Cats TNR and Rescue shopping day a success
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Submitted photos. A variety of vendors had tables set up at the Yellowhead Hall for the Cats TNR shopping day.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
On Saturday, April 30, the Cats TNR & Rescue organization held their second annual Mother’s Day Shopping Expo at the Yellowhead Hall. The event is a fundraiser to help pay for the veterinary bills for the cats the group rescues.
A week full of celebrations for HAND
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Photos by Kira Paterson. On May 11 and 13, HAND celebrated their 30th anniversary and recognized Let No One Be Alone week.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
A local organization has been offering a helping hand to seniors for 30 years now. Home Assistance Neepawa and District (HAND) celebrated 30 years since their first annual meeting on Wednesday, May 11 – the first meeting was in April of 1986. When it first started, the organization was the second seniors assistance program in Manitoba. Now, there are about 104 programs like HAND in the province.
My Neepawa - Saints and angels
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What’s “Your Neepawa”? We’re asking readers to share with us their pictures of past and present Neepawa. To share a picture, please email a high resolution version (1 MB or higher) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or stop by the office at 243 Hamilton Street, in Neepawa. Please include your name as well as a description of the photo.
Photo courtesy of Jodi Baker.
This is the Stone Angel that stands watch over Riverside Cemetery in Neepawa.
Looking back - 1976: Neepawa Rotary Club celebrates its 25th anniversary
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Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman Archives. 40 years ago; Thurs., May 20, 1976: George MacKidd was elected Charter President of the Neepawa Rotary Club.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Tuesday, May 19, 1936
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"All I could see was devastation"
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Photo courtesy of Blair Ferguson
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
Blair Ferguson could see the flames and smoke in the distance, when his hotel in Fort McMurray, Alberta was temporarily evacuated on Sunday, May 1. He, along with everyone else, kept a close eye on the path of the fire and the prevailing wind, still optimistic that the worst of it would miss the city. But by Tuesday, May 3, that optimism gave way to the grim reality of just how serious the situation was about to get for him and the community of nearly 80,000 people
