My perspective - Missed opportunity
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- Published on Friday, October 11, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
After close to two years, Manitoba farmers received the good news that new long-term leases for Agricultural Crown Lands (ACL) would be available for next year. The good spirits were dampened once the details of the revised program were understood.
Right in the centre - Today is the day!
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- Published on Friday, October 11, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Yes, today, Oct. 11, is the day! A memorable day, because it was 50 years ago today that my wife, Christine, and I got married.
My perspective - Can't have it both ways
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- Published on Friday, October 4, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Across our communities, we wonder why young people aren’t getting more involved. Last week, I saw why. On Friday, youth across the world took part in a climate strike. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t following it very closely, but I was bombarded by examples of adults acting like children. In posts, comments and memes, I saw adults mocking the young participants, telling them they were wasting their time, telling them all the other things they should be doing, accusing them of not being committed to the cause because they own a cell phone or buy new clothes.
It was a pretty depressing weekend on social media.
Right in the centre - Collapse seems inevitable
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- Published on Friday, October 4, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I have been predicting for a while now that the recycling industry will collapse. It’s a shame, really, but without huge changes in policy, attitude and funding, recycling will cease to exist in many parts of Canada and especially in Manitoba.
My perspective - The story that almost wasn’t
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- Published on Friday, September 27, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
In July, Toronto Life published a gripping story about the medical malpractice carried out by Dr. Paul Shuen, a respected ob-gyn in the Toronto area. Without his pregnant patients’ knowledge or consent, Shuen was inducing their labour so that they would deliver on the weekend, when he could bill the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) an extra $250 per delivery. It’s unknown how many victims there were, but in the 2015-16 fiscal year, 46 per cent of Shuen’s deliveries occurred on the weekend.
