Friday, October 18, 2019 • Vol.124 No. 12 • Neepawa, Manitoba
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Federal candidates ‘Meet and Greet’ session held in Neepawa By Eoin Devereux
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Undecided voters in Neepawa recently had one final chance to learn a little more about their local federal candidates. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, the Neepawa & District Chamber of Commerce hosted a “Meet and Greet” session at the Royal Canadian Legion building. The event featured a representative from all six of the federal parties running within the Dauphin- Swan R iverNeepawa riding. The night featured each candidate being allotted five minutes to speak to the assembled contingent of voters about themselves and their party’s platform. Individual tables were also set up for each party to hand out information or speak to people on a oneon-one basis. A relaxed structure Chamber of Commerce president Pam Miller said
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By Ken Waddell Neepawa Banner& Press The Neepawa Banner was originally planned to be a radio station, but that venture proved too expensive, mainly due to the high cost of obtaining a CRTC licence at that time. The 1980s were not kind to the farming community, so it was tough to find adequate capital to fund any venture. Ken Waddell had been writing a lot of columns for Grainews and also doing a lot of posters and adverting for the family auction business. Those factors lead to a discussion with local business leaders about starting a newspaper. Their response was very positive and so encouraged by that reaction, we decided to start the Neepawa Banner. Looking back at the earlier years, certainly the auction business was a major customer. The secret to a newspaper is to have local news, a good advertising base and locally written editorials. The paper has to have a clearly defined market and the circulation is then set to fit that market area. See the evolution of the paper over the last 30 years in the following pages.
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that the informal feel to the evening’s festivities allowed for a more open and diverse dialogue between the candidates and the people who attended. “We felt that it was very important for business owners and members of our community to have a chance to speak with the candidates and learn about who they are and what they represent,” stated Miller. “Keeping things [informal] like this, it’s a preferred forum for our candidates and it gave each of them a fair opportunity to be heard and speak to the attendees.” Differing perspectives The five minute speech format ensured each candidate focused on what they perceived as the most important points. The first one to make their final pitch was Dan Mazier of the Conservative Party. Continued on Page A2
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Friday, Oct. 11 marked the beginning of a Thanksgiving weekend blizzard all across southern Manitoba. This picture was taken in a Lansdowne area yard on Saturday. See more winter storm coverage on Page A14.
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