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33rd Anniversary Its been an honour & a privilege to Since 1988 serve the community for 33 years!

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Left: Matthew and Kate Atkinson with their daughter Evelyn and their dog Gus after their family was named the Commercial Cattle Producers of the Year.

Right: (From left) Neepawa Chamber president Pam Miller presented the Business of the Year award to Your Dollar Store With More employees Debra Kerkowich and Christi Hiller and owners/operators Karen Dyck and Brenda Harbour.

Right: Neepawa had a rather large visitor on a couple occasions last Januar y. This moose had been seen by several residents near Riverside Cemeter y, but the authorities were called to escor t her out of town when she ventured further into residential areas.

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Over three months of sacrif ices from all Manitobans has f inally paid off. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, the Provincial government announced it is taking a gradual step forward, further loosening COVID-19 related restrictions on Friday, Feb. 12.

The new orders from the province will permit restaurants, tattoo parlours, gyms, nail salons and libraries to reopen at 25 per cent capacity. Places of worship, meanwhile, will be allowed to hold indoor religious services at 10 per cent capacity or 50 people, whichever is lower.

A big day for Manitobans Premier Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin, Manitoba’s chief provincial

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The uncertainty created by COVID-19 was a tremendous challenge for every single business in Neepawa in 2020. For Karen Dyck and Brenda Harbour, the owners and operators of Your Dollar Store With More, their efforts to face those challenges head on, while also maintaining their support for a wide array of commun it y organ izat ions, has been justifiably recognized. On Monday, Jan. 25, during the Neepawa & District Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting Your Dollar Store With More was presented with the 2020 Business of the Year Award.

Val Jarema, who nominated the business, announced the recipients during the AGM’s Zoom video conference. Jarema noted dur i ng t he a nnouncement that Dyck, Harbour and three parttime staff at Your Dollar Store With More have worked extremely hard to maintain service over the

course of the pandemic.

She said their increased usage of social media has been helpful in direct communication with customers during provincial restrictions. Jarema also lauded their continued support of worthy local causes, such as the Salvation Army, in these stressful times.

A fter the announcement was made, Chamber of Commerce office administrator Barb Bohn presented Dyck and Harbour with their award.

Bohn also congratulated them on their leadership, dedication and commitment towards excellent customer service in the community.

Karen Dyck and Brenda Harbour thanked the Chamber for the recognition, and also thanked Val for nominating them for the honour. They added that while 2020 has been a bit crazy, they remain very grateful for the support they have received over the years from their very loyal customers and the community in general.

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12 , p l a c e s s u c h a s (f r o m to p to bot tom) the Knox Presbyterian Church in Neepawa, Boston Pizza and Whitey’s Fitness Body Shop will be allowed to reopen, with limited capacities.

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health off icer, noted that the changes to the public health orders take effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning.

Pallister added that these are cautious changes to ensure the continued protection and safeguarding of Manitobans’ lives.

“Today is big day for Manitobans, especially for our local business owners, who are eager to safely reopen their doors and provide the goods and services that Manitobans have missed the past few months,” said Pallister. “[But] with fewer restrictions, we must remain cautious, in fact, even more cautious. In the absence of COVID-19 vaccines from the federal government, following the fundamentals is how we continue to protect each other and save lives.”

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Left: After more than three months of strict lockdowns, the Provincial government began easing restrictions.

Right: (From lef t) Garnet Vinnell and Tom Lisoway were putting the finishing touches on the Town of Neepawa’s first ever Crokicurl rink at the Flats on Feb. 1.

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1971: Bike-a-thon winners receive trophies

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While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

110 years ago, Friday, December 29, 1911 T he f i ve Ne e paw a students who attended normal school for term ended Dec. 15, have all been granted certificates of qualification to teach.

90 years ago, Tuesday, December 29, 1931 John A. MacDonald & Son closed out their business in Neepawa on Saturday, when the balance of stock on hand was shipped to Brandon by truck.

80 years ago, Tuesday, December 30, 1941 Plans to obtain information about prisoners and casualties in Hong Kong as quickly as possible have been launched by the Canadian Red Cross through the International Red Cross.

