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Fun in the sun at the Langford Walking Trails
Large crowd supports Logan’s Walk for Down Syndrome Awareness
The sixth annual edition of Logan’s Walk for Down Syndrome Awareness was met with ideal weather and a hearty community response on Sept. 21. Supporters of all ages gathered at the Langford Walking Trail, located just outside of Neepawa, to participate, enjoy the outdoors and raise funds for the accessible playground in Neepawa.
Pictured here are some scenes from the event, including Logan Cox (bright green shirt) and a friend speeding off to lead the charge at the start of the walk.
HyLife puts the fun in fundraising
Yellowhead Centre receives $35,000 as part of Fun Day festivities
By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press
The Yellowhead Centre in Neepawa is the latest benefactor of HyLife’s generosity, having recently received a donation of $35,000. A cheque was presented to the volunteer operated community facility at the Neepawa Titans’ home opener on Saturday, Sept. 20.
The money donated was raised through HyLife’s Fun Days, an annual event staged as a thank you of sorts to the company’s employees and their families.
A donation to local organization or charity has been a part of these festivities nearly two decades. In total, more than $1.7 million has been raised for local charities and organizations in Neepawa, Steinbach, Killarney and La Broquerie.
A few of the previous local recipients of HyLife’s support have included Habitat for Humanity, ArtsForward and Budz’n Bloom Daycare Centre.
$35,000 of the HyLife Fun Days proceeds was donated to Neepawa’s Yellowhead Centre on Sept. 20. Participating in the presentation were (left to right), Jose Ivan Anaya Ramirez, HyLife Operations Worker, Yellowhead Director of Operations Crystal Rannie, YHC Board VP Marla Steen, Kevin Cook, HyLife HR and Trevor Lizotte, VP of Domestic and International Sales & Press, and noted that giving back locally is a huge part of HyLife’s mantra.
Our culture to give back HyLife Vice President of Domestic and International Sales Trevor Lizotte presented the cheque to the Yellowhead, just before the ceremonial puck drop. After the ceremony concluded, Lizotte spoke with the Banner
“It’s so important to us, and it’s part of our culture to give back to our communities,” said Lizotte. “Every
year, different charities and organizations in the community we serve, benefit from the donations. It’s tremendous, and we’re proud to be able to do something like this every year.”
Thankful for the support
As for what this additional cash will be going towards, Yellowhead Director of Operations Crystal Rannie explained that it’s for a new HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) system for the Yellowhead Hall. Installation, by Neepawa Plumbing & Heating, has already begun, and the new unit should be fully operational soon.
“We were able to source a brandnew, up-to-date heating unit, and this Fun Days donation will be a big help in the cost, and now we don’t have to worry about events being cancelled in the winter,” said Rannie.
Rannie thanked HyLife, as well as the community at large, for helping to raise funds for this important project. The other projects that received support this year from HyLife Fun Days included the Killarney Basketball Court Enhancement Project, as well as the Steinbach Community Outreach Program.
PHOTO BY JOSHUA JACKSON
IMAGE COURTESY OF CRYSTAL RANNIE
The installation of a new HVAC system for the Yellowhead Hall is already underway in Neepawa.
1975: Heavy rains flood McCreary village
By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press
125 years ago, Wednesday, September 26, 1900
Note: The entries for 1900 are from The Neepawa Register, as The Press for that year is not fit for regular handling.
A sad gloom was cast over this community on Monday, the 17th, when it was learned that Isabel Stewart, aged 22 years, had passed away. She was the fourth child of James and Mary Stewart and was very well and favourably known in this settlement. Until recently, she had been attending school in Portage and while there evidently contracted an illness which resulted in her untimely death.
An act of parliament has changed the weight of a bushel of flax seed from 50 to 56 pounds, onions 50 pounds, and lime 80 pounds to the bushel.
100 years ago, Friday, September 25, 1925
Arden: The marriage of Miss Aganalda Carlson to Melvin Murray Nichol, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Nichol, formerly of Arden, took place on Sept. 9 in Westminister Church, Regina. They will reside in Regina.
Riding Mountain: Quite a number of Riding Mountain people have been out duck shooting with fair success.
Neepawa is to have the honor of a visit from the premier of Canada on Monday next, his first
appearance here– when he will deliver his first address to the people of Western Canada in the present election campaign. The opera house has been engaged for a meeting to sat at 8 o’clock.
