Right in the centre - Will we do better in the future?
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- Published on Friday, August 5, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
In the past, I have written about the U.S. medical system. I have had to delay getting back to Canada because I ended up in three different U.S. hospitals last week, one in Kentucky and two in Missouri. Treatment was excellent and as of Tuesday, Aug. 1, my wife Christine was driving me 15 hours home. God bless health care staff and my wife.
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Right in the centre - One has to wonder
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- Published on Friday, July 29, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Note: By the time you read this column, Christine and I plan to be home from a 5,000 km road trip. It鈥檚 a trip that would not even be possible with an electric car. The federal governments in both Canada and the United States have their energy policies entirely wrong, but the warnings spelled out in this 2019 column have gone largely unheeded.
Right in the centre - Standing behind words and actions
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- Published on Friday, July 22, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Note: This column was originally printed in 2019, but it is even more applicable today. ~KW
One thing that the internet has done for us is to provide more information than we could ever process. One big problem is that much of the information we are offered is false or, at best, not always accurate.
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Right in the centre - Finding the truth in an electronic world
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- Published on Friday, July 15, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
A number of years ago, the term citizen journalism emerged. With the internet, web sites, web blogs, Google and Facebook all developing it became increasingly evident that a tidal wave of information was coming our way.
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Right in the centre - Where have we gone astray?
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- Published on Friday, July 8, 2022
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The following quote from Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks volumes about how bad things can get on so many levels. Following a shooting that injured two police officers near a Fourth of July event on Monday night, Kenney told a group of reporters that only police officers should be allowed to own guns and that he is looking forward to retiring, so he no longer has to deal with gun violence. 鈥淚鈥檒l be happy when I鈥檓 not the mayor,鈥� he added.