70 years ago, Thursday, December 20, 1951 Trimming the Christmas tree with fluffy snow is easy if you use soap flakes. It won’t melt, either.

60 years ago, Friday, December 22, 1961 Inkerman: Miss Doreen Pe r r e t t a n d b r o t he r Kenneth spent the weekend at their parental home here.

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These bike-a-thon winners received trophies in a ceremony at Hazel M. Kellington school around this time in 1971. Front row, from left are: Bryan Holmberg, second in Grade 5; Joanne Rubachuk, second in Grade 6; and Kim Flecknor, who accepted for her mother Mrs. Betty Flecknor, who was second in adults.

Back row are: Cindy Crabbe, first in grade 5; Mrs. E. Sneesby, first in adults and Dianne Owen, first in Grade 6.

K e l wo o d : M r s . H .

Bristlow was re-elected president of the St. John’s annual meeting held in the Parish Hall Dec. 14.

50 years ago, Thursday, December 23, 1971 Wellwood: One of the highlights of the year took place on June 13, when 100 people attended a special service at Zion Presbyterian Church to pay tribute to the pioneers of the area and to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of the Women’s M issionar y Societ y of Wellwood.

40 years ago, Thursday, December 31, 1981 “We can’t use it as it is now, or afford to renovate.

For far less, we could have a modern facility that all the municipalities could be involved with.”

With those words, Mayor Homer Gill announced he hopes to seal the fate of the

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oldest municipal building in the province, the Beautiful Plains County Building, in the next few months…

The town’s two partners and co-ow ners of the building and property recently decided against pa r t ic ipat i n g i n a ny renovation to the 98-yearold structure.

30 years ago, Tuesday, December 24, 1991 The Town of Neepawa could save up to $4,000 a year by conver t ing

incandescent and mercury vapor lights to high pressure sodium.

20 years ago, Monday, December 24, 2001 M i n n e d o s a RC M P were swamped with calls last Sunday after six pigs escaped from a semi-trailer.

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100 years ago, Friday, December 23, 1921 Four games of hockey were played this week and some real good work displayed. On Monday n ight t he Ha s B eens defeated the Nationals 7 to 3, and Kerr’s and the Nationals met, Kerr’s winning by 8 goals to 1, while in the second game the Auctioneers won from the Has-Beens 3 to 2.

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DECEMBER 31, 2021

Homebodies

By Chad Carpenter

Rita Friesen

Time for renewal

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have been involved in politics as a keen observer, a candidate, a mayor, a campaign organizer and as member of several constituency boards at both the provincial and federal levels.

My first involvement with politics came as a seven-year-old, meeting Manitoba Premier D.L. (Douglas) Campbell. He was a member of many parties over the decades, but ended up as a Liberal Progressive and as premier of Manitoba. I think he was an MLA for nearly 50 years.

He was a great speaker and a visionary. He lived to tell about it until he was nearly 100 years old. In his latter years, he became a supporter of Preston Manning and the Reform Party. His singular largest accomplishment was bringing Manitoba Hydro to rural Manitoba. Most people will not remember, but I do, that farms, until 1949, were generally not hooked up to the Manitoba Hydro grid. If farms had electricity, it was supplied by a windmill driven generator.

I have personally met and known a little bit about every premier since.

Our most recently retired premier, Brian Pallister, has been much maligned, but somewhat unfairly.

People may not remember, or even care, that the PC Manitoba Party was in severe disarray when Pallister volunteered to become leader. Yes, nobody wanted the job, so Pallister was acclaimed. He took his many skills and experiences to the table and took a very disheartened group of MLAs and made them into a stronger caucus to bring a challenge to the then sitting premier, Greg Selinger.

Pallister later got about 40 MLAs neepawa

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Right in the Centre Ken Waddell elected in an historic election. He was mandated to change Manitoba.

