New lungs for Nick Ewasiuk
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- Published on Friday, August 12, 2016
Submitted photo. Following his double lung transplant, Nick Ewasiuk began his rehabilitation in hospital in Edmonton.
By Vern May
For the Neepawa Banner
The first thing that grabs you about Erickson’s Nick Ewasiuk is his engaging smile and his unforgettable charisma. Even isolated in an Edmonton hospital just days after double lung transplant surgery, that irrepressible quality still shines through as he talks about his journey and what’s still ahead.
Neepawa Natives excited about schedule, hope to see many fans
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- Published on Friday, August 12, 2016
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The Neepawa Natives and the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) are getting back into things, with the new season schedule being released and the Natives’ annual general meeting coming up.
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Home sweet home
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- Published on Thursday, August 11, 2016
Submitted photos. Nikki at the Sound of Vienna classical concert in Vienna, Austria.
By Nikki Tomoniko
Rotary Exchange Student
I sit at home, look over the fields I’ve grown up playing in and think to myself, “Crazy.”
My name is Nikki Tomoniko and I have spent the last year in Switzerland on a Rotary exchange. I, an unassuming prairie girl, left the safe valleys of our flat province to join the high life in the mountains. I arrived in Switzerland on a hot, August day with primitive German in my back pocket and nodding smiles as survival methods. My year grew and evolved from that day on, into what I can’t describe as anything other than extraordinary. I have made friends, found families, laughed with Rotarians and explored so much of what were once just foreign concepts to me.
Elephants and meerkats and squirrels, oh my!
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- Published on Thursday, August 11, 2016
Submitted photos. Daniel Heschuk on top of Table Mountain near Cape Town, South Aftica.
By Kira Paterson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Daniel Heschuk, of Neepawa, has recently returned from a unique trip to South Africa. Heschuk, 20, who is going into his third year at the University of Manitoba, spent three months on a wildlife reserve called SA Lombard researching the Cape ground squirrel.
Activities planned for 10th anniversary of the Langford Recreational Trails
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- Published on Thursday, August 11, 2016
Submitted photo. This scenic lookout can be found along the hike at the Langford Recreational Trails.
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Ten years ago, local volunteers developed The Langford Recreational Trails as a place for people to hike, bike and enjoy nature. This series of connecting trails allows people to choose a hike or a bike ride with distances ranging from one kilometre to 10 kilometres. Located 10 kilometres east of Neepawa on Highway 16, and south five kilometres on Road 81 W, it is easily accessible. A map of the trails can be obtained on the website neepawaleisure.com.
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