Neepawa Farmers just keep on winning
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- Published on Monday, January 1, 2018
While this goal in the second period was waved off due to goaltender interference, the Neepawa Farmers still tallied nine others in their win over the Wawanesa Jets on Saturday, Dec. 30.
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
A ten game winning streak has the Neepawa Farmers ushering in the new year as one of the top teams in the Tiger Hills Hockey League (THHL). A pair of victories over the Hartney Blues and Wawanesa Jets on the last weekend of 2017, improved the Farmers’ regular season record to 11-2-0. Neepawa upended the Blues 9-5 on Friday, Dec. 29 and then quickly followed that up on Dec. 30 with a 9-2 thumping of the Jets.
Looking back - 1967: Funeral services held for Jack White
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- Published on Monday, January 1, 2018
By Cecil Pittman
Neepawa Banner & Press
80 years ago. Friday, December 24, 1937: A. E. Morrish is one business man in Neepawa that will fully appreciate the Christmas holiday for the rest it will provide. Since April 21 of this year, he has had 1,061 sittings in his studio and has sold between 600 and 700 large frames, more, it is claimed than any one studio in Winnipeg. For the success of his Coronation Special Mr. Morrish gives credit to the Press advertising.
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2017's top stories - Neepawa Banner & Press
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- Published on Sunday, December 31, 2017
Banner Staff
Neepawa Banner & Press
As 2017 draws to a close, we take a look back at the Neepawa Banner & Press’ top 10 stories of 2017. The results are based on the online page views on www.mywestman.ca. Links to the complete stories can be found with the snippets of each story within this article. The number of individual online views are listed with each story and are accumulated via Joomla Software Systems. Numbers up to date to Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017.
Faithfully yours - Consider the Franklin's gulls
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- Published on Sunday, December 31, 2017
By Neil Strohschein
Neepawa Banner & Press
My early years were spent on a farm in rural Alberta. I was the first of three “home made hired men” who, along with our mom, helped my dad build a successful mixed farm. The youngest of the hired men took over the farm when dad retired. Today, he and his son raise beef cattle on the home quarter—the rest of the land is rented to a neighboring grain farmer.
