Right in the centre - Always ready for the last war
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- Published on Friday, April 24, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
There is no other description for the past few months except surreal. The challenges faced by communities, individuals, countries and leaders are unusual, but not unheard of. COVID-19 is resulting in a lot of illness, a large number of deaths and a huge amount fear-based decisions. Anyone who says they aren’t concerned or fearful about COVID-19 is either a fool or a liar.
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My perspective - The end
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- Published on Friday, April 17, 2020
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Like that, in the blink of an eye, it’s over. Earlier this year, when I gave my notice, I planned to spend a lot more time reflecting on the almost 14 years I spent at the Banner, including the 13 years writing this column. It’s amazing how quickly the world changed.
Right in the centre - Canada Post has strayed from its mandate
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- Published on Friday, April 17, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Canada Post has a monopoly on First Class mail. In return for the monopoly, the First Class rates are supposed to be uniform across Canada and they are supposed to give priority to First Class mail at all levels, including processing at the local post offices. At Christmas time and now again in early April, staff are overworked handling parcels, mostly from Amazon. Now, with COVID-19 restricting people’s movement, online shopping is flooding the system. At Neepawa, we can go for two or even three days without the FC mail being sorted and it isn’t the local staff’s fault. The flood of Amazon parcels and other online shopping shipments are drowning the Post Office.
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My perspective - Looking to the past
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- Published on Friday, April 10, 2020
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Imagine you want to go to the movies with your friends, but you can’t, because all the theatres are closed. Everything is closed. This could have been written about today, but it wasn’t.
Right in the centre - Life goes on– hopefully!
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- Published on Friday, April 10, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
When it comes right down to the facts of life (and death), all we have is hope. We are living in trying times. We have all gone through trying times before, be it personally, in our family history or in the history of our country.
