Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op reports to members
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- Published on Friday, May 4, 2018
Ken waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Following is a summarized version of the reports delivered on May 19 to the co-op annual meetng. The local Co-op is a vibrant member of many local business communities. They are members of Federated Co-op Ltd.and together they create employment for over 24,500 people in Western Canada, in over 500 communities in 2,500 locations.
My perspective - The good, the bad
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- Published on Friday, May 4, 2018
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Turns out, improving the skills of Manitoba students isn’t as easy as A-B-C. This week, the results of the 2016 Pan-Canadian Assessment (PCAP) of reading, science and math were released, and students and educators in this province got some good news and some bad. While Manitoba students’ skills have improved, they still lag behind those in other provinces.
Right in the centre - Biggest scam of the century
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Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Canadians, and Manitobans as well, are about to be subjected to the biggest scam ever foisted upon us. It’s called the carbon tax. The Canadian government is imposing a carbon tax. As our local MP Bob Sopuck and MP Pierre Poilievre have pointed out, the government isn’t saying how much the tax is expected to bring in or where it will be spent. I think everyone can guess where it will be spent and that is the blackhole of government spending that has typified governments of the past few decades. God knows, they wouldn’t want to balance the budget, service the debt or actually curb spending. It is reported that a family taking in $85,000 per year pays 45 per cent in taxes of all kinds. That is scarily close to half their income.
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Neepawa Novas year-end results
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- Published on Thursday, May 3, 2018
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Neepawa Banner & Press
The Neepawa Novas Gymnastics Club recently closed out their competitive season at the Regional Stream Provincial Championship. The event was held Apr. 20-22 in Swan River and hosted by the Swan Valley Cheetahs Gymnastics Club.
