Multi-vehicle accident north of Neepawa

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Photo courtesy of Alan Gillies: GEM Media

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The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

A pair of motorists were sent to hospital as a precaution on Thursday, Mar. 10, after a multi-vehicle collision north of Neepawa. The accident occurred in the R.M. of Rosedale, about nine kilometres north of the junction of Highways 5 and 16, near the 88 north road.

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Canada reads at the Margaret Laurence Home

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The Margaret Laurence Home committee is once again organizing two evenings of entertainment to celebrate CBC’s Canada Reads event.

Canada Reads is an annual event in which CBC picks five different books, all having to do with a certain theme, and five Canadian celebrities choose to defend one of these books. Debates are held over four days and after each day, one book is eliminated until the winner is chosen. This year, the theme is “starting over”, with the books each representing different challenges of making a new start in life.

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World Day of Prayer 2016

By Maggie Smallwood

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Friday evening March 4 saw an enthusiastic group of 35 people attend the annual World Day of Prayer service, this year held at Rivers’ Zion Church. Representatives from Anglican, Baptist, Catholic and United churches joined with the host church to present a service written by the women of Cuba.

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Neepawa Natives banquet a success

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By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The Neepawa Natives celebrated the end of 2015-2016 MJHL regular season with its annual year end banquet on Thursday, Mar. 3 at the Yellowhead Hall. The evening provided players, coaches, sponsors and fans a chance to mark the end of the season on a positive note.

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Hockey Night in Canada hat auction a success

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Photos by Ginny Collins. The hats lined up prior to the auction.

By Banner Staff

The Neepawa Banner

On March 5, the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation held its annual hat auction.  The popular fundraiser was run in conjunction with a viewing of Hockey Night in Canada, featuring the Jets vs the Montreal Canadiens. The hat auction totalled $10,100 in sales and the whole event netted over $7,000 for the foundation.

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