The problem was that Pallister tried to carry the whole province, the whole party and eventually, the whole agenda on his back. It was an impossible task. The party was in pretty good shape under former Premier Gary Filmon, retired in 1999, but had gone downhill until Pallister took over. The party structure was strengthened under Pallister, but then crumbled again under his watch and it shouldn’t have happened.

If you read my column on Nov. 5, you will see what a mess the party made of their leadership election.

The party is in disarray, staffing levels at the 23 Kennedy HQ are way below what they should be. The policy manual needs updating and there are very few constituency associations that are as active as they should be. AGMs aren’t called on time or in proper fashion. If it was based only on organization, the PC Manitoba Party doesn’t deserve to be re-elected.

Renewal is long overdue and there are rumblings of a “new” political party in the works. An organizer phoned me and I didn’t encourage him, as I have seen this movie before.

New political parties tend to only allow the party they oppose stay in

power for longer than they actually deserve. The very well intentioned Reform Party of Canada (which I openly supported) brought in some very good ideas, but unintentionally gave Canada two more Liberal terms than should have happened.

I told the new party guy that they needed to read history. In 1965, Pierre Trudeau, Jean Marchand and Gerard Pelletier wanted to re-shape Canada. They knew their ideas wouldn’t go down well in the Conservative Party of Canada. They also knew their first choice, the relatively new NDP party, wouldn’t appeal to enough voters, so they picked the Liberal Party of Canada.

They revamped the Liberal Party of Canada and did so by infiltrating and taking control of almost every Liberal constituency association of Canada. They were called “The Three Wise Men” and all three got elected. Trudeau became the Liberal Party of Canada leader in 1968 and was one of Canada’s longest serving prime ministers All I am saying is renewal is a good thing, but some methods work better than others.

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My year in review

ough year to review, considering we didn’t get to do much, to travel far, to meet many new people. And yet, there have been changes. To me, to my world.

To me. The year has been broadening. My favourite jeans no longer see me as their favourite person! They are waiting, patiently, for the return of the way things were.

I have always appreciated the out of doors, and this, too, has broadened. It may because I have more time, but I see the sunsets and sunrises more fully than ever before.

The changing of the seasons are more poignant that ever before, and moving more swiftly than ever before. The gift of daily bread, of life and breath, are more treasured. As many of you, I have lost more loved ones, more mentors and friends, and am closer to saying “see you later”, than “farewell.” And I am okay with that.

I am watching my great grandchildren arrive, my grandchildren become parents, and my children grandparents! I may have been too busy when my children were young to notice how quickly a wee one gains mobility, communication and independence. It is a marvel. I did notice all this with my grands, for when they were young, I was able to be very involved with lives and achievements.

I treasure/treasured their love, affection and inclusion.

Five children, nine grands and now eight greats! Impressive for me.

It is with heartfelt thanks that I recognise that there are still opportunities for me to serve fellow mankind. I still miss the freedom to pop into the care home or hospital to chat and check up on friends. I am thankful for the care they receive and those able to visit them. I simply miss so many people. I love sharing my thoughts, findings and musings in a Sunday service, comforting families when they are mourning and celebrating marriages.

Somehow, the days slip by. Some days, I have accomplished something, and others days are simply gone.

Evening arrives and with it, the end of yet another simple, joy-filled day. What more could one wish for?

The standout event of 2021 has, not surprisingly, to do with the pandemic. I regret deeply how this event has polarised families and communities. I am waiting for the “looking back” from 40 years from now for a clearer verdict. What I do know is that our family came within hours of losing our patriarch. My oldest son, 60, has become the mainstay of the extended family, offering love, advice when asked for, and unconditional support. In September, he was air lifted from Slave Lake to Edmonton, intubated and sedated. He had not been vaccinated because of procrastination, no other reason. There were sleepless days for many of us as he, in isolation, struggled to stay with us. Thanks to a hard core nurse who talked him into taking another breath, and another breath, he is with us. Those significant events are transformative.

Reviewing my year, I see how I have grown in compassion and understanding and appreciation and dedication. This is God’s wondrous world is one theme, and the other– “we are not alone”. May it always be so.

