Looking back - 1986: Hog processing plant open for business

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Photo courtesy of Press archives. The front page from the Oct. 2, 1986 edition of The Neepawa Press, featuring the ribbon cutting ceremony of what is now the HyLife hog processing plant.

By Cecil Pittman

Neepawa Press

80 years ago, Friday Oct. 2, 1936

John Simpson was honoured by the local Oddfellows at the regular meeting Monday night. Mr. Simpson has been a member of the order for 52 years and to commemorate the occasion, the Neepawa lodge presented him with an upholstered chair. The presentation was made by Robert Habkirk, a charter member and past Noble Grand.

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A foundation for the future

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Photo by Tony Eu.

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Drop-in centre pilot project welcomes newcomers to Neepawa

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The Neepawa Parent Resource Drop-in Centre, a pilot program aimed at those new to the community, opened for the first time on Sept. 28.

 
By Miranda Leybourne

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A free pilot program aimed at welcoming newcomers to town and providing them with information and resources is now available in Neepawa. The Neepawa Parent Resource Drop-in Centre is sponsored by Neepawa Area Immigrant Settlement Services (NAISS), the Beautiful Plains School Division (BPSD), the Prairie Mountain Health Authority (PMHA), Child and Family Services (CFS), Neepawa Ministerial, the Neepawa Public Library, the Town of Neepawa and Budz N’ Bloom Daycare. 

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Observation Sept. 30

By Addy Oberlin

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Fall is here. Each night I take in the geraniums from my deck, in case we get some frost over night and each morning I put them out again because the weather has been so nice during the day. 

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Kaleidoscope concert series kicks off

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On Oct. 6 the Kaleidoscope concert series kicks off its season with two shows for the price of one!  Middle Coast’s impressive and engaging live sets have already earned them heaps of accolades – including the “Favourite New Band” distinction from Winnipeg weekly The Uniter – in addition to billings at CMW, Cavendish Beach Music Festival and the Winnipeg Folk Festival, where they received the Rising Star award. They’ve also been tapped to open for The Sheepdogs and, on an upcoming 2016 fall tour, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald. Which is why our date at the Roxy had to be changed to Oct. 6.

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