Blue Bomber legend entertains at Neepawa Sports Dinner
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- Published on Friday, November 10, 2017
Left to right: Ashton Anderson and Jordan Martin hold up one of the auction items, as CFL Hall of Famer Chris Walby looks on
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
To simply say that former Winnipeg Blue Bombers great Chris Walby has had a legendary career, feels like it’s underselling his accomplishments. Over the span of 16 seasons, Walby established himself as one of the Canadian Football League’s greatest offensive linemen, helping the Bombers win Grey Cups in 1984, 1988 and 1990. After he retired, Walby parlayed that into a successful broadcast career. On top of that, he also had a ‘colourful’ pair of seasons in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. It’s no wonder that the attendees at the ninth annual Neepawa Sports Dinner were so enthralled by the stories of the big man’s eventful legacy.
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WE Day with NACI
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- Published on Friday, November 10, 2017
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Neepawa Banner & Press
WE Day Manitoba took place Oct. 25 at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg. It was an exciting day of music, entertainment, education and change. This year’s line up included Eli Brown, Panicland, George Takei and many more.
Looking back - 1947: Lion’s Club Halloween Party a success
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- Published on Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Cecil Pittman
The Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago
Tuesday, November 2, 1937
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Foley was nearly demolished by fire Friday afternoon. A neighbour informed Mrs. Foley that smoke was issuing from an upstairs window and when she investigated she found a bed in flames but with a few douses of water she was able to quell the fire. It is thought an over heated stove pipe ignited the curtains in the room.
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Gladstone to host folk singer
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- Published on Monday, November 6, 2017
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Neepawa Banner & Press
Acclaimed songwriter, Lizzy Hoyt is one of Canada’s most powerful Celtic-folk artists. Known for bringing history to life with music, she is a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient for her work commemorating Canadian veterans and Vimy Ridge history through music.
Homebodies - Pondering...
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- Published on Sunday, November 5, 2017
Rita Freisen
The Neepawa Banner & Press
A phrase from the book on my bedside, ‘Ride the Rising Wind, One Woman’s Journey Across Canada’, by Barbara Kingscote echoed and re-echoed in my thoughts and musings. [ I digress, but it isn’t often that a compelling book stays as long as this one has – I have been busy and busier!] This time the author is making her way across Ontario, waiting to see the prairies. She has chosen to stop at a small home, tucked in a clearing in the bush. The scent of a wood smoke smudge, the light from a window, drew her in. she ‘stepped across the threshold of my own hesitation into a lamp lit kitchen’.
