Right in the Center - Sell the CBC
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- Published on Friday, September 2, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
If Pierre Poilievre wins the leadership race for the Conservative Party of Canada, he promises he will make major changes at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It’s long overdue.
Right in the centre - Sorting through the rules
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- Published on Friday, August 26, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I am moved to write about the fact that in five of my hospital stays over the last few years, I was very sick. Not to be overly dramatic, but left untreated in those five visits, I might not be here to write this column. I feel it’s important to share my thoughts on life and death. As always, you are free to agree or disagree.
Right in the centre - Don’t get swept away by the news
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- Published on Friday, August 19, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
As I noted last week, Christine and I spent the best part of three weeks in the United States. We visited a lot of towns, truck stops, a famous race horse farm, a bourbon distillery, a presidential museum and the site of Jessie James’s first daylight bank robbery. One of the key events of our trip was the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors conference in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Right in the centre - Thoughts from a long, long road
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- Published on Friday, August 12, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
This is my first column since our extended road trip to the United States last month. It was supposed to be a two week trip, but it got extended by a five day side-visit by me to North Kansas City Hospital.
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Right in the centre - Will we do better in the future?
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- Published on Friday, August 5, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
In the past, I have written about the U.S. medical system. I have had to delay getting back to Canada because I ended up in three different U.S. hospitals last week, one in Kentucky and two in Missouri. Treatment was excellent and as of Tuesday, Aug. 1, my wife Christine was driving me 15 hours home. God bless health care staff and my wife.
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