Looking back - 1988: Wesley Wong aids in a stylish cause

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Wesley Wong is pictured styling the hair of one of the Cancer Society fundraiser participants. -1988

By Cassandra Wehrhahn

Neepawa Banner & Press

110 years ago,

Tuesday,

October 6, 1908

By the death of a Brussels banker the Prussian academy of science inherits $7,500,000.

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Out of Helen's Kitchen - Sides

By Helen Drysdale

Neepawa Banner & Press

Today’s recipes are 2 side selections to help feed the extra company at Thanksgiving.

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Education Matters: New child care centre

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Photo by Eoin Devereux

The new daycare at Neepawa Collegiate is beginning to rise above the ground as winter closes in.

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On June 27, 2017, Beautiful Plains School Division was notified that there would be a major addition to Neepawa and Area Collegiate along with a stand-alone child-care centre.

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Josh and James Vosper’s Manitoba movie: From here 2 there

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Joshua Vosper (left) and his father James Vosper of Plumas cycled across the province in three parts over July and August of this year.

By Joshua Vosper

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I am thirteen years old, I live in Plumas, Manitoba and my dad and I this past summer took our bicycles across the entire province. Our original goal was to take our bikes across all of Canada, but my mother suggested we first take our bikes across our home province. If we could accomplish the provincial goal, we would be prepared to accomplish our Canadian goal.

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You & Your Health: Concussion - What do I do now?

By Dr. Mark Perrett

BSCs DC Chiropractor

A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that causes temporary changes in brain function and is most often caused by a blow to the head. It can also be caused by an excessive movement of the head that causes the brain to move rapidly within the skull.

Initial signs of concussion can include loss of consciousness, headache, vomiting, dizziness, changes in sleep, changes in mood, a feeling of brain “fogginess, general fatigue, and sensitivity to light and sound.

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