Positive response to economic development forum
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- Published on Thursday, May 19, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
New ideas on economic development were plentiful at the Economic Developers Association of Manitoba (EDAM) spring forum.
The event was co-hosted by Neepawa and Minnedosa from May 11-13 and featured 75 representatives from 52 different municipalities and organizations from across Manitoba. Those numbers made it one of the most well attended EDAM events in the past decade.
Tourism award nominations
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- Published on Thursday, May 19, 2016
By John Drinkwater
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The 13th Annual Tribute to Tourism Awards & Gala will be held this year at 6.00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, at Carberry Community Hall.
Awards are presented to recipients in six categories. Local nominees from communities within the Banner distribution area are:
Rivers teen wins bronze at nationals
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By Sheila Runions
Banner Staff
Sixteen-year-old Haylee Anderson of Rivers was in Mississauga, Ont. May 2-7 to compete in the annual National Aboriginal Hockey Championship (NAHC). As part of Team Manitoba, she and the rest of the roster claimed their second consecutive bronze medal; Haylee’s first NAHC bronze medal was won last year in Halifax.
Local sisters play fairy godmother
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Submitted photo. (From left) Sisters Jade and Shaelyn Leflar collected donations of grad dresses from local girls to send to Fort McMurray.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Two sisters from Neepawa made an effort to send some glamour to graduating girls in Fort McMurray who lost theirs in the recent fire. Eighteen-year-old Shaelyn and 21-year-old Jade Leflar reached out to girls who have graduated from NACI in the past few years to see if they would be interested in donating their grad dresses to send to Alberta.
