Right in the centre - What will Alberta do?
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- Published on Friday, November 22, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
What will Alberta do in light of the recent federal election? They elected only Conservative Party of Canada MPs, except for one pro-pipeline NDP guy in Edmonton. Saskatchewan elected only CPC MPs. Manitoba and BC decreased their Liberal numbers. There has been a lot of discussion in Alberta.
My perspective - Stop and (re)start
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- Published on Friday, November 15, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Reset the modem. Reset the router. Reset them again. Wonder why your video still isn’t playing and contemplate whether you want to spend an estimated wait time of 20-30 minutes, which will actually be 50, to see if your internet service provider can do something to make your internet work. If this sounds familiar, chances are you also have rural internet.
Right in the centre - The power of words and actions
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- Published on Friday, November 15, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Iwon’t even get into the whole Don Cherry controversy because, try as I might, I couldn’t find the whole tape. I do know that media outlets did edit his words from part of his rant in such a way to make it sound worse than it was. That is just plain wrong and is dishonest reporting. I would like to find the whole speech and then maybe I could comment.
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My perspective - Dreams of cash up in smoke
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- Published on Friday, November 8, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
It seems like it should be the punchline of a joke about governments, but it’s the reality in Manitoba— in the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the Province lost money selling drugs. When Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries (MLL) released their annual report for the year ending March 31, 2019, it showed a $2.4 million loss on cannabis sales.
Right in the centre - Canada must consider war with great caution
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- Published on Friday, November 8, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
It’s been a long time since the guns of WWI fell silent. One hundred and one years ago, in fact. Some of us are old enough to have known some WWI veterans. Most of us know WWII vets but, there are very few left with us. The Korean War was a much smaller conflict and it was almost 70 years ago. My brother was a Korean War vet, but he is gone now too. We have a number of military veterans with us who have served our country well in other places, in peacekeeping efforts, mostly in the Middle East.
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