Riverdale Park entering Manitobaville contest
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- Published on Friday, July 3, 2015
By Jen Brown
Vice-president
With the school year coming to an end, our elementary students were more than excited to partake in a fun event that meant a break from the classrooms, and the weather couldn’t have been better for this “water activity!” On Tuesday, June 23, Riverdale Splash Park Committee organized a video that was filmed as part of an entry for the Manitobaville Video Contest, outside at Rivers Elementary.
Students support Free the Children
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- Published on Thursday, July 2, 2015
Students at Sprucewood Colony and Kaylyn Roe
Submitted article
The Neepawa Banner
This spring, the 34 students at Sprucewood Colony school decided to make hanging flower pots to help raise money for the charity Free The Children. The students, under the direction of head gardener Garry Wollman, went to the green house and each planted flowers into their own pots to be sold for the fundraiser. Teachers at the school taught the students about the Free The Children Charity and encouraged the children to pick a pillar to support with their fundraising.
Economic action discussed for Neepawa and area
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- Published on Thursday, July 2, 2015
Community reps from across the region participated in the Regional Economic Analysis Process meeting
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
Neepawa and area is getting serious about attracting new business and tourism dollars to the region. Officials from several local municipalities gathered on Monday, June. 30, at the Neepawa Public Library for a presentation from the Regional Economic Analysis Process. The REAP project is a provincial enterprise established to help rural communities identify economic development priorities and assist them in pursuing those priorities.
Foundation laid for Riverdale Health Centre expansion
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- Published on Thursday, July 2, 2015
By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
A spring issue of Rivers Banner announced “preliminary site preparations” for an addition to Riverdale Health Centre on April 16, but it wasn’t until mid-June that Horizon Builders Ltd. of Brandon began obvious work there.
Read more: Foundation laid for Riverdale Health Centre expansion
Rural Council Clips - July 2nd
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- Published on Thursday, July 2, 2015
Council Clips
Riverdale Municipality, June 2: The tax impact of the 2016 assessment was reviewed; assessments are attributed to market value, new construction and/or improvements. Riverdale Municipality is showing an increase of 20 per cent in residential properties and 54.9 per cent on farmland.