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DECEMBER 31, 2021

Christmas cameos– Simeon

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f all the people we meet as we read the different accounts of Christ’s birth, Simeon stands out for a number of reasons.

First, he is one of the oldest people we will read about.

The other is a woman named Anna, who we meet along with Simeon.

Simeon stands out for another reason. St. Luke (Luke 2:25-35) describes him as a devout and righteous man. Like most of his contemporaries, Simeon was tired of living as a slave in his own land. He was looking for the Messiah about whom the ancient prophets had spoken and for whose coming his people fervently prayed.

But he had a secret– something he had kept to himself for a long time. According to St. Luke, God had sent Simeon a special message, telling him that he would not die until he had seen the Messiah with his own eyes. So whenever he came into the temple, as he often did, he looked around to see if any couples

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Neil Strohschein with newly born children were there, hoping that one of them would be the child for whom he was looking.

He happened to be in the temple the day Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus came to fulfill two legal obligations. The first was to offer the required sacrifice so that Mary, 30 days after giving birth to a son, could resume full participation in the rites and ceremonies of the Jewish religion.

Their second duty, again required by the Law of Moses, was to dedicate Jesus to God’s service.

They would love him, care for him and raise him as a child of the Law; but when God called him to begin his earthly ministry (whenever and whatever that might be), he would

be free to leave home and obey God’s call.

As he watched Mary and Joseph go through the rituals prescribed by the law, Simeon felt something stir within him. He knew that this child was the one for whose coming he and his people had been praying.

Now he could die in peace, because God’s promise to him had been fulfilled.

We do not know how m a ny week s , mont h s or even years may have passed between the day Simeon received his special message and the day he met the newly born Christ child. What we do know is that he never lost hope.

His faith in God and in the promise he had been given never faded. He knew that God would keep his word.

What he didn’t know was

when that would happen.

That applies to you and me as well.

This past year has been tr ying for most of us.

COVID-19 is still with us.

Our day to day activities are still restricted– though not as much as they were last year at this time. Individuals and businesses are still feeling the effects of a pandemic that doesn’t seem to want to go away any time soon. The experts know better than to predict when it will end. All they can say is: “COVID-19 will end one day; we just don’t know when.”

They don’t– but God does. And in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus assures us that whatever happens in life, we can be sure of four things. God knows all about it. God understands the anxiety we feel as we face the future. God cares about us and all of his creation; and God will supply our needs, whatever they might be.

May these words f ill your mind every day in the coming year.

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Just asking

I am perusing with interest and enjoyment (but this time, also with wonderment) your Dec. 17, 2021 issue of Neepawa Banner & Press. Of course, being your Christmas issue, it is tastefully decked out in fine festive style.

The politicians, provincially and locally, have each imparted heartwarming yuletide greetings... very nice.

Helen’s Kitchen pages with recipes and colourful displays makes one want to get the mixing bowl and egg beaters out right away. Her account of traditions to match the recipe is always interesting and educational.

Again very nice, very good.

The plethora of ads... well, I shouldn’t call them ads.

For this issue, they are Christmas messages from the commercial sector... and that’s very, very good. You probably wouldn’t mind a few more. After all, we always get a free Banner. Thank you very much! Your sales personnel have done a bang up job!

Ernie and I have lived in Neepawa well over 50 years.

I remember from the olden days the Neepawa Press (it may have even been the Banner in its formative years) had an added page or two feature... that being local church ministers/priests/pastors submitting a “real reason for the season” article to the Christmas issue.

What happened now? How come?

Is there no room in the inn– I mean in the paper?

Oh yes, there is Rev. Strohschein’s article, but that’s it. His contribution is always a good read and thought provoking. Have the other clergy not been invited to participate for the Christmas issue? Are they too busy to submit an article? Is it cost prohibitive to add another sheet or two of newsprint and a few more gobs of ink?

Would the churches be required to pay for the message that their respective church leaders submit? Just wondering... just asking.

