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Agassiz MLA candidates state their cases

Details: Published on Thursday, March 31, 2016

By Kira Paterson

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On Thursday, March 24, three provincial MLA candidates from the Agassiz constituency participated in a debate forum that was aired on NACTV. The forum involved questions from the community that the candidates had a chance to address.

Timeline of a tragedy

Details: Published on Thursday, March 31, 2016

Photo by John Dietz. Hundreds of volunteers combed the fields around Chase Martens’ home, looking for the missing two-year-old.

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A family and community has had its chance to say goodbye to Chase Martens. A funeral service for the two-year-old, who had gone missing the previous week, was held on March 30 at the Sommerfeld Mennonite Church in MacGregor, MB. The youngster’s body was found on March 26, after a massive search effort began on March 22.

Heritage Fair presents the history of Neepawa and the world

Details: Published on Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Photo by Kira Paterson. The Grade 5 students at HMK made projects to do with their heritage or the history of Neepawa and shared them with the younger grades.

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The Grade 5 classes at HMK held their first ever Heritage Fair on Wednesday, March 23. The Grade 5s picked a topic to do with either their background, the history of their home country or the history of Neepawa to research and present, similar to the format of a science fair.