Right in the centre - Closing the gaps on public policy
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- Published on Friday, November 25, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I am not sure if we will have room this week for a column from John Feldsted about the big international climate conference. Seems that Canada sent over 300 delegates. These conferences have been going on for decades now and don鈥檛 appear to be making much progress. John鈥檚 column explains how the goals of the conferences are based on some pretty shaky premises and agreement isn鈥檛 happening anytime soon.
Perhaps the problem is similar to a lot of issues, where governments set out to solve problems but often bog down.
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Right in the centre - Repair or replace, that is the question
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- Published on Friday, November 18, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I was asked a pointed question last week by a person who lives in the region and knows about Neepawa but doesn鈥檛 live in the town. The question was, 鈥淣eepawa is a progressive town, isn鈥檛 it?鈥�
I paused with my answer and then offered, 鈥淵es, it is a progressive town, but sometimes reluctantly.鈥�
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Right in the centre - What choice do you make when there are no good choices?
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- Published on Friday, November 11, 2022
by Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
By the time this column sees the light of day, the United States will have conducted their mid-term elections. The U.S. mid-terms serve a couple of purposes. They serve as a sort of referendum on the sitting president鈥檚 performance. It鈥檚 like a half-way performance review and it鈥檚 rare that presidents do all that well.
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Right in the centre - Some basic facts about newspapers
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- Published on Friday, November 4, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Dozens of times per week we get various press releases. They are important in the newspaper industry. By way of press releases, we find out what governments are up to, what organizations have planned for programs or meetings, what local events might be happening and a whole host of other items.
The problem is a newspaper can鈥檛 live on printing press releases. A newspaper needs ads to survive. And surviving isn鈥檛 enough, a business needs to thrive, to pay the print bill, distiribution costs and oh, yes, the staff.
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Right in the centre - Standing up to the feds
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- Published on Friday, October 28, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
This past week, Alberta鈥檚 premier Danielle Smith was sworn in, named her cabinet and presided over an AGM. She brought a lot of people into cabinet, among them her leadership rivals. She also laid down some rules for how to deal with Ottawa. Other than Quebec, no other province has been so vocal in their complaints about how they are treated by Ottawa.
