New Heights coming to Gladstone
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- Published on Saturday, January 7, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
On Jan. 19, the hottest free agent in professional wrestling will be be making a stop in Gladstone as part of his first ever Canadian tour. Austin-based wrestler ACH will be joining Canadian Wrestling Elite’s (CWE) New Heights Tour, which includes 12 events in 12 days, from Jan. 10 to 21.
The Dispatch - RCMP looking for help identifying suspect
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- Published on Friday, January 6, 2017
Spruce Plains RCMP
Submitted Article
On Dec. 16, 2016, police observed a vehicle departing the Vivian bar. A traffic stop was conducted to check for driver sobriety. Two occupants were located in the vehicle and the driver displayed possible signs of impairment. The male driver was demanded to provide a sample of breath into a roadside screening device, which he failed. As a result, the driver was arrested for impaired operation of motor vehicle.
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Neepawa Legion honours Pittman
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- Published on Friday, January 6, 2017
Photo by Eoin Devereux
On Friday, Dec. 16, Neepawa Royal Canadian Legion Branch Number 23 president Brent Hunter presented Cecil Pittman with a certificate of appreciation.
Carberry arena undergoing $546,000 upgrade
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- Published on Friday, January 6, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The councils of the Town of Carberry and RM of North Cypress-Langford have passed a joint motion on Dec. 12 to do a major upgrade on the Carberry arena. The arena ice plant, which is a geo-thermal unit, has been deemed to be inadequate going forward. A tender has been received and approved from CIMCO to replace the ice plant at the Carberry Plains Community Centre for $546,970 plus taxes.
High speed chase top story of 2016
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- Published on Thursday, January 5, 2017
The top story of 2016, based on page views was a high speed chase that began in Gladstone and ended at the intersection of Highway 16 and Highway 5 north in Neepawa.
This week, we look back at the Neepawa Banner and Neepawa Press’ top 10 stories of 2016. The results are based on the online page views.
Banner and Press staff
10. Farmery to begin brewing in Neepawa
Published Feb. 26, 2016
Chris and Lawrence Warwaruk’s dream will come one step closer to reality this spring. In 2011, the brothers set out to build Canada’s first estate brewery, which they called Farmery, and at the end of April, they will take delivery of their new brewing equipment. Not only is Farmery a microbrewery, all of the inputs used to make the beer are grown on their Arden-area farm.
