Right in the centre - Education review long overdue
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- Published on Friday, March 19, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Province of 水果视频 has received, and now released, a K-12 education report with 75 recommendations and Education Minister Cliff Cullen said the province has accepted all of them in spirit and principle. Some, but not all, are incorporated into Bill 64.
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Right in the centre - This isn鈥檛 what I wanted
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- Published on Friday, March 12, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
They told me, 鈥淵ou have MG.鈥� I would much rather they had said, 鈥淵ou have an MG,鈥� you know, the British sports car, a red one, fully restored and ready to roll. I would have figured out how to fit my somewhat older, chubby body into it. I really would have.
Right in the centre - Listening to the information - Part 2
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- Published on Friday, March 5, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Here is another batch of comments and information that I have received in response to a request I put out two weeks ago for readers to share their experiences with health care and especially with COVID-19
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Column like I see 'em - Facebook isn鈥檛 our friend, but in this one case, it鈥檚 certainly not our enemy
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- Published on Friday, March 5, 2021
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
I can鈥檛 stand Facebook. While many users of the networking platform are able to use it to great efficiency to keep in touch with friends and family, I think it has outlived its usefulness. For me, Facebook is just the place to find out which relatives/former co-workers are unexpectedly racist or to quietly resent the fact that my friends are much better at vacationing than I am. Those complaints, however, are more of a 鈥渕e鈥� problem. It鈥檚 not Facebook鈥檚 fault that I鈥檓 not very social with social media.
Right in the centre - Listening to the information
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- Published on Friday, February 26, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Last week, I put out a call for people to give me their thoughts on COVID-19 and especially about the care homes. Unlike our normal practise, I didn鈥檛 ask people to provide their names as some of the stories might come back and bite the writers. I just felt that it was important that all the people who died, especially those in care, did not die in vain. I think they would have wanted and their families would want some good to come out of this pandemic.
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