Right in the centre - Personally speaking!
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- Published on Friday, September 11, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
We have been earning a living running computers in the newspaper business for over 30 years. We were among the first papers to adopt desktop publishing and among the first to use digital cameras. In the early days, we still used film cameras, believe it or not.
Right in the centre - Some questions and some statements
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- Published on Friday, September 4, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
•Why is the Canadian government ordering nearly three times the number of COVID-19 vaccines as there are people in Canada?
•Why have there been less than 12 deaths a day in New York State for the last month or more when they were losing over 800 a day in April? What did they do to bring down the death rate? Are they doing that good of a job of protecting the vulnerable?
•Why has the death rate fallen so much in Canada?
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Column like I see 'em - Do Conservatives have the O’Tooles to get the job done?
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- Published on Friday, September 4, 2020
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Conservative Party of Canada has a brand new leader and he is the absolute perfect choice…for people who always vote Conservative. But what about everyone else across this fractured little nation of ours? How is Erin O’Toole going to sway all those undecided voters, frustrated former Trudeaumaniacs and lapse Conservatives to back them to Tory glory?
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Right in the centre - The value of being prepared
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- Published on Friday, August 28, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The province is asking people in Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) to wear masks as much as possible in public places. It’s not too much to ask.
The battle against COVID-19 needs to be taken seriously, so masks are fine by me where they are required.
I also believe context and history are important.
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Right in the centre - Don’t let casual sloppiness come back to bite us
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- Published on Friday, August 21, 2020
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Some news out of Australia shows that regular flu deaths have dropped dramatically this year. Right now is Australian winter, if you can actually call what Australia has as a winter season. Nevertheless, it is flu season in that part of the world. The drop in regular flu deaths is being attributed to all the extra measures that have been taken to combat COVID-19.
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