75 years ago, Thursday, September 28, 1950
Whether it is cheaper for ratepayers to constantly be facing future expenses for frost and weather damaged firefighting equipment or for a matter of about $35,000 to build a modern, fully equipped firehall are topics which were brought into stark focus when council members inspected the present firehall last week.
The inspection proved even more surprisingly revealing than it was as first thought possible.
In the first place, no one seemed to know exactly when the venerable and decrepit building was built.
Several inquiries by the Press later indicated vague antiquity and phrases such as “around the turn of the century”, but it took veteran resident R. H. Fusee, building assessor, to nail down the year– 1881.
Entering it’s pensionable year as a relic which served as Neepawa’s first school, it once took the shaking of its life in 1889 when the public school opened and it was shifted to its present location to serve as a firehall.
Supporting its 70 heavy years of age is a truss built on cantilever lines. Without this, it is seriously believed
by experts that the second floor would collapse on the trucks and apparatus below.
50 years ago, Thursday, September 25, 1975
Approximately 100 homes and 25 business establishments suffered damage from flood waters in the village of McCreary, following more than 30 hours of heavy rain in the area.
Mike Posmituck, a spokesman for the village, said that the seven or eight inches of rain that fell was joined by heavy run-off from the adjacent mountains. In addition to this, normal channels of water flow were blocked by debris, turning the water north into the village itself.
The Town of Neepawa’s new $1,300 radar unit was demonstrated Tuesday morning by Sergeant Ernie Michayluk of the local RCMP detachment to Mayor Lawrence Hurrell and Councillors Fred Barker and Peter Cottingham of the police committee.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Block had the misfortune to lose their bales of hay and some grain when lightning struck their barn Wednesday evening about 7p.m. Plumas fire Brigade were called and many neighbours gathered but were unable to save the building.
Evans Lanes have recently installed a series of new pin-setting machines that are much more simple and efficient than the old style machines were. The pins are attached to the machine by lengths of cord attached to a reel within the machine. The pinsetters feature many unique innovations and are the latest and the best equipment to come on the scene. Manufactured
This is how the McCreary Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion appeared near the end of September in 1975, following 30 hours of heavy rain. The water was estimated to be six inches to one foot in depth.
in Toronto, they cost a great deal more than conventional pinsetters, but should represent a considerable saving in terms of maintenance.
The Board of Neepawa District Memorial Hospital, at its regular meeting Monday, Sept. 15, accepted the tender of Neepawa Medical Dental Holding Co. Ltd. in the amount of $16,500 for the sale of the nurses’ residence and property, subject to approval of the sale by the Minister of Health and Social Development.
The McCreary Day Care Center is one step nearer to its doors.
On Sunday, Sept. 14, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Miscavish celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary, and it was also Bill’s 80th birthday. Approximately 75 friends visited Bill and Lea at an Open House in the afternoon.
20 years ago, Monday, September 26, 2005
The town has received an offer to purchase the site of the former Hamilton Hotel, but no deal has yet
been finalized, Mayor Bob Durston said last week.
Organizers of the 25th annual Terry Fox Run in Neepawa expected to draw more participants and raise more money than in previous years.
But John Nelson– who organized the event with his wife Gerry– said they didn’t expect Sunday’s turnout or the money raised.
The 25th annual run raised $12,360, with 151 people participating in the 3.5 kilometre event.
Beautiful Plains Community Foundation is set to mark its 10th anniversary.
The McCreary Knox United Church will be holding their annual fall supper at the McCreary Community Centre on Sunday, Oct. 2, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Disclaimer: The information gathered and used each week in the Looking Back feature is directly taken from the original print copy of the Neepawa Press and Neepawa Banner newspapers. Any errors or omissions from stories (Factually or otherwise) are the result of the original print and not the responsibility of the archivist for the current version of the Neepawa Banner & Press.
Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don’t just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing.
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Perspectives
Tundra
By Chad Carpenter
Milestones
This past weekend was a bit of a milestone for me as Christine and I attended the 55th anniversary reunion of the University of Manitoba Agriculture Faculty Class of 1970. The short version of that would be U of M Aggies ’70.
You do the math but the youngest students attending were 77 years old, sounds like fun eh?
