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Photo courtesy of Rick Sparling
Local historian Rick Sparling is looking for some help identifying this scene from the Neepawa salt well for his upcoming book. If anyone has information about this woman, or what she’s doing, please contact the Neepawa Banner at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
or 204-476-3401 and we’ll pass along the information.
The Stone Angel
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By Brenda Ferguson
Margaret Laurence Home
Margaret Laurence is most well known for her novel “The Stone Angel”. It’s a book about aging and the life of a fictional character, Hagar Shipley, a 90 year old woman who is struggling with her mortality and fighting against going into a nursing home. The book tells her story in present day narrative (the ‘60s) with reflections back to her past. Her past takes us back to Manawaka, a small prairie town in Manitoba, a community with which those of us who grew up in Neepawa will be able to relate. Hagar fights her mortality by planning an adventure, one where she runs away from home. I found the book to be very entertaining. It made me both laugh and cry. It brought back memories of my mother, who always firmly stated that she was not going to move to the nursing home. The book left me to wonder if she was struggling the same way as Hagar or if it was truly because she, in her words, “Did not want to live downwind from the chicken barns”!
The novel was made in to a movie in 2007. It was filmed in Winnipeg and Hartney and starred Ellen Burstyn. Copies of the book are available in the gift shop at the Margaret Laurence Home. We are open daily from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. Stop by for a visit.
Beautiful Plains Museum
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Photo by Jessica Morton
By Allison Trimble
Beautiful Plains Museum
Glenella throws big homecoming and Canada 150 bash
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By Adrene Schmidt
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Months of planningseemed to be well worth it, as Glenella was abuzz with excitement for its Homecoming and Canada 150 celebration. The festivities, held Aug. 4-6, began Friday evening with registration and an open stage for those who wished to sing, tell jokes or share a story. There was popcorn, drinks and a movie for the children at the sports arena, coffee, muffins or something a bit stronger at the hall for the adults. Campers were arriving to get their spots in the grounds next to friends or maybe old neighbours.
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School speeds and such
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- Published on Sunday, August 27, 2017
By Bruce Klaseen
Rivers Police Service Chief
Rivers Police Service would like to remind people we are just weeks away from back to school. As that time draws closer, you will notice new school zone speed signs will have been placed around Rivers Collegiate and Rivers Elementary schools. Speeds in and around both schools will be 30 kilometres per hour from Sept. 1 right through to June 30; that speed limit is in effect from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. This has been done for public safety and is to be taken seriously. Rivers Police Service will be monitoring these areas and taking necessary action if required.