Pat Gawaziuk Neepawa, MB Editor’s note: The Neepawa Banner & Press has always welcomed Christmas messages from our minsters, pastors and priests from our whole readership area. Unfortunately, we receive very few. –Ken Waddell Additional letters on Page 12

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Thumbs up to the family that stopped at our house and gave us a Christmas card along with a box of chocolates, because they enjoyed looking at the Christmas lights in our yard. That was so sweet of them, and it made us feel that all the work was very much worth it. Thank you, you made our day, and we are glad you enjoyed the lights.

Craig and Shirley Todoruk Neepawa, MB PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BEAUTIFUL PLAINS MUSEUM

These folks, the Neepawa Bantam AB hockey team– were the provincial champs for the 1961-62 season.

Back row, left to right: W.D. Cathcart (manager), Wayne Cameron, Don Osborne, Dennis Foley, Harvey Martin, C.M. Campbell (coach), Fred Kosmolak, John Birnie, Danny Sieffert, Brian Curtis and D. Martin (asst. coach).

Middle: David Walker, Ken Hall, Ronald Merriman, Jack Tremain, Richard Howden, Calvert Graham and Norman Martin. Front: stickboys Bill Tremain and Bruce Poole.

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Right: On Mar. 2, owners of Chicken Corral announced that they were selling the restaurant to Chicken Chef. The official change of ownership would take place on Apr. 1 and the new Chicken Chef restaurant opened some time later, after renovations were completed.

L e f t : O n M a r. 15, t h e P r o v i n c e announced plans to completely change the administration structure of schools in Manitoba, including a shift from the current 37 school divisions to 15 school regions. This plan was later cancelled after premier Brian Pallister stepped down in October.

Right: Por tage la Prairie based law office Christianson TDS opened their newly renovated Neepawa branch at 225 Ellen St. on Mar. 11.

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It’s just about time to ring in the New Year. While we can’t have really large gatherings, we can certainly enjoy time with our family. Nothing brings everyone together quite like food and hopefully, these two appetizers will help. Wishing you 12 months of health, 52 weeks of grateful hearts, 365 days of welcoming new blessings, 8,760 hours of peace of minds and hearts, 525,600 minutes of caring compassion, and 31,536,000 seconds of love and happiness. Happy New Year!

Black Forest rollups 1 250g package of cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup sweet pickles, finely diced 1 tsp. Mrs. Dash 1/4 cup green onions, thinly sliced 1/4 tsp. pepper 5 - 10” flour tortillas 1 Tbsp. lemon juice 250g sliced deli Black Forest ham 1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard 250g sliced Swiss cheese In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, Mrs. Dash, lemon juice, mustard and pepper until blended. Stir in pickles and onions. Spread over each tortilla; layer with ham and cheese.

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Lef t: Baby foxes were a sight to see, with an es timated f ive kit s in the litter. This photo was taken on May 12, as the kit was trying to settle in for an evening nap.

By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press If this year’s census rollout seemed a little disorganized to you, that could be due to the fact that the government had a hard time recruiting staff in rural areas.

Last week, the Banner & Press asked our readers and social media followers whether they had received a census package. From Thursday, May 13, to Monday, May 17, 85 people responded, with 31.8 per cent not receiving the census documents before the deadline of May 11– some of that percentage never received anything at all, while others got theirs after the deadline. About 21.2 per cent of the total respondents never received anything as of the date they replied.

The census director for the Western Region and Northern Territories, Sri Kanagarajah, noted that Neepawa and surrounding areas were a bit behind schedule because the government was having a hard time recruiting enough staff to do the job here. “We saw this issue in a few areas in the Western Region and across the country. It is an issue with rural and remote areas, especially in the west,” he explained.

Kanagarajah said he wasn’t sure if the lack of applicants was due to people being worried about going to households during the COVID-19 pandemic, if people weren’t looking for work because of government supports providing consistent income, or if people were just too busy this year to take on another job.

Because some census packs weren’t delivered before national Census Day on May 11, Kanagarajah noted that they are still accepting late completed forms.

