My Perspective - A week of change

Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & press

This week has been one of change. For our Neepawa-area readers, this week’s paper looks a little different, it’s the first issue of the combined Neepawa Banner & Press.

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Right in the centre -Expectations versus reality

Ken Waddell 
Neepawa Banner & Press

hear from a lot of people. I also read a lot of other people’s words. On the topic of health care last week, someone said a person complained they waited 10 hours in an emergency room to get medical attention. The patient was asked, “So, did you die?”  The obvious answer was that they didn’t die. “So, why were you in an ER then?”

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Right in the centre - Budgeting for survival

Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner

The Manitoba government is holding pre-budget meetings all over the province. It is a process that has been happening for years. It makes sense. The NDP did it for years. It is a good and proper process.

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My Perspective - Reference points

Kate Jackman - Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner

“Damned if you do, damned if you don’t” seems to be the take away from a Manitoba story that recently broke.  The story sheds some light on the pitfalls of reference checks, from all sides of the employment relationship.

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My Perspective - Questions and uncertainty

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner

In August, the news broke that proposed changes to how private corporations are taxed could have a wide-reaching impact on small businesses, including incorporated farms and professionals.

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