Election 2015 - The economy

Banner Staff

The Neepawa Banner

Until the federal election on October 19th, the Neepawa Banner will be talking to the candidates about the issues that matter to local voters. This week we begin with the candidate profiles. Check back as we ask the candidates for their views on a new topic each week.

Many Canadians are concerned about uncertainty in the Canadian and world economies. What does your party plan to do to help the Canadian economy weather the storm? Are there any changes to the Canadian economy your party would like to see?

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'Dragons' looking for the region's big ideas

By Kira Paterson

The Neepawa Banner

Local entrepreneurs will have a chance to make their ideas a reality at a new event in Minnedosa next month.

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Legion Ladies Auxiliary - Sept 24, 2015

By Lisa Smith

Publicity

The regular monthly meeting of Rivers Legion Ladies Auxiliary was held Sept. 8 in Rivers Legion upper hall; 19 members attended.

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Professor a published author

By Sheila Runions

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Elwin Kettner was born in Brandon but spent all his childhood on the farm near Bradwardine. Grades 1-8 were taken at Bradwardine School and Grades 9-12 at Rivers; he graduated in 1968. Three years later he graduated from Brandon University (BU) with bachelor degrees in math and economics. He moved to Alberta the summer of 1971 and graduated the next year with his masters in economics, University of Alberta. Following that graduation he was immediately employed in Alberta as an economist in industry and government, positions he held for six years (1972-78). He and wife Elaine then farmed for 10 years and moved back to Manitoba in 1988 after purchasing his Uncle Elbridge Ramsay’s farm 2.5 miles south of Bradwardine. In 1990 they returned to Alberta where Elwin was an assistant economics professor at Canadian University College (returning to Manitoba in the summer to help with his farm).

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New logo for Riverdale Municipality

Riverdale Logo copy

Pictured: the new logo for Riverdale Municipality

By Jessie Bell

The January 2015 provincially-forced amalgamation of RM of Daly and Town of Rivers created a new entity, Riverdale Municipality. This new municipal corporation has a new logo, which replaces the former seals and appears on all correspondence and municipal-owned vehicles. 

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