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Left: The residents of Neepawa r e cen t l y r ai s e d $ 5 , 615 f o r t h e purchase of new firefighting equipment. The fundraiser, known as “ WE C A R E,” was organized by Val W ilson and moderated online

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By Kira Paterson Neepawa Banner & Press The Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone got a rather large injection of funding for two recreational projects recently. On Friday, June 18, the Manitoba government announced a round of grants from their Building Sustainable Communities fund, with $300,000 going to the construction of a new pool in Gladstone and $11,583 going to upgrades at the Langruth Einarson Park & Campground.

Nicole Sellers, recreation director for WestLakeGladstone, noted that these grants were applied for earlier this year by herself and A ndrea Smith, of the municipality’s finance department. “Building Sustainable Communities has been a huge contributor in enhancing many projects within the Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone in the past and we have built a great relationship with them,” Sellers stated.

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Grads, parents and other well wishers could listen to the ceremony in the comfort of their vehicles, as Look-Music services, based out of Brandon, was able to broadcast the speeches over the radio on FM frequency 89.1. The graduating students were then called up to stage in small groups of 20 to receive their diplomas. The festivities were formally kicked off by comments from NACI principal Kelvin Hollier.

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Right: Valley Life Recreation, a local not-for-profit group, announced a major trails infrastructure project for Minnedosa and the R.M. of Minto-Odanah. The trail park proposal is budgeted at around $650,000 and has a tentative start date for construction for sometime in 2022.

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The roar of motorcycle engines echoing through Neepawa over the weekend might have seemed a bit loud to some. That sound, however, was not nearly as thunderous as the applause and cheers that followed from local supporters for those on the bikes, once the engines stopped.

About 75 motorcyclists made a brief stop at Riverbend Park in Neepawa on Saturday, Aug. 14, as part of the Rolling Barrage, an annual cross-Canada journey. Those riders were greeted by several hundred residents of Neepawa, who welcomed the convoy to the community with open arms.

The purpose of the Barrage The Rolling Barrage features a group of motorcycle riders travelling from Halifax to Vancouver over the month of August. The trip is looking to create awareness, raise funds

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About 75 motorcyclists arrived in Neepawa on Saturday, Aug. 14, as part of the Rolling Barrage fundraiser for those dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Several hundred Neepawa residents would welcome those riders to Riverbend Park.

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Letter to the editor: A response to Ken Waddell’s editorial Dear Mr. Waddell, I write with respect to your Dec. 17 editorial in the Neepawa Banner & Press, titled ‘Lifting the Veil of Fear and Secrecy’. I hope you are fair-minded enough to print my response. You made several statements and allegations in your editorial which in my opinion are both ill-informed and potentially dangerous to the public good.

First, let me be clear about my biases: I have a PhD and postdoctoral fellowships in cell and molecular biology, and 35 years of experience as a published biomedical researcher. I teach pharmacology and pathophysiology to Nurse Practitioners, as well as medical microbiology (which, by the way, includes the study of viruses). I am also a registered nurse, licensed to practice in both Manitoba and Alberta. This does not in any way make me ‘smarter’ than the next person; it does mean that I have invested several years to become a trained researcher and educator, I have a biomedical background, and that I am a health care professional.

1. To clarify: physicians and nurses are not allowed to spread MIS-information. Health care professionals are governed by their regulatory bodies to protect the public. If physicians or nurses spread unproven or false medical information, then yes – absolutely they can (and should) face disciplinary actions. My own ‘respected Manitoba physician’ friends and colleagues have no quibble with this.

2. There are, in fact, several treatments that have been de-

veloped for Covid-19. You will find them listed here: Drug and vaccine authorizations for COVID-19: List of authorized drugs, vaccines and expanded indications - Canada.ca Note that ivermectin is not one of them.

3. In my opinion, neither you nor your ‘Reliable Manitoba doctor’ have any clinical or scientific basis for promulgating nebulized hydrogen peroxide as a treatment for COVID-19. At best, it may mitigate bacterial infections through its activity as a reactive oxygen species, and hydrogen peroxide can reduce the viability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on surfaces. At worst, it causes serious lung damage. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America published the following blog post noting that inhaling hydrogen peroxide is ‘dangerous’, and is “not a way to prevent nor treat COVID-19” [DANGER! Don’t Nebulize Hydrogen Peroxide and Breathe It to Try to Treat or Prevent COVID-19 | Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (aafa.org)]. I can provide several peer-reviewed, published articles which substantiate this.