In fact, it was fun, not because the Aggies ’70 partied last weekend like many did back in the day, but fun to see how students, who were just kids when they went to U of M in the fall of 1966, made their way through varied lives.
There were stories of marriage and kids, jobs and divorces. There were many jokes about fun things that happened and what disasters were avoided.
Aggie ’70 Grads, about 35 in number, gathered in Winnipeg for two days of meals, visiting and touring the Agricultural Facility buildings at U of M.
Many of the grads worked their whole career in agriculture. Some farmed, and a few still do, even at 77 years of age. There were salesmen, a mortgage broker, grain marketers, retired civil servants in the group. Many, like myself, started out directly in the industry who went into other fields. I have been publishing now for 36 years, but my first actual newspaper experience was a manager with the U of M Manitoban newspaper. That stint was about two years while I was still in university.
Some of the Aggie ’70 grads still live in Manitoba, but there are others all the way from the the Maritimes to BC and the United States.
So milestones are a good thing, markers of time and progress. My
Ken Waddell Right in the Centre
wife and I will have known each other for 58 years as of October 31. We met on Halloween night when my buddies called upon a group of girls to “Trick or Treat” for Halloween. My wife had heard about me from a girl in her apartment and was very disappointed when she actually met me. We have been married now for 56 years (as of October 11) and she still ponders whether meeting me was a trick or a treat. Obviously she is either indecisive or an optimist as she is still with me.
As a country and community, we have another milestone coming up.
November 11, 2025 will be 107 years since the end of WWl and this year it’s 80 years since the end of WWll. Those wars were fought to maintain as much of the world within democratic freedom as possible. We are still free in North America but the battle is still real. There are politically minded people that seem intent on taking away freedoms of movement and speech.
Having been involved in publishing now for 59 years, I can see a constant degeneration of freedoms. Ironically, some who would claim to be fighters for freedom are doing their very best to destroy freedom.
At every turn, governments at all levels, either passively or actively restrict information about what they are up to and that is very sad to witness. There isn’t enough advertising dollars
in the journalism world to pay enough journalists to cover all the news. It may not be intentional, but digging out information from all three layers of government seems to be getting more difficult. Newspapers, for example, can’t always afford enough staff to to cover school boards, municipal and town councils along with provincial and federal governments.
Some people will claim that “citizen journalists” are the answer, but there’s a problem with some citizen journalism. They mainly use the internet and we have all sadly come to realize that one can put anything they want online but without verification or accountability.
Our family newspapers keep fighting the battle for advertising income so we can pay the printing bill, the staff and the transportation required to get the most reliable news we can gather for our readers.
Our newspapers have all marched past the 100 year mark and as a family, we are determined to keep that march going. We thank our readers and advertisers for your support as we attempt to make more milestones in the years ahead.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the newspaper staff.
Rita Friesen Homebodies
Not my best moments…
There are times when I wonder if perhaps I am more childish than childlike… We know what memories do, sometimes comfort, sometimes condemn. What may be meant to be light hearted may have deeper ramifications…
Remember when the movie ‘Titanic’ was first released? My granddaughters were utterly enthralled by it, as were many of their peers. Early in the movie there is a scene where the ocean liner is entering the harbour, and off to the side there is a small craft with a lone occupant. The girls allege that I told them, seriously, that was my uncle in the small boat, and he had missed the boarding and therefore was spared the sinking. They, being young girls, relayed this ‘fact’ to their friends. Truth be told, I do not recall telling that story! However, there are many things I don’t remember… I do remember setting up a card table and the six year old blond asking what it was– to be fair she asked before I had it standing on its four legs! My reply? ‘A bath tub.’ She hunkered down, peering at it and asked how it worked!!
I can laugh at myself as well. A few years ago a set of grandchildren shared my home with me. At three of the a.m., Hoover and Miss Daisy needed to go out. Somehow the door locked behind us. I thought of ringing the doorbell, but that would certainly alert their two dogs and that would be a rude awakening. Or I could have stood under their bedroom window and called or thrown small stones, but that would have been a ruder awakening. So what did I do? It was late spring, not too cold, so the dogs and I curled up in the back seat of the car – it was in a garage– and threw the dog blanket kept in the car over us. I waited until I knew someone was awake before knocking. The grandchildren were not impressed! I was over 70 at that time.
