Right in the centre - Random thoughts
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- Published on Thursday, March 23, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
Premier Brian Pallister said this week that the unions no longer run this province. It’s about time that was stated, as the unions have been running Manitoba for far too long. And running the province into the ground I might add.
Faithfully yours - A gift that only God can give
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- Published on Sunday, March 19, 2017
By Neil Strohscein
The Neepawa Banner
King David of ancient Israel was not having a good day. In one, blistering speech that took less than 10 minutes to share, the prophet Nathan had exposed over two years of adultery, murder and cover-ups—all of which could be traced right back to David himself.
Observation - Mar. 17, 2017
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- Published on Friday, March 17, 2017
By Addy Oberlin
The Neepawa Banner
With excitement it was announced that another great grandchild is on the way. It was even mentioned that it is going to be a girl. I started searching in my knitting books for just the right pattern to make an outfit for this little girl to be.
My perspective - How big is "small"?
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- Published on Thursday, March 16, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
There will be some changes in the classrooms and hallways of Manitoba schools this fall. On March 14, the provincial government announced that the previous government’s Smaller Classes Initiative (SCI) will be replaced with the new Early Years Education Initiative for the 2017-2018 school year. The SCI required 90 per cent of classes from Kindergarten to Grade 3 to have a maximum of 20 students. The new program won’t tie divisions to a specific class size, but will allow them to direct funding in ways they feel will best improve student outcomes in literacy and numeracy.
Right in the centre - Nobody should be surprised
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- Published on Thursday, March 16, 2017
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
It is a bit amazing that some people are surprised and even angry that the Province of Manitoba is having to seriously look at ways of cutting expenses. The deficit is a billion dollars. In case anyone is unsure of what that is, it is 1,000 million dollars. Can one even imagine that? A 1,000 million is enough money to build 3,000 houses at $333,000 each. It’s enough to build modest sized city’s worth of homes. That’s lot of money and made even more serious because it is a deficit, a loss, and it’s happening every year.
