Right in the centre - Rural people already knew this
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- Published on Friday, May 15, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
“We” have been told a lot of things that rural people instinctively knew were wrong. Here’s a partial list of wrong things we have been told.
•Rural life is not a good thing, city life should be our goal.
•Farming is not a good career.
•Bigger is better. Bigger cities, larger apartment blocks, bigger care homes, larger buses and commuter trains, bigger airplanes and cruise ships.
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Right in the centre - Get it in writing!
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- Published on Friday, May 8, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
About the time we got started in the newspaper business in 1989, a man from Stonewall, named Merv Farmer, was building up some nice newspapers. He wisely told us, if you are going to have a newspaper, you have to spend money on news, on journalists. We have always taken that to heart.
Editorial - New gun law targets law abiding citizens
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- Published on Friday, May 8, 2020
By Micah Waddell
Rivers Banner
For many gun owners, this past week’s announcement from our “great” leader was incredibly disappointing to hear. An unbelievably loose ban on “assault” firearms has effectively made it illegal to own any form of sporting and competition rifle. The Prime Minister was quoted, stating, “Why do you need an AR-15 to hunt deer?” A ludicrous statement, given that it has been illegal to hunt with such weapons for a long time.
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Right in the centre - CO2 levels may cause crop production cutbacks
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- Published on Friday, May 1, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Winnipeg Free Press ran an article on Tuesday. It was a good enough article on its own merits. It states that Carbon Dioxide (CO2) levels are up, but… it’s a rather shallow article. The last year they have stats for is 2018. Results for 2019 and 2020 don’t seem to be available yet.
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Column like I see 'em - The post pandemic to-do list
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- Published on Friday, May 1, 2020
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
We’ve all likely reached the point in the COVID-19 pandemic where we’re asking ourselves the same questions: When will it end? When will life get back to normal? As I type this column in an empty room, dealing with the isolation as best I can, I still don’t know the answers and most likely, neither do you.
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