Looking back - 2006: Lily Festival celebrates 10 year anniversary
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- Published on Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Neepawa Banner Archives. July 21-23, 2006: Some of the older units at the Show & Shine display at Riverbend Park during the Lily Festival - an impressive assortment of vintage vehicles and workmanship.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Tuesday, August 4, 1936
Wellwood softball girls soundly trounced the locals Friday night at the exhibition ground. The score was said to be unmentionable.
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My Neepawa - Gravestones and gophers
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- Published on Tuesday, August 2, 2016
What’s “Your Neepawa”? We’re asking readers to share with us their pictures of past and present Neepawa. To share a picture, please email a high resolution version (1 MB or higher) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or stop by the office at 243 Hamilton Street, in Neepawa. Please include your name as well as a description of the photo.
Photo by Bill Fraser. Neepawa’s beautiful Riverside Cemetery, which has received numerous compliments from visitors and residents alike.
Neepawa's Salvation Army marching into new location
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Neepawa Salvation Army manager Amanda Naughton-Gale in the thrift store's current location at 309 Davidson Street
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Press/Neepawa Banner
Neepawa’s Salvation Army will soon have a new home. After years of rumours, the charitable organization’s regional office in Winnipeg has confirmed the local thrift store will be moving into a new space in the former Co-op building, on Mountain Avenue.
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MLA awarded fellowship
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- Published on Monday, August 1, 2016
By Lauren A. Tomaka
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Riding Mountain MLA Greg Nesbitt is among 33 select lawmakers chosen to participate in a training program that annually identifies and assists promising state and provincial leaders in the Midwest. Nesbitt, who won election to the Manitoba legislature in the April 19 election, will meet with fellow lawmakers from 11 Midwestern states and three other Canadian provinces Aug. 12-16 in Madison, Wis. for The Council of State Governments’ 22nd annual Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD).
