A Senior Story: Ruby Love

By Wayne Hildebrand

The Neepawa Banner

Ruby Love was born at a farmhouse 12 miles north of Arden, Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Lansdowne in 1927.  Her parents, Wilmot Love and Emma (Stinson) were married in 1921. They had 5 children; Violet, Isabelle, Ruby, William and Ruth (oldest to youngest).  They lived on the same farm that Ruby’s grandfather homesteaded.

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World Day of Prayer at St. Dominic's

By Miranda Leybourne

The Neepawa Banner

World Day of Prayer, a worldwide event put on by the World Day of Prayer Committee, was observed in Neepawa on Mar. 3 at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic Church.

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Neepawa Natives host year end banquet

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By Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

A day before their most important game of the season, members of the Neepawa Natives hockey club celebrated with the fans at the annual year end banquet. Just over 200 people filled the Yellowhead Hall on Saturday, Mar. 4 for the festivities, which provided players, coaches, sponsors and fans a chance to interact before the club’s playoff deciding showdown with the Swan Valley Stampeders.  

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Legion Ladies donate to HMK playground

By Miranda Leybourne

The Neepawa Banner

Hazel M. Kellingtonton’s (HMK) new playground, planned to be completed and ready for use in fall 2017, is even closer to becoming a reality after the Legion Ladies Auxiliary supper and quilt raffle on Feb. 17.

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Neepawa asks you to conserve water

On Wednesday, Mar. 8, the Town of Neepawa used its Code Red communication system to update residents on the aftermath of the storm that passed through the region on Monday, Mar. 6 and Tuesday, Mar. 7.

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