Looking back - 1978: Appreciation shown for Bruce Pilkey
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- Published on Friday, February 16, 2018
By Jessica Morton
Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago. Tuesday, February 15, 1938: The two day blizzard that struck the district Saturday and Sunday was the worst experienced here for several years. Few farmers ventured to town Saturday and some who did remained here for the weekend rather than chance being blown in on the road home. The highways were blocked in every direction and there will be a great deal of work done before traffic will open again. Thirty extra men were engaged by the local C.N.R. to send out with the snowplows to dig out the yards. In town, every householder had to bend his back to make paths to the thoroughfares and some business men had to engage trucks to cart away the banks that had heaped up on their properties.
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Neepawa Farmers fall in playoff opener
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- Published on Friday, February 16, 2018
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
The Cartwright Clippers continue to be the biggest surprise of the post-season in the Tiger Hills Hockey League. After first upsetting the fourth place Minnedosa Bombers 3-games-to-one in the opening round of the playoffs, the Clippers followed that up with a 6-4 win over the top ranked Neepawa Farmers on Thursday, Feb. 17.
The Ace has been chased!
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- Published on Friday, February 16, 2018
Submitted photo. Neepawa Royal Canadian Legion Branch #23 Chase the Ace winner Danny Schmidtke and partner Doreen Burton.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
There was a great sense of anticipation in the air inside the Neepawa Royal Canadian Legion building on Friday, Feb. 9, as a near capacity crowd eagerly awaited the results of the weekly Chase the Ace (CTA) draw. And after 47 weeks of build up, that elusive ace of spades was finally tracked down, as Danny Schmidtke of Erickson found the correct card. With just seven cards to choose from, Schmidtke had just a 14.2 per cent chance at finding the ace. Though those odds were long, they were still more than enough for him to uncover the ace and win the big prize of $37,097.
My perspective - Exceptional, but unacceptable
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- Published on Thursday, February 15, 2018
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Public hearings are currently underway and their outcome will determine how much Manitobans will be held responsible for past government action. Right now, the province’s Public Utility Board is hearing arguments for and against an increase to Manitoba Hydro rates, which Patti Ramage, Manitoba Hydro’s legal council called, “exceptional”.
