My perspective - Yes, you do count
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- Published on Thursday, May 12, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Every person counts, everyone matters. That message becomes quite literal every five years during the national census. This year, May 10 was census day and the previous week, census questionnaires were delivered to Canadians across the country.
Homebodies - I did it! – part one
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- Published on Sunday, May 8, 2016
By Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
‘I did it. I absolutely did it. They said it couldn’t be done, but I did it!’ This mantra, a combination of a line of poetry and a line from a movie, cycled through my mind as I cycled through the beautiful countryside of the Netherlands. Beautiful is too modest a word for what I saw, but it keeps the memories real.
Faithfully yours - A second chance
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- Published on Saturday, May 7, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
The Neepawa Banner
I will never forget how defeated and devastated I felt. My world had come crashing around my shoulders. I was beginning to realize just how many of my problems were my own fault. I was sinking into despair and depression; and then this happened.
Right in the centre - Big changes, maybe
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- Published on Friday, May 6, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Manitoba could be in for some big changes. Electing a PC Manitoba government on April 19 with 40 seats was certainly a major shift for Manitoba. What will that mean for Manitoba for the next four years and beyond?
My perspective - Culture, vulture
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- Published on Thursday, May 5, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Culture is an important part of our lives and within the context of culture, there is the subgroup of Canadian-made content. Historically, the federal government has focused its concern over Canadian content to regulating a minimum number of Barenaked Ladies songs that must be played on the radio, funding the CBC and making sure our cable and satellite providers show enough shows featuring Anne of Green Gables.
