Right in the Centre - True Canadian

By Ken Waddell

The Neepawa Banner

This past week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper showed his true Canadian colours. He called out Russian President Putin by saying, “I guess I’ll shake your hand but I have only one thing to say to you and that’s ‘get out of Ukraine’.”

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Advice for successfully handling money in Canada

By Scott Dyke

Branch Manager, RBC Royal Bank Neepawa

In my past year since moving to Neepawa to manage the RBC, I have noticed some trends with our Newcomers to Canada (both Temporary Foreign Workers and new Permanent Residents).  First off I, along with many others in Neepawa, welcome you and we are very pleased to have you as part of our community.

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Right in the Centre - It's hard to keep up

By Ken Waddell

The Neepawa Banner

It’s hard to keep up with the unfolding of events in the Manitoba government. By the time you read this, things may have changed around a lot more, but as of Monday morning, we have a premier who doesn’t understand the difference between a leadership review vote and a leadership convention.

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Homebodies - I get by with a little help from my friends

By Rita Friesen

 

Not so keen on all the lyrics of the song made popular by the Beatles back in the day, but that first opening line pretty much sums up my life this last month.

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My Perspective - Remembering

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

This week, we marked Remembrance Day.  On Tuesday, at 11 am, in a cascade across the country, the world stopped for two minutes of silence. In these moments of silence, we remembered those known and unknown to us who fought, and sometimes lost their lives, in the service of our country.  

We remember why they fought and what they fought for.

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