My perspective - Portrait of a newspaper
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- Published on Friday, April 27, 2018
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
I heard an analogy a couple of weeks ago; if daily papers are the Titanic and weekly papers are the lifeboats, the weeklies need to distance themselves enough that they don’t get sucked down. It may be hyperbole, but it’s rooted in some truth.
Right in the centre - Recycling business in big trouble in Manitoba
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- Published on Friday, April 27, 2018
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Recycling is more than just in trouble, it has become a farce. For about 30 years, many well-intentioned Manitobans have expressed their concern for environmental stewardship by faithfully recycling. Beer cans, pop cans, newspapers, books, magazines, steel, lead batteries, household waste, food and other organic waste have been faithfully steered away from the landfills and into the recycling stream.
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Right in the Centre - Distracted driving, distracted living
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- Published on Friday, April 20, 2018
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
In today's world, we have many more distractions than we used to have, whether it is on the highway or life itself.The change is two-fold. Fifty, or even 20 years ago, we were not flooded with all the information we have today. There may well have been as much going in the world but we didn’t know about it. We certainly didn’t hear about it instantly like we do today. If there was an outbreak of war, a disaster or a tragedy, we might not even hear about it, let alone view it over and over again on our TV, computer or phone. Our lives are one big distraction, played out in our heads and fed by both organized media and by social media.
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My perspective - A tale of two papers
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- Published on Friday, April 20, 2018
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
The newspaper industry has a problem, but it’s not what most people think. More than anything else, the newspaper industry in North America has an ownership problem. Long known by those in the industry, the public watched this story explode a little over a week ago. The spark? A series of editorials in the Denver Post blasting their owners, a hedge-fund called Alden Global Capital.
Letters - Gun control bill targets lawful owners and not the criminal
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- Published on Monday, April 16, 2018
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Neepawa Banner & Press
Justin Trudeau promised he would fix the crime problem during the election campaign of 2015. Unfortunately lawful gun owners of Canada make easy targets for an easy Liberal crime control fix. C-71 targets the lawful firearm owner, leaving out the criminal use of firearms. Not a single line in the Act refers to violent criminals or their illegal misuse of firearms. The $2 billion dollar Liberal gun registry has taught the Liberal Party absolutely nothing.
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