Just a few weeks ago I had a sleepover at the same set of grandchildren’s home. Now I was the guest. The household consists of a four year old and a baby, with another granddaughter and her six year old, visiting while I was there, down the hall from where I was bunked. Around 10:00, 10:30, I share a call with a friend. For fear of waking anyone, I threw the comforter over my head for the chat. I thought I got away with it, but my grandson checked in to let me know he was home and all was well. Busted! The laughter– at my expense– at the breakfast table was delightful. The deed was not unlike the tricks I played when reading after hours as a teen. This time I was a shade short of 80!
There is a standard question when meeting someone for the first time – where did you grow up? My answer is consistent. ‘My early years were in Southern Manitoba’. I’m still working on the growing up part of life! Childish or childlike? A bit of both.
ITurning points
t was September 1, 1984; and cable TV networks across Canada were introduced to TSN (The Sports Network); the first Canadian TV network devoted exclusively to sports.
Since I was living in a rural community at that time, I did not have access to cable TV. But I had a shortwave radio and spent many hours listening to news and sportscasts featured on the American Forces Radio Network. So when I moved to a community that had cable TV service, I took out a basic subscription that included TSN.
Their live telecasts of Canadian football and hockey games included a segment called the “TSN Turning Point;” a key play that changed the momentum of the game and allowed one team to score the points needed to secure the victory.
I have often thought of the ways in which sporting events can be pictures of every day life. Each of us is a team of one, trying to succeed in life while facing
people, hindrances and challenges that will do their best to keep us from getting ahead.
Some challenges are common to all people. We call them “growing pains.” Most of them will come and go. We encounter them, we make mistakes, we learn from our mistakes and we move on. That’s life; and that is how it must be lived—one day at a time.
Most of our childhood’s “growing pains” will have been forgotten by the time we reach middle age and are settled in our careers, with what we hope will be “forever” homes, growing families and healthy relationships.
But some “growing pains” were “Turning Points” that produced radical changes in how we think, how we speak and how we live.
Memories of those events will remain with us forever; as they should. The lessons learned from those events will help us respond with dignity and integrity when facing similar events in the future; and so they should.
One “Turning Point” in my life happened many years ago, when a doctor told me that, in his opinion, I was the finest candidate for either a heart attack, a nervous breakdown or both. He ordered me to take at least a year off from work to recover from burnout. I took his advice. In that year I changed jobs, moved to a new community and made some lifestyle changes that improved my overall quality of life. What I learned then helped me identify and deal with the depression I suffered five years later (see last week’s column).
That was not the first “Turning Point” in my life and it won’t be the last. Looking back, I now see how important they are. God uses them to reveal sins we need to confess, character flaws we need to repair; and to point us in the direction he wants us to go, so that we will be in the right place at the right time to meet and connect with the right people who will help us complete the unique tasks God has called us to complete.
Can you think of “Turning Points” in your life? What produced them? How did they change your life? Who did God use to encourage you as you went through the difficult period of renouncing bad habits, severing harmful relationships, adopting new habits and building new, sustainable and healthier relationships?
In a few days, we will celebrate Thanksgiving. I hope that you will join me in giving thanks for the “Turning Points” in life that help us avert disaster and make us the people we are today.
BP Museum: Riding Mountain School
A partial list of students is as follows: Joe Bamlett, Jim Tyler, Kathleen Blowers, Isabella Ducklow, Robert Bamlett, Ardell Howard, George Bamlett, Eileen Ducklow, Murray Majury, Roy Buchanan, Jack Hobbs, Dorothy Ducklow, Duane Tyler, Alice Walker, Stanley Howard, Audrey Morley, Ralph Scott, Maurice Blowers, Betty Howard, Melba Buchanan, Cecil Majury, Margeurite Kitson, Muriel Buchanan, Doreen Howard, Woulena Kitson, Greta Thorpe and Muriel Howard.
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A joy and breath of fresh air
I had the privilege of travelling through your fine town this past summer, and happened upon your newspaper at a local restaurant.
What a joy and breath of fresh air it was to read! In a world full of negative news and depressing stories, I was delighted to read article after article that were informative, positive, engaging, and fun. From history to local interest, it was just great to read through a paper that was very unlike the city papers I normally see here in Winnipeg, or the articles I read online. Thank you for making reading “the news” an enjoyable experience once again.
