Right in the centre - Election looming
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- Published on Friday, September 29, 2023
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
October 3 is Manitoba Election Day. Most predictions are calling for a very close election. Close in that the number of seats for each party may be a lot closer than the last couple of elections but in some ridings, the results won’t be very close. In some they will be quite close. In next week’s column, I will try to bring over 60 years of experience observing elections to the column so maybe, younger people can avoid some of the mistakes I made and the others have made.
September 22, 2023 - Neepawa Banner & Press
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- Published on Friday, September 22, 2023
Neepawa Banner & Press
Here is this week’s edition of the Neepawa Banner & Press. Our paper features the Terry Fox Run in Neepawa and Gladstone. The Agassiz candidates forum, which was held in Neepawa on Monday & the restoration of the historic Stoney Creek School. Those stories, plus our Meet the Teacher feature are in this week’s edition of the Neepawa Banner & Press.
Right in the centre - Corporation, corpulent or corpse?
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- Published on Friday, September 22, 2023
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I find it interesting how the newspaper industry has shifted over the 50 plus years I have been involved. My first experience was in 1968 and we laid out the pages with typed out, justified copy printed on strips that we ran through a waxer and laid the strips on blue-lined lay-out sheets. Labour intensive process for sure. We had to leave blanks or plugs in the places where pictures were to be placed. Then the sheets had to be driven to a printing press and you waited while the pages were finished, the negatives shots, the plates burned and placed on a press and the final product spewed out of the folder.
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September 15, 2023 - Neepawa Banner & Press
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- Published on Friday, September 15, 2023
Neepawa Banner & Press
In this week's edition of the Neepawa Banner & Press, read about the grand opening of the Minnedosa Regional Events Centre (MREC), a new initiative to prep newcomers for their first Canadian winter and an update on Briley Wood's MJHL career. All these stories and much more in this week's edition of the paper!
