Right in the centre - Calling a spade a spade!
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- Published on Friday, June 17, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
鈥淭o "call a spade a spade" is a figurative expression which refers to calling something "as it is鈥�, that is, by its right or proper name, without "beating about the bush"鈥攂eing outspoken about it, truthfully, frankly and directly, even to the point of being blunt or rude and even if the subject is considered coarse, impolite, or unpleasant.鈥� 鈥揥ikipedia-2017
My perspective - Future of the family farm
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- Published on Thursday, June 16, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
According to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), over $50 billion in farm assets are set to change hands over the next 10 years. Canada鈥檚 farm population is ageing and there will be a huge change in the country鈥檚 agricultural landscape as these ageing farmers sell their farms and retire.
水果视频bodies - Everything old is new again...
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- Published on Sunday, June 12, 2016
By Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
The tiny house movement is apparently taking America by storm. I admit, I am intrigued by the concept, even watch the television show whenever I can. The settlers of the Canadian prairies mastered tiny house living. My mother-in-law could recall living in a soddie, also known in Mennonite culture as a semlin. Basically a home built of sod, dug down into the earth before forming the walls of sod grass. Even the roof was made of earth. One door, perhaps a window, luxury if it was a glass one, practical if it was one of oiled paper.
Faithfully yours - You have to play the hand you鈥檙e dealt
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- Published on Saturday, June 11, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
The Neepawa Banner
Over the past few months, in addition to the federal election, voters in Alberta, Saskatchewan and 水果视频 each elected new provincial governments.
Of the four groups of voters, only those in Saskatchewan saw fit to return the governing party to power. The other three elections saw massive shifts in the vote. The Liberals were swept into power federally. The NDP ended over 40 years of Conservative rule in Alberta, while the PCs did the same to the NDP here in 水果视频.
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My perspective - An unnecessary choice
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- Published on Friday, June 10, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Where do we want our young offenders to be spending their time? The Winnipeg School Division board chair would like to see them in school. This week, Mark Wasyliw, who is also a defence lawyer, proposed a pilot project that would move bail and probation officers into the division鈥檚 schools. The school board will vote on the proposal later this month. If it鈥檚 passed, the provincial government will have to approve the project before it can be implemented.
