Rivers Comets Corner - July 6, 2017
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- Published on Thursday, July 6, 2017
By Justin Froese
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A whirlwind week has come and gone with the final few regular season games in the books and our upcoming playoff dates set in stone.
Offensive graffiti found across Neepawa
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- Published on Tuesday, July 4, 2017
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
RCMP are investigating a wave of graffiti, which struck several locations across Neepawa over the Canada Day long weekend. Sometime over the course of the weekend, one of the welcome signs into town, the new sidewalk at the Flats, as well as the concession stand at Neepawa Lions Riverbend Park were spray painted with derogatory remarks directed towards immigrants. A slur directed at the British monarchy was also found on the side of Neepawa’s Royal Canadian Legion building.
Drag races past and future
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- Published on Sunday, July 2, 2017
By Sheila Runions
The Rivers Banner
After three months of gruelling work last fall, Henry Lepp, Bev Wrightson and their massive team of volunteers co-ordinated an October drag race on the runways of the former airbase and thus, Baseline Dragway was born. Much happened during the winter and spring to ensure even greater success for the opening 2017 race, a two-day event held June 3 and 4. Concrete barriers were placed throughout the area to create six lanes and parking spaces, five sets of bleachers were built, massive amounts were mowed for spectator parking, a logo was designed and an assortment of apparel printed for volunteers’ use and spectators’ purchase. The Facebook site was liked by more than 800 people and Bev posted that number was “amazing! We’re feeling stoked for your interest in Baseline Dragway.”
Faithfully yours - Getting to the root of the problem
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- Published on Sunday, July 2, 2017
Neil Strohschein
The Neepawa Banner
Two weeks ago, Statistics Canada released its latest report: “Police Reported Hate Crimes in Canada—2015.” Its contents should concern every Canadian. According to the report, hate crimes against identifiable groups in this country are increasing, and Canada’s Muslim community is seeing the biggest increase (almost double the number reported in 2014).
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