Conrad Dueck
Winnipeg, MB
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Thumbs up, thumbs down
Teaching independence to children is one of the goals as parents. Learning to tie your own skates at an early age is one such task.
Jim Krzyzaniak Neepawa, MB
Thumbs up to the Bamboo Garden Restaurant. The staff and chef were amazing. They showed me compassion, kindness and generosity when I was going through a very difficult time. Many thanks.
Jenny H., Vancouver, B.C.
It would be very honourable to name the new street leading to the hospital Sayward Way - this was a man who generously gave one million dollars to our hospital he was a very generous man and should be honoured
Gail Cathcart Neepawa, MB
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Pictured here are students from the Riding Mountain School. A year and date were not specifiedwith the photo. The teacher at the time was C. T. G. Bailey.
out of helen’s kitchen Helen Drysdale
Muffin mania
Today, muffins are a staple in coffee shops, bakeries and breakfast tables. They are celebrated for their versatility and deliciousness. From classic blueberry, chocolate chip or lemon poppy seed there’s a muffin for everyone! The word “muffin” first appeared in print in 1703 spelled moofin. It could have come from the French word “moufflet”, meaning soft bread or from the German word “muffe,” which refers to a small cake.
Though they may look similar, muffins and cupcakes are quite different. Muffins typically have less sugar and fat than cupcakes, which makes them denser and less sweet. Bake muffins in shiny muffin pans in the center rack in a preheated hot oven. When baking more than one pan of muffins, allow enough room around each pan and between the pans and the sides of the oven for the heat to circulate. Grease or lightly spray the bottoms only of muffin pan cups or use paper cups.
Do not use an electric mixer when beating the batter unless you want to make hockey pucks. Just mix the wet and dry ingredients separately, and then quickly and gently fold them together. To test for doneness, insert a wooden pick into center of one of the muffins in the pan. After baking, loosen and remove muffins as soon as you can handle them, transfer them to a rack to cool so they don’t become soggy. For a special effect, before baking muffins, sprinkle them with a coarse sugar and cinnamon mixture. Happy baking!
These pear muffins are easy to make and are bursting with ginger and cinnamon flavor and a delightful streusel topping. These delicious muffins are great for an easy breakfast or an afternoon snack!
Pear ginger muffins
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
3 Tbsp. molasses
1 large egg, beaten
1 cup plain yogurt or milk with 1 tsp. vinegar added
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups peeled and diced pears, about 2 pears
Streusel topping:
1/4 cup butter, melted 1/3 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 375F° and line 12 muffin cups with paper liners or lightly greased bottoms of each pan. Prepare the crumble toppings by combining with a fork the dry crumble ingredients in a medium bowl. Then, pour the melted butter into the mixture and with the fork combine the mixture into a crumbly topping. Set aside. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl combine oil, brown sugar, molasses and eggs. Mix in yogurt and vanilla. Gradually add the flour mixture into the wet mixture until just combined, careful to not over mix. Gently fold in chopped pears. Put the batter into the prepared muffin tins, filling them about 3/4 full. Top with crumble topping and bake, for 20-25 minutes until the crumble tops are golden and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from oven, place on wire rack to cool. Serve to your favourite people.
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By Blaine Huston Gladstone Auction
The market was still really strong this week on all types of classes. We sold 952 head of cattle through the ring in Gladstone on Tuesday, Sept. 23!
Cows and bulls sold steady to last week. Feeding type cows and heiferettes are still selling strong.
High Yielding cows traded from 205 to 2.24 D3 older type cows 150-200. Feeding type cows are ranging between 220 to 245. Bulls traded strong 225 to 243.
Here are some market highlights from yesterday’s sale:
•Twenty-one big yearling steers weighing 1250 pounds bring $3.8950 a pound (4,869 a head).
•Twenty-four black hided yearling steers come in the ring weighing 843 pounds and cash in at $5.42 a pound ($4,570 per head).
•Eight black steer calves weighing 506 pounds stamp there ticket at $7.20 a pound ($3,643 a head).
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side of things:
•Thirteen mixed yearling heifers weighing 1213 pounds bring $3.89 per pound ($4718 per head).
•Nine black yearling heifers weighing 777 pounds fetch $5.16 per pound ($4010 per head).
