Perfect start to 2016 for Neepawa Farmers
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- Published on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Neepawa Farmers have begun 2016 with a pair of very important wins. The first game of the new year was on Saturday, Jan. 2 at the Yellowhead Arena, as the Farmers took on the Glenboro Nordics. At the end of the night, it was Neepawa who was the victor, with a comfortable 8-2 win.
New Year’s standoff in Minnedosa
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- Published on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The normally quiet community of Minnedosa was anything but quiet on New Year’s Eve, as it dealt with a dramatic police standoff to ring in 2016.
MPI unveils top five frauds of 2015
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- Published on Tuesday, January 5, 2016
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Manitoba Public Insurance
Vehicle technology, good old-fashioned investigation skills and strong partnerships with police agencies were major factors in helping identify those people who tried to defraud Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI).
Fraudulent and suspicious claims are handled by Manitoba Public Insurance’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU). The efforts of this special unit resulted in fraud savings last year of $7.6 million for Manitoba auto insurance rate payers. The SIU investigates about 2,500 claims yearly.
Looking back - 1996: Odd Fellows first to ‘adopt a ball diamond’
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- Published on Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Neepawa Press Archives. 20 years ago, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1996: IOOF Grand Nobel Bob Lumsden is pictured presenting a $1,000 cheque to Gail White toward a baseball diamond adoption.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago, Friday January 10, 1936:
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