Right in the centre - There is a reason they are struggling!
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- Published on Thursday, August 10, 2017
Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner
Over the years, my experience has lead me to a well-established philosophy about how to run a newspaper. It is fairly simple. Define your coverage area, print news that is relevant to your coverage area, try to only print the facts in the news stories and opinions on the editorial or opinion pages. With that philosophy in mind, it drives me crazy to read our three daily papers in Manitoba. While they have good, well-intentioned staff who may know their coverage area fairly well, they always seem to wander off topic, and quite badly. It has been reported, both in public financial statements and in observational articles, that daily papers are losing strength.
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Neepawa Natives post profit
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- Published on Thursday, August 10, 2017
Neepawa Natives board president Ken Waddell reviews the year that was for the junior 'A' hockey club on Wednesday, Aug. 9 at the Yellowhead Hall.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner
This past season, the Neepawa Natives found themselves in a very exclusive club, and we’re not just talking about making the playoffs. At the junior ‘A’ club’s annual general meeting, held on Wednesday, Aug. 9 at the Yellowhead Hall, the team announced it was one of only three MJHL organizations to post a profit from the 2016-2017 season. The Steinbach Pistons and Portage Terriers are the only others from the 11-team circuit thus far to publicly announce a profit.
Carberry even series with Neepawa Cubs
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By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner
The Carberry Royals have tied up the Santa Clara Baseball League championship series at 1-1, after topping the Neepawa Cubs 5-4. The Royals won game two in dramatic fashion on Tuesday, Aug. 9 in Carberry, scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Daylon Creasy collected the victory on the mound for the Royals.
'The stories get better every year'
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- Published on Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Rick Sparling
The Neepawa Press
Two years ago, we had a Neepawa school reunion, at a time when most of us had just turned 70 years of age and approximately 40 people showed up. This time around, we included those who were a little younger and a little older, which produced a tally of about 90 people.
