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Agassiz MLA candidates state their cases

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

On Thursday, March 24, three provincial MLA candidates from the Agassiz constituency participated in a debate forum that was aired on NACTV. The forum involved questions from the community that the candidates had a chance to address. 

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Timeline of a tragedy

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Photo by John Dietz. Hundreds of volunteers combed the fields around Chase Martens’ home, looking for the missing two-year-old.

Banner Staff

The Neepawa Banner

A family and community has had its chance to say goodbye to Chase Martens. A funeral service for the two-year-old, who had gone missing the previous week, was held on  March 30 at the Sommerfeld Mennonite Church in MacGregor, MB. The youngster’s body was found on  March 26, after a massive search effort began on  March 22. 

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Heritage Fair presents the history of Neepawa and the world

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Photo by Kira Paterson. The Grade 5 students at HMK made projects to do with their heritage or the history of Neepawa and shared them with the younger grades.

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The Grade 5 classes at HMK held their first ever Heritage Fair on Wednesday, March 23. The Grade 5s picked a topic to do with either their background, the history of their home country or the history of Neepawa to research and present, similar to the format of a science fair. 

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Rural schools take learning outside the classroom

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Submitted photo. Geocaching, which is like a scavenger hunt with GPS, was one of the activities the EcoVan brought to Eden for the Grade 5 to 8s.

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

During the month of March, students from Brookdale and Eden’s JM Young schools took part in several different learning experiences. 

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Looking back - 1946: 1946 Ford cars went on display for the first time in Neepawa

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Photo courtesy of Cecil Pittman archives. Thur. Mar. 28: Gill & Schmall Agencies building is now at this Mill St. and Mountain Ave. location.

By Cecil Pittman

The Neepawa Press

80 years ago Tuesday, Mar. 24, 1936

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