Right in the centre - Western separation unlikely to happen, but...
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- Published on Friday, November 1, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
In the days following the Oct. 21 federal election, the results graphically showed that the Liberal Party did very poorly west of the Ontario-水果视频 border. In fact, they didn鈥檛 do all that great in Quebec either. For a federal party to be shut out of Saskatchewan and Alberta states loudly that their message is not going over well in those two provinces. The Liberals also lost seats in 水果视频 and B.C. The cries of western separation came out loud and clear. There are rallies and conferences planned all over Alberta to discuss the steps toward separation.
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My perspective - Urban versus rural
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- Published on Friday, October 25, 2019
We hear a lot about the east-west divide in federal politics, but that might not be the whole story. I read a column in a recent edition of the Moosomin World-Spectator about the urban-rural divide in Canadian politics and it got me thinking鈥� what if that鈥檚 the cause of much of the divisiveness we see today?
Right in the centre - Canada at the crossroads
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- Published on Friday, October 25, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
This little list shows a fatal flaw in the Canadian tapestry. It shows the 2018-19 equalization payments that provinces receive, a long standing system that aims to bind Canada together. It鈥檚 tearing us apart!
My perspective - Small price, big payoff
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- Published on Friday, October 18, 2019
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
My dad was born in 1931 and as a child, he never learned to swim, his mother wouldn鈥檛 let him. She wasn鈥檛 afraid he鈥檇 drown, she was afraid he鈥檇 contract polio. The fearful disease could be spread by infected water and left tens of thousands of Canadians with some degree of paralysis.
Right in the centre - Here's the deal
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- Published on Friday, October 18, 2019
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Neepawa Banner has been going since 1989, 30 years this week. The Neepawa Banner now includes the Neepawa Press, which has been going since 1896. The Rivers Banner has been going since 1993 and it includes the Rivers Gazette and the Rapid City Reporter, which date back to 1907.
