Right in the centre - Canada needs a leader that can build a bigger Canada
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- Published on Thursday, April 3, 2025
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre is holding daily rallies across Canada. Attendance is over 2,500 at every one. According to reports, the rally in Winnipeg had 3,500 people attending. Ironically, or perhaps as expected, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) is downplaying the numbers. In comparison, Mark Carney’s rally in St. John’s was reported to be around 1,650 by the Liberals, but the crowd photo looked to be less than 500.
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Right in the centre - Newspapers and their future
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- Published on Thursday, March 27, 2025
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The following column is a revision of a column from a year ago. Tomorrow, March 29, I will turn 77. For almost half of those years, I have been in the newspaper business full time. For 59 of those years, I have been involved in writing and publishing and that dates long before the desktop or laptop computer.
Many people have asked me questions about the newspaper industry, people from seniors to farmers to sports figures to politicians, including premiers and prime minsters. They ask questions, lots of questions, and here’s a few examples:
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Right in the centre - Canada never has been smart on tariff policy
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- Published on Thursday, March 20, 2025
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The recent furor about U.S. imposed tariffs has had a disturbing effect on Canadians, but an author by the name of David Clinton has some interesting things to say about Canadian tariffs and similar measures.
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Right in the centre - Tariffs a bad choice on both sides of the border
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- Published on Thursday, March 13, 2025
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Federal Liberal Party of Canada leadership race ended in the afternoon on Sunday, March 9. By the look of the results, the race actually ended before it started.
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Right in the centre - The cheque is in the mail
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- Published on Thursday, March 6, 2025
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The old story goes that, “The cheque is in the mail”. That statement is usually true.
