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Right in the centre - A newspaper review

Details: Published on Thursday, March 28, 2024

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

As of the date of this issue, I have been around for 76 years. For almost half of those years, I have been in the newspaper business full time. For 58 of those years, I have been involved in writing and publishing and that dates long before the desktop or laptop computer.

Many people have asked me questions about the newspaper industry, people from seniors to farmers to sports figures to politicians, including premiers and prime minsters. They ask questions, lots of questions, and here’s a few examples.

March 22, 2024 - Neepawa Banner & Press

Details: Published on Friday, March 22, 2024

Neepawa Banner & Press

In this week's edition of the Banner & Press, which include several ag related stories on cattle sales and water conservation.

As well, Neepawa's Stride Credit Union participates in an established Central Plains fundraiser for the first time, Beautiful Plains School Division approves its' new budget and the Neepawa Titans are playoff bound!

Those stories, plus the Farmers' Advocate and a special Royal Manitoba Winter Fair feature in the Mar. 22 edition of the Neepawa Banner & Press.

On top of all that, this week, we will start featuring a link to The Story behind the Stories, the Banner & Press's weekly look at the page of the paper, broadcast on NACTV.

Right in the centre - Farmers feed us all

Details: Published on Friday, March 22, 2024

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

March is a memorable month for me. Seventy-six years ago I was born on March 29. I remember many of the intervening Marches. One year, when I was in my very, very early school days, we had to travel by horse drawn sleigh and van to school because the roads weren’t passable for a truck. The snowplows of the day couldn’t keep up. Yes, students used to be hauled to school in the back of a covered in pick up truck. But that year our early 1950s rear wheel drive half ton could not make it through the snow clogged roads. It wasn’t “over the fields we go” or “dashing through the snow”, it was more like slogging all the way.

March 15, 2024 - Neepawa Banner & Press

Details: Published on Friday, March 15, 2024

Neepawa Banner & Press

Here is the link for the Friday Mar. 15 edition of the Neepawa Banner & Press. For this week’s newspaper, we have details on a pair of Neepawa athletes winning on a national level, some positive news from the Town of Neepawa and its budget from last year & the numbers from Rolling River School Division’s budget for 2024-2025.

As well, the Neepawa Titans playoff update and a writeup on the Mixed Curling Provincial Championship, which is this weekend at the Neepawa Curling Club. All those stories, plus our Everything For Your Farm feature in this week’s Neepawa Banner & Press.

Editor's note: One error for correction in our front page story as the triple jump made by Daxx Turner was 15.82 metres, not 15.82 feet. Apologies on the mistake. As you can tell from the error, our reporter Eoin Devereux never had the makings of a varsity athlete...

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