•Four red Hiefer calves weighing 519 pounds bring $6.31 per pound ($3,275 a head).
Plainer type cattle are still seeing some discounts. As you can see, we had a very powerful market on Tuesday.
Beautiful Plains Museum at risk of closing
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Beautiful Plains Museum
Volunteers are the heart of any museum. The Beautiful Plains Museum has not been successful in recruiting new board members and volunteers. It is at risk of closing. The struggle to find volunteers and new board members has resulted in the current board dissolving at the annual general
meeting in November. There is a need to form a new board.
The Beautiful Plains Museum was established in 1976 to collect, preserve and exhibit historical artifacts from Neepawa and the adjacent municipalities of Langford, Rosedale and Lansdowne. The artifacts that have been donated by families who were among the original homesteaders, and who still live in the area, will
no longer have a safe home. If the museum closes it will no longer offer educational and fun tours and events to visitors from all over the world.
There will be a public meeting so that community members can discuss the future of our museum and the necessary steps to keep this valuable community resource open. A date will be announced soon.
Kelwood ladderball hits the spot
PHOTO BY ROB WADDELL
After several days of rain, the weather cleared for Kelwood Legion’s second ladderball tournament of 2025. Thanks to all the recent precipitation and a fresh haircut, the pitch was perfect. The championship game was a spirited matchup of father/son team and Wayne Boxall vs Esther Engbrecht and her son Shale. The Engbrechts triumphed with a 2120 finish that had onlookers cheering on both teams with equal enthusiasm!
Ensuring a bright future one dollar at a time
Town of Neepawa sells land to Nursery School, BPSD
By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press
A pair of notable land deals have been finalized by the Town of Neepawa.
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, Council approved sale of the plot of land that sits underneath the Neepawa Nursery School, at 284 Davidson Street. That land is being sold to the Neepawa Co-operative Play Centre, who operates the Nursery School, for the purchase price of one dollar.
The land had previously been leased for use from the Town to the Neepawa Lions Club, who helped establish the Nursery School back in 1999. Within the last year, however, the local Lions Club disbanded, forcing a review by Town officials on what to do with the land and the building moving forward. It was decided to sell the land and structure outright to the Co-opera-
tive Play Centre, to ensure the long term stability of the Nursery School in Neepawa.
As well, a section of land right next to the Neepawa Middle School has been sold to the Beautiful Plains School Division, for the purchase price of a dollar. The property in question (Parcel A - Plan 74044) is just north of the school.
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The Neepawa Nursery School.
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The Beautiful Plains Museum in Neepawa
News associations respond to CUPW/Canada Post halting of delivery of unaddressed community newspapers
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News Media Canada
On Sept. 16, multiple news publishing associations sent the below letter to Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and Canada Post to outline our extreme disappointment with community and ethnic newspapers being treated as ‘junk mail’. These are our remarks to Jan Simpson, President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) Don Ettinger, Presidenrt and CEO of Canada Post
Dear Ms. Simpson and Mr. Ettinger,
On behalf of the members of the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association, B.C. & Yukon Community News Media Association, Hebdos Québec, Manitoba Community Newspapers Association, National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, News Media Canada, Ontario Community Newspapers Association, and Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association, we are writing to express our extreme disappointment in both Canada Post and CUPW.
Both of you are treating unaddressed community and ethnic newspapers like “junk mail”.
Mr. Ettinger, your decision to no longer exempt community newspapers with commercial inserts from Canada Post’s Consumers’ Choice program, effectively treats factbased, fact-check Canadian journalistic content as “junk mail”. You made that decision without proper stakeholder consultation or economic/social impact analysis.
Ms. Simpson, your recent decision to neither process nor deliver unaddressed flyers (Neighbourhood Mail) — whether intended or not — is holding community newspaper publishers hostage and is depriving Canadians of fact-based, fact-checked community news.
Community and ethnic newspapers keep Canadians informed, engaged, and connected in hundreds of communities across Canada. Many are small businesses, owned by local entrepreneurs, who are struggling just to keep the lights on and make payroll in the face of the loss of advertising to American Big Tech companies.
Let us be clear: community newspapers, with or without commercial inserts, are not “junk mail”; they are a vital source of information for Canadians. Our members are good paying customers of Canada Post, and we resent this shabby treatment. As you work out your differences, we hope both sides will bargain in good faith, and we call on the two of you to ensure that the processing and delivery of unaddressed community newspapers — with or without commercial inserts — resumes immediately. Thank you for your urgent attention to this matter.
