Right in the centre - Keep it polite
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- Published on Friday, June 11, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Every so often, a comment or a letter comes along that鈥檚 a bit discouraging. We have received a lot of letters lately and most have been very well thought out and reasonably well composed. In addition, we also get a large number of submitted columns. We don鈥檛 have room for many submitted pieces but we try our very best. We have to make decisions, right or wrong, we have to make decisions.
Right in the Centre - Crisis should drive changes
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- Published on Friday, June 4, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Every day, we hear that Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in 水果视频 are nearly full, largely due to COVID-19 cases. In response to a question from the Banner & Press about ICUs, a 水果视频 Shared Health spokesperson said, 鈥淎s of May 31, there have been 820 COVID patients admitted to ICU since the start of the pandemic. This includes 246 so far for the month of May, 2021, which is about five times the 50 COVID patients admitted to ICU in April. To date, 71 patients remain in ICU, 543 patients have been discharged or transferred out of ICU and 206 have sadly died while in ICU.鈥� We all know an ICU is a very serious place to be and with C-19 in 水果视频, the death rate in the ICUs is 25 per cent, one in four.
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Column like I see 'em - Real change in sports doesn鈥檛 come easily...or cheaply
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- Published on Friday, June 4, 2021
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
What鈥檚 in a name? For many modern sports franchises, both at the professional and amateur level, it鈥檚 quite a lot. It can be the difference between popularity and irrelevance. Perhaps more importantly, however, it could be the difference between having a few extra dollars in the bank and being constantly strapped for cash.
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Right in the centre - Good, better and best
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- Published on Friday, May 28, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
In the background to the pre-occupation with COVID-19, life is going on. Crops are being seeded, cattle go to market, packing plants thankfully keep producing meat. The food trucks run and people are busy as beavers building and fixing stuff.
Right in the centre - No sense in the census
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- Published on Friday, May 21, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
A story in this week鈥檚 paper is titled Census behind schedule due to difficulty recruiting.
