My perspective - No Winners
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- Published on Thursday, January 11, 2018
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
In a debate that pits business owners against employees, minimum wage is in the news again. On Jan. 1, the Ontario government raised the minimum wage by close to 21 per cent; from $11.60 to $14 an hour. For the last few years, minimum wage earners and anti-poverty advocates have been pushing a higher minimum wage as a way to reduce poverty and narrow the widening gap between rich and poor. But businesses are countering, saying that with slim profit margins, higher minimum wages will require them to reduce the number of employees and raise prices for everyone. It鈥檚 a complex problem with no clear solution and one in which both sides are right.
My perspective - Shaping the future
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- Published on Thursday, January 4, 2018
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
As the new year starts, it鈥檚 common to look back at the year that was. Here at the Neepawa Banner & Press and Rivers Banner, we recently compiled a list of the year鈥檚 most popular stories, according to page views on our news site, www.mywestman.ca. We鈥檝e been doing this for a few years and while it鈥檚 interesting to readers, it also helps us better understand the type of stories that people want to read.
Right in the centre - Let there be light
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- Published on Thursday, January 4, 2018
Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
The day light hours are actually getting a tiny bit longer, albeit by only two or three minutes a day. Light is a good thing. Light has long been associated with truth and knowledge. People will say, let鈥檚 shed a bit of light on a certain topic or subject. It鈥檚 a great concept as much better decisions are made in the light of truth rather than the darkness of blind assumptions.In good old rural 水果视频, there has been a lot of decisions made in the darkness of assumptions.
And a Happy New Year...
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- Published on Saturday, December 30, 2017
By Rita Friesen
Neepawa Banner & Press
It is my custom to pause at years鈥� end and reflect. I do a great deal of reflecting, finding that as I mature I have more time to think and more to think about. A gentle way of admitting I am getting old! It has been a wonderful year. I no longer set as many goals and therefore don鈥檛 disappoint myself, or others, but quietly move through the days, appreciating all that I am and all that I have. Being present.
My perspective - Here's to a successful 2018
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- Published on Thursday, December 28, 2017
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
As 2017 comes to a close, many of us are now looking towards 2018. Regardless of whether the last 12 months have been good, bad or somewhere in the middle, most of us have the goal of making the new year better than the last.