NACI HOPE group tab collection
Submitted NACI Hope group
The Neepawa Area Collegiate HOPE group will be collecting tabs this year to once again support a good cause! Last year, we were able to collect tabs to help a child get a new motorized wheelchair.
We’re inviting community mem-
bers to participate in this initiative by joining us in collecting aluminum can tabs! You are able to drop your clean tabs off at the main office at NACI. HOPE will be collecting until the end of the school year. All tabs collected will go towards a child in need in Manitoba for a new wheelchair. Over the past 27 years, thanks to the efforts of Manitobans,
69 specialized wheelchairs have been given to young people in Manitoba. Last year, 16,160 pounds of aluminum from approximately 24 million tabs were collected for wheelchairs! So let’s continue to help out with a BIG need by collecting something so SMALL!
Dedication ‘second to none’
Minnedosa resident recognized
A Minnedosa resident was recognized for her immense dedication to the community and surrounding area recently.
This is Tanis Barret, who was bestowed with a King Charles III Coronation Medal.
The presentation was made on Sept. 11 by Riding Mountain MP Dan Mazier, on behalf of the Governor General of Canada.
“Tanis’s dedication to volunteerism is second to none,” said Mazier.
Barrett is well known for her work as a teacher, and her involvement in Skate the Lake and Rock the Lake. Note: Skate the Lake and Rock the Lake have raised close to $200,000 for community projects.
She has also served with the Minnedosa Youth Soccer Association, Minnedosa Recreation Commission Board, Minnedosa Minor hockey, has mentored youth as a manager and Advicor, supported Student Council, Youth in Philanthropy, worked with the CHANGE program, and aided in hosting num-
erous provincial hockey and soccer championships.
“Tanis, your unwavering support for our community is truly inspiring,” Mazier enthused. “You tirelessly put others first, especially our young ones – leaving a positive mark on our community for generations.”
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Pictured: Tanis Barrett (right), of Minnedosa, was presented with a King Charles II Coronation Medal by Riding Mountain MP Dan Mazier on Sept. 11.
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‘The best thing we’ve ever found’
Former Gladstone resident uncovers unexpected history
By Casper Wehrhahn Neepawa Banner & Press
Passions and hobbies can bring people to doing, and finding, the unexpected. This certainly proved true for Mitch Cuthbert, of Brandon. Formerly from Gladstone, Cuthbert is an avid enthusiast of metal detecting and has actively engaged in the hobby for the past four years. This hobby led him to finding an unexpected piece of history– a World War I medal.
“I was in Russell, Manitoba, for work. In the evenings, rather than just sit in my hotel room, I brought my metal detector with me,” said Cuthbert. “There’s a park there, just behind the old folks’ home, for lack of better term, so I went out there after work.”
Cuthbert added, “I was just doing my thing and I got a good signal. I dug and there it was about six inches down.”
Due to how the signal showed on the metal detection equipment, Cuthbert had originally thought the item would be a silver dollar. Upon seeing the shape of the item when it was dug up, he noted that it struck him as odd, but neat.
“I put it in my pocket and kept doing my thing. Then, when I got back to the hotel, I cleaned it up a little and looked at it a bit more,” said Cuthbert. “[Realizing that it was an old medal], I was kind of excited. It was always on my bucket list to find a war medal.”
Lost without a trace
Cuthbert then texted the unique find to his parents, who also share the metal detecting hobby.
“We went back and forth for a bit and my mom said, ‘This is probably the best
thing we’ve ever found’, because it actually has some history to it,” said Cuthbert.
According to the available details, the medal is a silver memorial cross in commemoration of Pte. Nelson Davidson’s passing and would have been presented to his mother, Martha.
Nelson was born at Owen Sound, Ontario on Dec. 19, 1888 to parents William Davidson and Martha J. Burrows. He, as well as his brother, George, later lived in Russell.
Nelson served in World War I, enlisting for service at Brandon on Dec. 23, 1914. He saw action overseas with the First Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regi-
ment) and received the 19151915 Star.