4. Yes, there is a drug that is biochemically similar to Ivermectin, currently in phase 3 clinical trials, which is being developed for treating COVID-19. But let me clarify: SIMILAR does not mean THE SAME. Small chemical differences in a molecule can yield very different pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties.

Allow me to provide an analogy: ethanol and methanol are chemically similar. Ethanol is in the alcoholic beverages we enjoy (especially

at this time of year). Methanol is in gas line antifreeze. Would you drink gas line antifreeze just because someone told you to? The World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes for Health and Health Canada do NOT recommend Ivermectin as a treatment – that is, unless you are a horse and have worms. Your choice: do you believe credible sources, or do you believe something someone found on a YouTube video, a random website or some celebrity’s podcast?

5. I am curious as to what are your other COVID-19 remedies and treatments. What informs your opinions? Have you consulted the Cochrane Database, or biomedical journals or clinical reports? I would very much like to hear your evidence, but please do this privately, lest any of your readers conflate this with legitimate medical advice. And while you do not specifically mention any of these, I will state that, based on scientific research, hydroxychloroquine, bleach, turmeric, and topically-applied diesel fuel and Vaseline (yes, that is a ‘thing’ for some folks) have no demonstrated efficacy against COVID-19.

6. We do agree on one thing: the surgical and testing backlog in Manitoba (and across Canada) IS severe. People are suffering. The reasons why some states in the U.S. appear to be doing better are pretty clear: their system is better-funded, and they have a higher capacity for ICU patients. I daresay there is also a greater tolerance for COVID19-related morbidity and mortality (now well over 800,000 deaths) in

the United States, due in no small part to the overt politicization of the COVID-19 response.

7. As for your plan to place an advertisement exhorting ‘50 Docs to band together…’ to challenge the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba (CPSM) to justify their positions on COVID-19 …by all means, please do show the courage of your convictions and place your ad. I will make you a bet, you decide the wager: you won’t get anywhere near that many physicians to sign-on to this ill-conceived petition. Why? The vast majority of physicians in this province adhere to evidence-based resources to inform their clinical decision-making. They base their care on clinical practice guidelines and expert opinion. Virtually all physicians are also aware of the difference between ‘anecdotal evidence’, and rigorous clinical research. To be sure, you will find in any profession – be it farmer, carpenter, physician, mechanic, scientist, mechanic – a few individuals who are at the fringe of that occupation. So I ask you: whom do you believe? The vast majority of health care professionals who are willing to be publicly and professionally scrutinized for their practices and pharmacotherapeutic choices, or someone who wants to remain anonymous, unwilling to stake his or her professional reputation on what they believe? This is why we rely on legislatively-empowered regulatory bodies – imperfect though they may be to safeguard against physicians and nurses who promulgate unproven and sometimes dangerous ideas. Moreover, to your

point about the CPSM defending itself to the government: since when did MPs become medical experts?

I understand the desire to put COVID-19 behind us. Sometimes it is tempting to ‘grasp at straws’ for treatments, given the immense physical, mental, social and financial harm that has been accrued as a result of this pandemic. However, promoting unproven ‘cures’ is not helpful. Let our choices be based on solid, scientific evidence, instead of quackery (let’s call these unsupported and potentially dangerous remedies for what they are, although I can imagine a few less polite terms).

As a society, we also suffer from an ‘infodemic’, in which there is an avalanche of information, but very little guidance as to how to ‘sort the wheat from the chaff’. It is possible to find confirmation online for virtually any point of view. Fortunately, there are many credible resources which can provide guidance for people without any medical or scientific background. It would be my sincere pleasure to point these out. If you do not wish to expend the effort to make yourself a better consumer of medical information, I respectfully suggest you place your trust and hope in the vast majority of well-trained, dedicated health care professionals and scientists who are doing their utmost, using best evidence, to get us through these difficult times.

