Looking Back 1947: Blizzard shuts down Neepawa
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- Published on Tuesday, January 17, 2017
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago. Friday, Jan. 22, 1937: Congratulations are due today to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Pasquill on the attainment of their 25 Wedding Anniversary. They were married January 22, 1911, at the All Saints Church, Thelwall Cheshire, England.
Where are they now? - Cheerleaders 1959-‘60
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- Published on Tuesday, January 17, 2017
By Rick Sparling
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Local author and sports historian Rick Sparling attempts to locate and catch up with the teams featured in Amateur Hockey in Neepawa: A Scrapbook.
Janice Walker (Barker/Stock) moved to British Columbia in 1969, after working at various secretary jobs in Manitoba post high school. She worked for 23 years for the school district in Vernon. Janice is single and has three daughters and five grandchildren. She enjoys walking, reading and watching the grandkids playing their various sports. She also enjoys feeding the grandkids her baking. Janice still lives in Vernon, B.C.
Natives continue to collect important points
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- Published on Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Photo by Diane Warner
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
A 27-save-performance from goaltender Tyler Gutenberg secured the Neepawa Natives a very important 3-0 victory over the Dauphin Kings on Friday, Jan. 13.
2016 a fatal year on Manitoba highways
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- Published on Friday, January 13, 2017
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The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Manitoba Public Insurance is issuing a renewed call to road safety action for all road users in 2017, after recording the deadliest year on Manitoba highways in a decade. Based on preliminary data, in 2016 there were 101 fatal collisions on public roadways in Manitoba which resulted in the deaths of 112 people. These numbers contrast with 69 collisions and 78 fatalities in 2015.
Farmers face fear, frustration over possibility of spring flooding
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- Published on Friday, January 13, 2017
By Miranda Leybourne
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Farmers in the Westlake-Gladstone region are looking forward to spring with trepidation and a sense of frustration over flooding that they fear will once again happen on their lands, thanks, some of them claim, to the Ducks Unlimited (DU) dam at Big Grass Marsh.
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