Out of Helen's Kitchen - Beets
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- Published on Tuesday, September 4, 2018
By Helen Drysdale
Neepawa Banner & Press
Since ancient times, the tops of beets were eaten as food. The beet root was used for medicinal properties such as treating constipation, curing fevers, skin disorders and wounds.
Thumbs up - To staff and lifeguards
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- Published on Tuesday, September 4, 2018
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Neepawa Banner & Press
Thumbs up to the staff and lifeguards at the Neepawa Pool for their hard work and dedication to the lessons, swim team and public swimming during the hot days of summer 2018.
Danielle Carefoot
Neepawa, MB
Major renovations completed at Bay Hill Inns & Suites
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- Published on Tuesday, September 4, 2018
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
With so many high profile construction projects on the go across Neepawa at the moment, the improvements at the Bay Hill Inns & Suites could have easier slipped under the radar. But while the people in Neepawa likely haven’t noticed yet what’s been done, visitors to our town sure have and are quite impressed by them.
Read more: Major renovations completed at Bay Hill Inns & Suites
Souris author revisits Neepawa
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- Published on Monday, September 3, 2018
Margaret Laurence Home hosts Rebekah Lee Jenkins’ book launch
Photos by Cassandra Wehrhahn
Author Rebekah Lee Jenkins strikes a pose with her new book and members of her team. From left to right are Becky-JoFlucker, Tammi Amundsen, Rebekah Lee Jenkins, Ev Marshall, and mother Debi Jenkins.
By Cassandra Wehrhahn
Neepawa Banner & Press
A self-publishing Souris author revisited Neepawa’s Margaret Laurence Home last week Thursday, Aug.23, for the launch of her newest book “Hope in Oakland”. The author, Rebekah Lee Jenkins, was the Margaret Laurence Home’s very first “writer in residence” just a year prior.
Big time construction underway in Neepawa
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- Published on Monday, September 3, 2018
Photos by Eoin Devereux
Massive tonnage of clay is being moved as the Neepawa wastewater lagoon gets a complete overhaul. The lagoon cells are being re-lined as part of a phased-in project that will see a first of its kind treatment system for Western Canada.
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Extensive construction work involving large earth moving equipment can be seen at the Neepawa lagoon site. Town of Neepawa CAO Colleen Synchynshyn said in an interview with the Neepawa Banner & Press that the $4.4 million project is well underway. It is being half funded by the federal government. What is unique is that the new wastewater treatment process is the first of it’s kind in Western Canada.
