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Ë®¹ûÊÓƵbodies - Productive solitude is necessary

By Rita Friesen

The Neepawa Banner

‘Solitude, clearly, isn’t our most comfortable state. But based on recent research, we’d be wise to overcome anxiety around being by ourselves. While nobody’s advocating becoming a hermit, there are benefits to spending at least some time alone each day’. An excerpt from Reader’s Digest October 2015 - ‘Why it pays to spend time alone – One Is the Loveliest Number’ by Megan Jones.

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Faithfully yours - There are no magic solutions

By Neil Strohschein

The Neepawa Banner

Early in my career, I attended a weekend seminar on pastoral counseling. Our presenter was a highly respected individual with decades of experience in the field. He had just finished writing a book on the subject and I was part of the first group to hear him share his ideas in public.

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New Tucson offers quality and fun at a reasonable price

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Photo courtesy of . With it’s contemporary, chunky styling, the Tucson is arguably one of the best-looking vehicles in its class 

By Ben Castle

The Neepawa Banner

Twelve years is a long time in the automotive industry. If this had been the first generation Hyundai Tucson of 12 years ago, I probably wouldn't have much positive to say other than it is a cheap, well-equipped alternative to the likes of the evergreen Honda CRV and Toyota RAV4 with an industry-leading five year, 100,000 kilometre bumper-to-bumper warranty. In terms of engineering, desirability and quality of build though, it fell a little short of best in class. However, with the third generation 2016 Tucson launched mid-way through 2015, Hyundai has gone bigger, better and more upmarket. 

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Right in the centre - Having a big impact

By Ken Waddell

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

On Tuesday night, the Neepawa town council decided to cut funding to two major local organizations, namely the Viscount Cultural Centre and the Neepawa Natives Junior Hockey Club. Both groups function only because of hundreds and hundreds of hours of non-paid volunteering. Each group, in their own way, makes a huge contribution to the community. The impact to the community morale is huge and the economic implications are even bigger.

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My perspective - This little piggy can’t go to market?

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

Prohibiting the practice of shark finning, making dog fighting illegal, banning the import of products made of dog or cat fur or skin and creating more legal mechanisms to prosecute those who starve animals to death– A newly introduced federal bill aims to close the loopholes that currently allow these practices to continue. You would be hard pressed to find a Canadian who doesn’t support such legislation, the problem is that this isn’t all that Bill C-246 contains. 

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