Minnedosa train station dispute settled
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- Published on Thursday, August 25, 2016
by Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
After years of negotiations, Canadian Pacific Railway and Minnedosa Heritage Inc. have come to an agreement on the town’s historic train station. The deal sees CP Rail reclaim ownership of the structure, while Minnedosa Heritage received a monetary settlement to help compensate for its costs of preserving the building. Due to a confidentiality clause attached to the agreement, the exact amount of the settlement has not been made public.
Big development at Neepawa still under wraps
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- Published on Thursday, August 25, 2016
By Ken Waddell
The Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The signs went up last week for the equipment auction for Mr. Ribs Restaurant and Evans Lanes in Neepawa. The contents will be sold on August 30 by Meyers Auctions of Arden and demolition of the building is scheduled to take place a few days later. A demolition permit has ben issued by Neepawa and Area Planning District in the name of T.L. Penner Construction of Kola. The Highway Traffic Board held a hearing on July 20 at the Brandon Provincial Building. The hearing was inconclusive pending further information being clarified.
My Neepawa - Park Lake
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- Published on Tuesday, August 23, 2016
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Photo by Jodi Baker. Beautiful Park Lake in the spring
Business after business
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- Published on Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Photos by Kate Jackman-Atkinson. On Aug. 17, 4U Home Decor and Consulting hosted the Neepawa Chamber of Commerce’s August Business After 5 event. Over a dozen members of the Neepawa business community stopped in to check out the store and network during the two-hour, come and go event.
Looking back - 1956: ‘Dream home’ now located in Neepawa
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- Published on Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Cecil Pittman Archives. L.O.B.A.(Ladies Orange Benevolent Association) float at the Diamond Jubilee in 1927, Hotel Hamilton in background.
By Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Press
80 years ago Tuesday, August 25, 1936
Earl Murray received word last week that he had placed himself third in a Firestone tire-selling contest embracing all of Canada. The contest lasted two months, ending August 15.
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