Thumbs up, thumbs down - November 17, 2017
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- Published on Friday, November 17, 2017
Thumbs up to all the courteous drivers in and around town. We do a lot of walking and sure appreciate it. Also, a thumbs up to the guy that helped me off the ice last winter.
Alice and Jake De Beer
Neepawa, MB
Neepawa offers new incentives for development
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- Published on Friday, November 17, 2017
Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
Plans are in motion for a new incentive program to attract more development into Neepawa. On Tuesday, Nov. 7, town council reviewed a by-law that would provide taxation incentives for new multiple-unit residential development, as well as new or expanding, commercial and industrial developments.
Letters - Did Tommy Douglas found medicare?
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- Published on Friday, November 17, 2017
Darrell Rankin
Leader, Communist Party of Canada -
Manitoba
Mackenzie King was the first prominent Canadian politician to promise medicare, a month after the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919. He promised it at the convention where he was elected leader of the Liberal Party.
My perspective - agreement disagreement
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- Published on Thursday, November 16, 2017
Kate Jackman - Atkinson
Neepawa Banner & Press
Manitoba is one of the few remaining jurisdictions in which project labour agreements (PLA) are used, but that might be changing. On Nov. 3, the provincial government opened consultations on their current procurements practices, with a goal of reducing or eliminating the use of PLAs on major government projects.
