80 years ago
Tues. June 24, 1930

Two people miraculously escaped with their lives on Friday night, when a Fedoruk gravel truck loaded and a Pontiac Sedan driven by Oliver Coultier crashed in an almost-head-on collision a few miles east on the Union Road. The car was considerably smashed up. The truck was headed west on the wrong side of the road.

70 years ago
Fri., June 21, 1940

J.A. Davidison, town solicitor, was in Brandon last week to present the brief of the Town of Neepawa regarding the proposed abandonment of the Hallboro - Beulah branch of the C.N.R. to the Board of Transport commissioners for Canada.

60 years ago
Thurs., June 22, 1950

Money bylaw to cover waterworks and other town improvements as well as a new firehall totalling $50,000 took its initial step when council at its last meeting instructed town solicitor J.A. Davidson to place the information before municipal and public utilities board for permission to hold a public vote on the by-law.

50 years ago
Tues., June 21 , 1960

Calmly and factually and without a parent rancor, a resident of the town Monday night told Neepawa council that he'd been given to understand that the cost of obtaining a water connection for his proposed new house would be $600, that price tag has been hiked to $1,500, now that the house is built and the water and sewer lines installed.
Gerald Murray told town council flatly that he would never have built where he did if he'd been told in the first place what the cost of obtaining the services was going to be. He wouldn't have built even if the cost were only a little over $1,000 he said. A descrepency between the original estimate and the actual cost was noted to works superintendant, K.D. McClelland admitted he had been "quite a bit out."

40 years ago
Thurs., June 25, 1970

Services at the cenotaph and the cemetery will give all citizens of Beautiful Plains an opportuntity to pause and pay tribute to those who fell in wartime, as well as those veterans who have passed away in peacetime. Many of their lives shortened by the hardships of war. Tribute will be paid to the pioneering men and women who had the vision and courage to open up the Beautiful Plains around Neepawa.
30 years ago
Thurs., June 26, 1980

Town council, Tuesday approved in principal the proposed move of the Beautiful Plains Museum to Neepawa's former C.N. Railway station. An agreement that must be drawn up between the museum and C.N.R., setting out the conditions of sale for the building and terms of the lease for the land. Council asked the museum to provide a proposed operating budget for the new site and a copy of the actual agreement to be signed before committing itself to final approval.

20 years ago
Tues., June 26, 1990

A $2.45 million improvement project hasn't made East View Lodge perfect. “We're a lot closer to perfection than we were," says Herb Osmond, administrator of the 125-bed personal care home. Osmond said he was delighted with the improvments resulting from the project, which was funded by the Manitoba Health and Service Commission.
"Obviously, we have better capabilities now,” Osmond said just before Tuesday's official ceremony, celebrating the project's completion. "We waited a long time for this. The wait was nearly 10 years"

10 years ago
Mon., June 26, 2000

Darlene Gillies, of Neepawa, has been named grant councillor for the Manitoba-Saskatchewan branch of United Commercial Travellers. As grant concillor, Gillies provides direction for 18 councils in her jurisdiction. The position also makes her eligible to attend supreme sessions, to be held in Washington, D.C. this month.
Formed in 1990, the Neepawa branch of UCT has 220 members involved in activities benefiting the mentallychallenged, cancer, youth and safety.