Right in the centre - History and experience
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- Published on Thursday, September 3, 2015
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
As we approach the completion of our 26th year of publication, it鈥檚 interesting to ponder some of the changes that have taken place in the newspaper business. Much has changed but much has not. Some things will never change.
Not so silent E - Clothes really do make the fan
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- Published on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Photo by Eoin Devereux
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
The Neepawa Natives will be sporting a brand new look on the ice this upcoming hockey season鈥︹�aybe. During the 水果视频 Junior Hockey League team鈥檚 annual general meeting earlier this year, club officials confirmed and showcased a new third jersey concept.
Faithfully yours - Getting the government we deserve
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- Published on Sunday, August 30, 2015
By Neil Strohschein
The Neepawa Banner
The more I see it, the more I wonder if those who do these things think before they act.
The setting鈥攁 hockey arena. It could be just about any arena in any community. The scene鈥攈ockey parents who, from the moment the puck is dropped to start the game, are constantly yelling at the officials, calling them names, questioning their eyesight, parentage, etc.
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水果视频bdies - Little boxes...
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- Published on Saturday, August 29, 2015
By Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
Pete Seeger鈥檚 song 鈥楲ittle Boxes鈥�, back in the sixties, expressed the futility of life. Small cookie cutter houses, the humdrum repetitiousness of going to work; the song is a political satire about the development of suburbia and associated conformist middle-class attitudes. Suburban tract housing, 鈥渓ittle boxes鈥�, of different colors, but 鈥渁ll made out of ticky-tacky鈥�, and which 鈥渁ll look just the same.鈥� 鈥淭icky-tacky鈥� -the shoddy material used in the construction of housing of that time.
My perspective - The signs and the times
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- Published on Friday, August 28, 2015
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
Day by day, more election signs are coming and on October 19, Canadians will head to the polls to elect their federal representatives. On this day, we will select the individual we want to bring forward our views and stand up for the issues that matter to us.
