Right in the centre - Champion the truth!
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- Published on Friday, October 2, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
This year’s celebration of National Newspaper week is aptly titled, “Champion the Truth”.
The value of newspapers and championing the truth has never been more important to Canada and to North America. The newspaper is the bedrock of our society’s eternal quest for facts and truth. Without news reporters, that have to be supported by advertising by the way, many very important stories would go untold.
Right in the centre - Have we gone far enough?
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- Published on Friday, September 25, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I think a lot of people are asking that question. Everyone would like to have society get back to normal after six months of coping with COVID-19. Many towns and regions have had no cases... yet! Some communities have seen a number of cases. I have it on good authority that communities that had a C-19 case or cases, went into a quarantine mode and the spread was reportedly successfully stopped.
Right in the centre - Policies and personalities
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- Published on Friday, September 18, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
On way too many occasions, voters make voting decisions based on personalities and not policies. A politician is judged by their personality and not by the decisions they make.
Right in the centre - Personally speaking!
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- Published on Friday, September 11, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
We have been earning a living running computers in the newspaper business for over 30 years. We were among the first papers to adopt desktop publishing and among the first to use digital cameras. In the early days, we still used film cameras, believe it or not.
Right in the centre - Some questions and some statements
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- Published on Friday, September 4, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
•Why is the Canadian government ordering nearly three times the number of COVID-19 vaccines as there are people in Canada?
•Why have there been less than 12 deaths a day in New York State for the last month or more when they were losing over 800 a day in April? What did they do to bring down the death rate? Are they doing that good of a job of protecting the vulnerable?
•Why has the death rate fallen so much in Canada?
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