Wild summer reading at the local library
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- Published on Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Photo by Tony Eu. The main display for the summer reading program at the Neepawa Public Library.
By Tony Eu
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The Neepawa Public Library is in the midst of its annual summer reading program. Having started on June 20, the program is well on its way, but it’s not too late to jump in before the 2016 program ends on August 19.
Neepawa Cubs heading into playoffs on a roll
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- Published on Monday, July 11, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
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The Neepawa Cubs have closed out the Santa Clara Baseball League’s regular season with a pair of important wins. The club returned home for a showdown with the Dauphin Brewers on Tuesday, July 6. This was the first home game for Neepawa since June 10, as the team’s last five games were all on the road.
Dreams from A to Z: the legacy of the Alphabet Railway
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- Published on Sunday, July 10, 2016
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Our project brings a focus to small prairie towns in 2016. The rail line that has captured our imagination is a very specific slice of Canadiana which provides us with parameters that are current, national and universal. When Grand Trunk Pacific (GTP) laid a rail line across Canada’s northern prairies at the beginning of the 20th century, it promised a new world of “Health, Wealth and Happiness,” according to a 1913 GTP ad. Despite its early bankruptcy and subsequent absorption by Canadian National Railways (CN) in 1923, GTP was instrumental in creating community along this new route from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert, B.C. Today, the section of railway between Portage la Prairie and Jasper is fondly known as the Alphabet Railway. CN freight trains ply the rail line, maintaining its role as the heart of the local communities and intrinsically tying it to international economic progress. Interestingly, the extensive network of rail lines that once snaked across the Prairies, it is only this line that still carries passengers on Via Rail.
Read more: Dreams from A to Z: the legacy of the Alphabet Railway
My Perspective - Consumer power 2.0
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- Published on Friday, July 8, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
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There’s a farmer in New Jersey who posts videos to YouTube. A hay producer, his videos usually include reviews and demos of equipment and clips of him farming or fixing things. His channel, onelonelyfarmer, has over 57,000 subscribers and over 34 million views.
