Guest column - Hindsight now sharper than one might like to see
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- Published on Friday, December 4, 2020
By Mike Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
As the daily barrage of information with the COVID-19 pandemic comes across the airwaves, internet and newspapers, it is a challenge to sort through the static. As a guest editorial writer this week, I would like to isolate one of the underlying tones that is, at times, being lost in the babble.
As one looks back through the carnage, largely in the realm of long term care homes, I have a faint hope. I have hope that as a result of the horrific results we have seen, this will shine a spotlight on the need for a more intense focus on elder care in our country.
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Column like I see 'em - Brian Pallister’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month
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- Published on Friday, December 4, 2020
By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press
November has not been very kind to Manitoba premier Brian Pallister, but then again, it hasn’t really been all that kind to any of us, has it?
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Temporary remote learning will begin in 2021
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- Published on Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Banner & Press Staff
The Manitoba government has decided to install a temporary two-week remote learning period for all grade 7 to 12 students. Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen announced today that this two-week period will begin Jan. 4, 2021, following the regularly scheduled holiday break.
