Right in the centre - Election looming
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- Published on Friday, September 29, 2023
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
October 3 is Manitoba Election Day. Most predictions are calling for a very close election. Close in that the number of seats for each party may be a lot closer than the last couple of elections but in some ridings, the results won’t be very close. In some they will be quite close. In next week’s column, I will try to bring over 60 years of experience observing elections to the column so maybe, younger people can avoid some of the mistakes I made and the others have made.
Right in the centre - Corporation, corpulent or corpse?
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- Published on Friday, September 22, 2023
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I find it interesting how the newspaper industry has shifted over the 50 plus years I have been involved. My first experience was in 1968 and we laid out the pages with typed out, justified copy printed on strips that we ran through a waxer and laid the strips on blue-lined lay-out sheets. Labour intensive process for sure. We had to leave blanks or plugs in the places where pictures were to be placed. Then the sheets had to be driven to a printing press and you waited while the pages were finished, the negatives shots, the plates burned and placed on a press and the final product spewed out of the folder.
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Right in the Centre - Looking for answers
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- Published on Friday, September 15, 2023
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
There is a huge uproar in rural Manitoba about Emergency Rooms and rightly so. The closure of ERs may not be the government’s fault regardless of party.
Right in the centre - It's decision time
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- Published on Friday, September 8, 2023
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
By the time you read this column, Manitoba will be well into its provincial election. It will be a short writ period, as election day is Oct. 3. As reported in the Winnipeg Free Press on Sept. 4, “There are 57 seats up for grabs in what is expected to be a tight, bitter battle for control of the legislature, as the province’s first woman to serve as premier tries to persuade voters to give the Progressive Conservatives a third term in office.”
The NDP, led by Wab Kinew, will try to convince the voters that the PCs made way too many cuts and the NDP will have to spend more on just about everything.
I disagree, but my opinion doesn’t matter much, I have only one vote just like everyone else. The real problem is that little more than half the people vote and that in itself is disgusting. Maybe it’s apathy, or maybe a feeling of helplessness, that they don’t vote is appalling to me.
Right in the Centre - Searching for truth
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- Published on Friday, September 1, 2023
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Over the past few weeks, I have been noting some news items that seem strange to say the least. It is becoming more difficult to sort out truth from fiction.
