Right in the centre - Energy, vision and leadership
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- Published on Thursday, September 1, 2016
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Most everybody wants economic development. Most everyone wants it to happen in a sustainable fashion. I say most everyone as there is a growing number of people who don’t want any progress or sustainable development at all. They fight every step toward a progressing economy. Our society is increasingly hampered by a parade of chronic complainers and protesters.
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Faithfully yours - The root of the problem
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- Published on Sunday, August 28, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner
As a follow-up to last week’s column, I would like to spend the next few weeks sharing some thoughts on how we, as ordinary Canadians, can use our influence to change the attitudes and actions of our leaders—whoever they may be and whatever role they may fill.
Observation Aug. 26
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- Published on Saturday, August 27, 2016
By Addy Oberlin
Neepawa Banner
When I travel through the mountains in British Columbia, I am always impressed and in awe about the strength and majesty of the rugged edges. In some places, they needed to use dynamite to blast through some of the rocky parts of the mountains to build a new highway. They are rightly called the Rocky Mountains and a very solid foundation.
Homebodies - Slow down, breathe deep
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- Published on Saturday, August 27, 2016
By Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner
How difficult has it become to simply do nothing? How difficult it has become to simply do nothing! It is in the times of quietude that we can hear our own thoughts, feel the power of life flowing through us, contemplate the here and now, and the far aways.
My perspective - A province on the move
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- Published on Friday, August 26, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Over the centuries, many things have changed in Manitoba, but throughout our history, one thing hasn’t– the importance of transportation. How we move has changed, but the fundamental importance of transportation to Manitoba and her people hasn’t.