near filled here as well. The upside was that the reading material was current and covered a wide range of interests. I was gifted an hour to do what I truly enjoy doing, people watch. 

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Right in the centre - The word is prejudice, not racism

By Ken Waddell

The Neepawa Banner

The City of Winnipeg has been accused of being the most racist city in Canada. Nobody knows how to measure that but it’s futile to argue the point, racism, as it’s defined today, exists all over the world. It’s nasty stuff.

However, to solve the problem, definition and meaning of the word must be examined. The use of the word racism is incorrect. 

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My Perspective - The year of Manitoba

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

The Neepawa Banner

For the last decade or so, the oil and gas industries have dominated Canada’s economy. Since the oil sands in the west started drawing workers from the farms, fishing boats, forestry camps, towns and cities across Canada, we have heard about little else. Now, that might all change. 

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