Observation Nov. 4

By Addy Oberlin

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According to my calendar we will change our clocks this weekend. We ‘fall’ back an hour. Clocks have always intrigued me. When I sat in a doctor’s office I counted the seconds on the clock and counted exactly till 60 when the minute changed.

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Homebodies - Chance of showers...

By Rita Friesen

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Rain, rain, go away… note the absence of the invitation to ‘come back another day’. Cool and cloudy, wet and windy, the forecast for yesterday and tomorrow. I recognize that I have little right to complain. I have no crops lying in the mud, I have no resort that has been affected by the surplus of moisture. A weather watcher and a tree hugger, that’s what I am. 

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Faithfully yours - The personal side of war: part one

By Neil Strohschein

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As I write these words, I am putting the finishing touches on my remarks for the Remembrance Day service in Kelwood. Part of my preparation time has been spent reading two books: Winston Churchill’s The Gathering Storm and William Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

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My perspective - Copyright or copy-wrong?

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

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This week, an 86-year-old woman became the face of Canada’s new copyright infringement legislation.  Christine McMillan is being told she has to pay up for a pirated version of Metro 2033, a first-person shooter game in which survivors of nuclear war must kill mutants, that was downloaded from her IP address. She is one of an unknown number of Canadians who have received threatening letters on behalf of copyright holders, known as the Notice and Notice regime, following changes to Canada’s copyright laws.

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Right in the centre - Cooperation is the key

By Ken Waddell

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The Neepawa Area Planning District is re-jigging its development plan. Re-jigging the plan is complicated by the fact that North Cypress-Langford is no longer part of the district and the rejigged plan is years overdue (as are most things in governments at any level). 

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