From tuk tuks to farm yards– vocational training team trip an eye opener
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Photo by Kira Paterson. Bill Taylor, a retired teacher from Brandon, spoke to the Neepawa Rotary club on June 10 about his participation in a Rotary Sponsored Vocational Training Team.
By Kira Paterson
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The Neepawa Rotary Club and guests at their weekly luncheon meeting on Friday, June 10 got to see a bit of Ethiopia, thanks to their guest speaker of the week.
Bill Taylor, a retired teacher from Brandon, was part of a Rotary Sponsored Vocational Training Team that went to Ethiopia to train school teachers.
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Looking back - 1996: Local investors purchase Neepawa Natives hockey team
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Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman Archives. Looking southeast from the hill where East View Lodge was later constructed shows the major flooding in the spring of 1923.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Tuesday, June 12, 1936
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CN Future Links Championship results
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Eoin Devereux
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Elite junior golfers from across Canada gathered in Neepawa this past weekend for the 2016 CN Future Links Prairie Championship. The event was part of the national junior series, which concludes with the 2016 Canadian Junior Boys Championship, August 1-4 in St. John’s, NL, and the Canadian Junior Girls Championship in Shubenacadie, NS, from August 2-5.
Neepawa Cubs drop pair of games
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Photo by Eoin Devereux. Cole Krutkewich (2) of Neepawa provided some middle inning relief for the Cubs in their game Friday, June 10 against Minnedosa.
By Eoin Devereux
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A pair of recent losses to the Santa Clara Baseball League’s top teams have dropped the Neepawa Cubs under the .500 mark for the regular season. Neepawa first fell to the league leading Plumas Pirates 9-6 on Wednesday, June 8. The game, played in Neepawa at the Fairgrounds, started off very well for the home side, as the Cubs secured an early advantage, holding a 5-1 lead after three innings.
