Thumbs up, thumbs down & Letters to the editor
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- Published on Saturday, January 20, 2018
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Neepawa Banner & Press
A thumbs up and a thank you to T. Dagg and the R.M. of Rosedale. Your donation to TNR Rescue has helped the municipality control the feral cat population. Working together makes things happen.
Carol Davies, TNR Volunteer
Manitoba Horticultural Association celebrating 120 years
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- Published on Saturday, January 20, 2018
By Miranda Leybourne
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Manitoba Horticultural Association (MHA) is celebrating 120 years of gardening history with its annual general meeting from Jan. 25-27 in Neepawa at the Christian Education Centre of the Neepawa United Church.
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Cutting edge yet still classic
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- Published on Friday, January 19, 2018
K.S. Hunter’s Barbershop owner & operator Katie Hunter & her dog Copper. (Photo property of J. Images)
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
The classic barbershop experience is making a comeback, and Minnedosa is now part of that movement. On Wednesday, Jan. 10, K.S. Hunter’s Barbershop opened for business, offering the luxury of an old style haircut and straight razor shave.
50/50 funding for a new lagoon in Riverdale Municipality
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- Published on Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Sheila Runions
Rivers Banner
Riverdale Municipality held a public hearing on Thursday, Jan. 4; council and CAO outnumbered interested residents. Mayor Todd Gill suggested the poor attendance was because the project was so old or the weather too cold. Rivers Banner countered that because Christmas holidays were still in effect and children not back in school was why people were absent. Regardless of the reason, only seven citizens, this reporter and two WCG-TV Channel 12 volunteers comprised the crowd.
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December duties - Rivers Police Service
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- Published on Tuesday, January 16, 2018
By Bruce Klassen
Rivers Police Chief
Rivers Police Service (RPS) had 47 calls during December which were categorized in the following manner. Five Criminal Code violations: two assaults, two frauds and one other crime such as a breach, public mischief, harassing phone call, etc. In the year, there were 69 Criminal Code cases: one sexual offence, one abduction/forcible confinement, five assaults, two break and enters, one theft of a motor vehicle, 178 thefts under $5,000, eight property damages, one offensive weapon, four frauds, two drug cases and 27 others.
