Right in the centre - A reflection on Canada Day– A re-run from 2018
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- Published on Friday, July 5, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
A number of questions crossed my mind over the long weekend and so I thought I would share them. With both a Manitoban and Canadian election this fall, be sure to ask the politicians these questions.
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My perspective - Good enough
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- Published on Friday, June 28, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
I used to strive for perfect. I don’t any more— not all the time at least. There are a lot of times good enough will do.
Right in the centre - When life seems hard
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- Published on Friday, June 28, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
This week’s column leans heavily on words written by two women who wrote very impactful stories about the shortness of life. The first is a poem by Linda Ellis, the second is a “letter home” by Elizabeth Ferguson who was writing from Palestine (later named Gladstone) in 1873 to her brother and sister in Scotland. The letter runs un-edited, written in the original fashion.
My perspective - I’ve got a beef
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- Published on Friday, June 21, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Canadian beef industry took a bit of flack in the regional media last week. It’s part of a larger problem— many Canadians have lost their connection to the farm and how food is produced. They don’t know what Manitoba cattle producers are actually doing and why turning our province’s pastures into fields of soy might not be the best idea.
Right in the centre - Big decisions
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- Published on Friday, June 21, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Like many councils, the Town of Neepawa council is faced with big decisions, and soon. What has been rumoured for a while, that is major change in the Town’s cemetery perpetual care policy, is coming to a head. To many, a cemetery policy might seem like a small deal, but in Neepawa’s case, it is both an emotional and expensive policy to maintain. It has been said that the Town of Neepawa spends more on the care of graves, on the dead, essentially, than they do on the living, if you look at Neepawa’s somewhat skimpy recreation budget.
