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Right in the centre - It shouldn’t be that tough

By Ken Waddell

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This week, there has been many things happening that will affect our lives. People in government make decisions and those decisions affect our daily lives. Here’s a few items that have come down that affect us both directly and indirectly.

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Right in the centre - A tough battle is needed

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ë®¹ûÊÓƵ is about to elect a new leader. Brian Pallister has said he won’t run in the next election. Let it be said in this space that Brian Pallister took a very weakened PC party and made it into two majority governments. He faced down a weak and lazy party establishment and infused some backbone into sitting MLAs and new candidates alike. He ran a fairly good government and even in the COVID-19 crisis, he did as well or better than most provincial leaders across Canada.

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Right in the centre - It’s really, really hard

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

Yes, it is really, really hard to not  descend into the profane, to crawl around in the gutter in choosing words to describe where we are as a country right now. With so many good things and so much to be thankful for, why are we ruining ourselves so quickly?

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Right in the Centre - How bad is it, anyway?

By Ken Waddell

Many Ë®¹ûÊÓƵns experience frustration every day with the extremely poor cell service and internet service across rural parts of the province. The rest of Ë®¹ûÊÓƵ citizens experience frustration every time they travel through poor cell service areas. It’s tough to travel from any point A to point B without losing cell service.

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Right in the centre - Good intentions or actions, it's time to choose

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner & Press

At long last, Ë®¹ûÊÓƵ has opened up a lot as we hopefully skid to the end of COVID-19. On Tuesday, Premier Pallister and Dr. Roussin announced the long awaited changes to public health orders. The changes are covered elsewhere in the paper and do represent some long awaited relief for Ë®¹ûÊÓƵns’ lifestyle.

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