Sincerely, and Without Prejudice William L. Diehl-Jones BSc (Specialist), BScN, MSc, PhD, RN

Letter: Allow me to retort your retort

I just finished reading the letter Hymie Hurrel wrote for the Banner (Dec. 17; A selfish few). He says the statistics show the vaccine free are much more in danger of being hospitalized so not only do the vaccine free need protection from society but society needs protection from the vaccine free by segregation and discrimination.

I would like to point out the difference between relative risk reduction and absolute risk reduction since Mr. Hurrel is quoting statistics in a way that indicates he does not understand the difference.

Imagine you have 200 people. 100 have take vaccine and 100 do not. Now three out of those 200 get exposed to the virus and get sick. One of the sick people has had the vaccine and two

did not. The relative risk in this situation shows a protective effect of 49 per cent risk reduction. This means you are half as likely to end up in the hospital if you get the vaccine. Doesn’t that sound impressive? But in reality this is a meaningless statistic because only three people were exposed to the virus. The same result could have happened just by chance. Now imagine you have the same 200 people.

All two hundred are exposed to the virus. two get sick in the control group. 1 person who had the vaccine gets sick. This shows first of all the virus isn’t very likely to cause infection. Second, we can calculate the absolute risk because everyone got exposed to the virus. Suddenly everything changes.

There is no measurable

difference between the two groups. The vaccine made no difference whatsoever in absolute risk reduction (probably because it is so mild but that would need further research.)

Whenever you read those Manitoba government statistics about risk reduction, it is very important to know are we talking about relative risk and not absolute risk. Our government is not being transparent with us because they do not provide absolute risk reduction. Other statisticians (see Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Feb 26;57(3):199 for example) have calculated both relative risk and absolute risk using statistics provided

by Pfizer and Moderna.

Pfizer’s relative risk reduction is an impressive 95 per cent. Moderna’s relative risk

reduction is almost as good at 94 per cent. However the absolute risk reduction (which our government doesn’t tell us) is very low.

Pfizer’s absolute risk reduction of 0.7 per cent is next to nothing. Moderna’s absolute risk reduction is only slightly better at 1.1%.

Plus the government of Manitoba has a very strange way of calculating who is considered vaccinated. In days 1-14 after vaccination, any adverse event that occurs is considered COVID in an unvaccinated person. I know this is the case because they did this to my daughter.

She got very sick eight hours after her first shot. She was told her illness could not possibly have been caused by the vaccine because the vaccine is safe and effective.

The only possible explana-

tion for her severe illness was she was incubating the virus when she got her shot and her symptoms only appeared eight hours later. Her illness was officially counted as COVID in an unvaccinated person.

So when someone says that the statistics prove the vaccine free should be segregated and discriminated against to protect everyone, that person is merely

illustrating ignorance of statistics and possibly that the vaccine free are better at math. It also means our government isn’t very good at math either but that should surprise no one given how they handle our tax money.

Natalie Gordon BSc (Biochem) PhD (Human Genetics) Alonsa MB

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Dave McIntosh and Neal McNarland started the business together and will both be seeing it through to the end. The pair worked together at Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op before renting retail space in what is currently S-mart to start up the business. In 1995, they moved into the Neepawa Building, at 341 Mountain Ave., where they are currently located.

“Over the last short while, when things started to get signed and that, we’ve talked about, basically how blessed we’ve been to keep a business going for that long. As a rule, partnerships don’t last that long. And so, something had to be working well for the partnership to continue,” McIntosh expressed.

While the business itself will be closing after Dec. 31, some products that they offer will still be available out of that location. “Our Bell-MTS operation is going to continue on in this very location,” noted McIntosh. Corral Communications, based out of Brandon, took over the Bell-MTS side of the business on Dec. 1 and will continue to offer phone, internet and television services to the community. Long-time Team employees Kevin Wallace and Arlene Vaughan have been hired

by Corral Communications and are staying on in the Neepawa location.

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Gordon announced that the province will spend at least $127 million on construction of a new hospital within the community.

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