Right in the centre - The past: a good place to visit, poor place to live
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- Published on Friday, July 9, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Our knowledge of history, or more precisely, our lack of knowledge, has come around to bite us big time.
Take Bishop Grandin Boulevard in Winnipeg. I have studied a lot of history, ever since my school days in the 1950s and ‘60s. I can actually remember well over 60 years of history. That’s what happens when you get older. That said, I hardly knew Bishop Grandin existed before the south Winnipeg highway was named after him.
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Column like I see 'em - Canada awakens from a severe case of historic amnesia
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- Published on Friday, July 9, 2021
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
It appears that Canadians recently learned that Canada is not everything they thought it was, and it’s shaken many of them to the core. With the recent discovery of now over 1,000 bodies in unmarked graves at former residential schools across the country, people have awakened from what could be called a severe case of historic amnesia.
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Right in the centre - Finding facts takes work
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- Published on Friday, July 2, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
In nearly 32 years of writing columns and stories, it is abundantly clear that we need newspapers more and more every day. There’s a lot of information floating around about every topic under the sun. Perhaps more than any other issue, C-19 has generated more information, both true and false, than any other topic I have ever covered.
Right in the centre - Manitoba– How do we measure up?
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- Published on Friday, June 25, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Last week, I posed this question to Manitoba Health: “If Manitoba had the same ratio of population to ICUs as North Dakota, there would be over 400 ICUs in Manitoba instead of 72. Do you know why Manitoba numbers of available ICUs varies so much from North Dakota?”
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Right in the centre - Overhaul needed
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- Published on Friday, June 18, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
For what it’s worth, I believe our criminal justice system needs a major overhaul.
