Handi-Workers to sing carols
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- Published on Friday, November 25, 2016
By Nikki Anderson
Gladstone Handi-Workers 4-H
The Gladstone Handi-Workers 4-H club held their second meeting of the year on Nov. 10. The members extended their knowledge of meeting functions and budget planning.
Three priorities highlighted in Throne Speech
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- Published on Friday, November 25, 2016
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Neepawa Banner
The Manitoba speech from the throne delivered this past week highlights three priorities with an overall emphasis on the economy.
‘These are critical times in the province’
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- Published on Thursday, November 24, 2016
Photo by Kate Jackman-Atkinson. On Nov. 17, Agassiz MLA Eileen Clarke listened to constituents’ ideas about the upcoming provincial budget.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
A small, but diverse group gathered with Agassiz MLA Eileen Clarke to provide feedback for the next provincial budget. The pre-budget consultation meeting was held on Nov. 17 at the Town of Neepawa office and was attended by about 12 people, representing local councils, school divisions, health services and local Hutterite colonies.
Aquatic invasive species a threat to Manitoba waters
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- Published on Thursday, November 24, 2016
Photos by John Drinkwater. Left: S/Sgt. Bob Chabot, Inland Water Transport Coordinator for D division RCMP, presents his talk on Aquatic Invasive Species at the Nov.16 Rotary meeting. Right: Zebra mussels are a prohibited species in Manitoba - dead or alive. However, S/Sgt. Bob Chabot has a special permit to carry samples.
By John Drinkwater
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
At the Nov. 16 Neepawa Rotary Club meeting, S/Sgt. Bob Chabot provided an informative talk on Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS). Still technically in charge of Spruce Plains Detachment, Chabot is presently Inland Water Transport Coordinator for D division RCMP.
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Manitoba author coming to Neepawa
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- Published on Thursday, November 24, 2016
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Neepawa Public Library
We are approaching the time of year when it’s important to get together and renew our personal connections – whether it’s by sharing a meal or a music concert together with friends or coworkers or by the annual sharing of the reading of A Christmas Carol. There’s also a feeling of generosity in the air as we all consider what we can do to make someone else’s holidays a little more festive.