My perspective - costs, unequally borne
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- Published on Thursday, July 13, 2017
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
Rural Canadian shoppers may see some changes in their retail landscape; on June 22, Sears Canada filed for bankruptcy. This isn’t necessarily the end though, the once storied retailer said it expects to remain in business, restructure and come out of bankruptcy protection later this year. In its filing, the company said it needed time to let the impact of changes made earlier this year take effect. They were given 30 days of protection from creditors.
Right in the centre - Insanity!
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- Published on Thursday, July 13, 2017
Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
Paul Wells, of McLean’s magazine, wrote recently, “At the Conservatives’ annual Stampede Barbecue in Calgary, Conservative Party of Canada leader Andrew Scheer said he’ll use the first opportunity the Conservatives get in the autumn to make MPs vote on the government’s settlement with Omar Khadr. ‘We’re going to force every Liberal in the House to take a stand,’ Scheer said. ‘It will be simple: Do you support paying a self-confessed terrorist over $10 million or do you stand with the common sense of millions of Canadians? Justin Trudeau will have to stand and defend it.’”
My perspective -In case of emergency
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- Published on Thursday, July 6, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
Last week, 18 rural Manitoba communities found out that they would be losing their EMS stations. The changes are part of a province-wide reorganization of health care and the closure of these low volume stations was one of the recommendations in a 2013 report on the province’s emergency medical services.
Right in the centre - Take action, please!
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- Published on Thursday, July 6, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
To the person (or persons) who decided to deface the Town of Neepawa sign, the Legion and some other spots around town, please let me say a few words. I would like to talk to you, I sincerely would. But seeing as you are unlikely to come and see me, here is what I would like to tell you.
Homebodies - To me, this is Canada
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- Published on Saturday, July 1, 2017
Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
As you read this, I will just be settling my wings after the long flight home from Paris. Canada Day, Canada 150, will have filled the front pages of newspapers and flooded the airwaves. And so it should. I am proud to be a Canadian. I work diligently to do justice to the title.
