Neepawa Natives lend support to HMK's reading program
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- Published on Friday, March 6, 2015
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
Students at Hazel M. Kellington School in Neepawa recently received some extra support for I Love to Read Month. On Tuesday, Mar. 3, members of the Neepawa Natives hockey club participated in the campaign, which is geared towards getting students excited about reading. Players read to the kids and also helped around the classroom.
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Social to help those displaced
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- Published on Thursday, March 5, 2015
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
A benefit social has been planned to help those who lost their homes in the fire at Neepawa 水果视频 Hardware last Wednesday night. To be held March 21 at the Yellowhead Centre, the social evening will be held in two parts, offering something for everyone.
The start of a long process
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- Published on Thursday, March 5, 2015
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
Almost a week after the fire, Neepawa 水果视频 Hardware owner Pat Guilbert has a long road ahead of him. On Wednesday evening, he watched the store he bought in September 2008, and expanded since then, burn. Like the tenants, he too lost irreplaceable items in the fire.
鈥榃e lost everything, we came out with the clothes we had on鈥�
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- Published on Thursday, March 5, 2015
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
It was just after 6 p.m. last Wednesday when Arlene Vaughan first noticed smoke rising from the back of the Neepawa 水果视频 Hardware building. In addition to working in the store, Vaughan and her husband Tom lived in one of the four apartments above the hardware store.
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Q and A with Neepawa fire chief Scott Gibson
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- Published on Thursday, March 5, 2015
By Eoin Devereux
The Neepawa Banner
Just over a week removed from the devastating blaze that destroyed the 水果视频 Hardware building in Neepawa, Fire Department chief Scott Gibson describes exactly how the evening played out for the volunteers and emergency personnel who were the first line of defence against the flames.
When did you first receive the call?
鈥淎t around 6:13 pm, we received the initial page to a structure fire. As soon as you walked out the door that evening, you could see the smoke, so we knew we were going to something serious, right from the start. We began entry into the building. There was a key holder there who let us in. At that time, there was no smoke, no flame on the main, store level of the building. There was nothing showing on the second level, other than smoke. Upon investigation into the building, the fire was actually burning between the two shells of the old building and the new building.鈥�
