Neepawa Town Council: Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017

Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press

 Christmas will likely be arriving a little bit earlier than usual for the Town of Neepawa this year; and it’ll be getting here via train.

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New director of operations at Yellowhead Centre

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Photo by Eoin Devereux. Chris Turner is settling into his new role at the Yellowhead Centre, as the director of operations.

 

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

Someone who already spends a great deal of time down at the Yellowhead Centre will be spending even more there this winter, but now he has an office space to do it in. The Yellowhead board of directors recently confirmed that Chris Turner of Neepawa has been hired to take over the position of director of operations. The job was vacated in mid-September, when Ann Kuharski stepped down from the position.

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FCC Drive Away Hunger

By Micah Waddell 
The Neepawa Banner & Press 

Although Canada is considered to be a country with high quality of life over all, not all residents are fully cared for, in fact, one third of all Canadians who really on food banks are children.

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Goertzen: ‘Show me the community’

Province celebrates hiring of new doctors in region

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Photo by Eoin Devereux

Pictured (left to right): Brandon West MLA Reg Helwer, Arther-Virden MLA Doyle Piwniuk, Brandon East MLA Len Isleifson,  Riding Mountain MLA Greg Nesbitt, Agassiz MLA Eileen Clarke, Dr. Kristen Wareham of Neepawa, Provincial Health minister Kelvin Goertzen and Penny Gilson, the chief executive officer for Prairie Mountain Health.

Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press

The effort to woo doctors to rural communities appears to be working. On Friday, Sept. 29, representatives with the provincial government, along with Prairie Mountain Health, assembled at the recently expanded Beautiful Plains Community Medical Clinic in Neepawa. The reason for the gathering was to announce the recruitment of 22 new primary care physicians, practicing in 14 different communities throughout western Manitoba.

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