Sadly, Nelson was killed during active service in June of 1916. He was commemorated at the Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, located at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders. The memorial bears the names of 55,000 men who were “lost without trace during the defence of Ypres Salient” in WWI.
A brother, Pte. Robert Davidson, also served in WWI. He was enlisted with the Canadian Infantry
(Manitoba Regiment) in the 78th Overseas Battalion. Robert was also killed in the line of duty, and is commemorated at the Regina Trench Cemetery in Somme, France.
Medal
to be donated
Cuthbert noted that the discovery of the medal actually occurred in 2024, but he and his family have been working since then to find an appropriate home for it. Having been unable to locate a member of Nelson Davidson’s family to accept
Pictured left: Mitch Cuthbert, of Brandon (formerly from Gladstone), as photographed holding the World War I silver memorial cross he discovered while metal detecting. The medal was found last year, with the Cuthberts working to donate it to an appropriate recipient.
Inset photos: Close ups showing the details inscribed on the memorial medal.
Pictured above: Pte. Nelson Davidson, as depicted in the records of Veteran Affairs Canada. Davidson died while on active duty overseas during World War I.
the medal, Cuthbert and his family now have a different destination in mind.
“I think we’ll donate it to the Legion or a museum around Russell– somewhere close to where the gentleman was from. We’ve been in contact with Veteran Affairs, and I think that’s the plan,” said Cuthbert. “We’re going to make a nice display table, because we have the guy’s picture. The ribbon for the medal is all rotted away, but the medal’s in good shape and you can get these ribbons from the Legion. So we’ll put it together, make up a nice presentation and donate it somewhere in the area.”
Cuthbert added, “It’s
something you want to share, because it’s a big piece of history.
Providing a final comment, Cuthbert reflected on the day of the find and the pending donation of the medal.
“The Lord, Jesus Christ, really blessed me that day. It’s really good for the hobby– it was a good day and I just remember being really excited,” said Cuthbert. “And of course to be able to get that history out there, too. People tend to forget a lot about that. The war and the freedom from it. So being able to put that to light too is really special. It’s a gentleman who died overseas fighting for us.”
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Farmers’ Advocate
Rural win: MASC offices reopen in Virden, Shoal Lake
Local leaders call move a step toward stronger rural economies
By Dale Davison Farmers’ Advocate
Four years ago, the provincial government closed 21 Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) offices across Manitoba. Producers, agricultural organizations and local governments protested the move seeing it as a hardship for farmers and a move to centralization that would hurt rural centres such as Virden. A plan to reopen some of these offices was announced in January of this year, and as of last Friday the Virden and Shoal Lake locations were once again open for business.
John Plohman, chair of the board of directors for MASC, introduced Minister of Agriculture Ron Kostyshyn who said, “Farmers want to ensure they have tools to maintain and govern their farming operations. I know that MASC clients will welcome the convenience of having a local team available to help them with all their risk management, lending and other agriculture services. That also strengthens farm families, rural communities and our province as a whole.”
Scott Phillips, a councillor for the RM Sifton and Vice President of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) recalled the past closures of service branches across the province. Phillips
Minister
Agriculture
vice chair Don Kostesky, Virden
Tina
Minister Glen Simard and John Plohman,
Services Corporation
said, “Three words. Rural Economic Reconciliation. Years ago, branches were closed across the province. We’re not going to point fingers, but it was a shame that so many agencies like this were closed. We’ve been very fortunate over the last half dozen or so years to be included in the conversations with the past government and this government on reopening some of these key centres in Manitoba. We’ve been involved. We were told ‘no’, I don’t know how many
times, but ‘no’ just meant try harder and make a better plan.” Calling Virden an ideal location in Western Manitoba Phillips said, “This really is the centre of it all.”
Virden Mayor Tina Williams said, “The value of having a local office for our surrounding farm communities cannot be overstated.”
RM of Wallace-Woodworth Reeve Clayton Canart agreed and added that he hopes this re-opening of an office so important to the
region will prove to be the first step in decentralizing other government services, bringing them closer to the people that use them.
Along with the Virden office, the Shoal Lake office is also reopening, and the two locations will serve 650 to 700 farmers and agricultural businesses in the surrounding regions. Each new service centre will be staffed by four fulltime employees and a team of insurance adjustors.
The sta members of the new Virden offi will
Samantha Bertram, Dan Boulanger, Lawrence Dan-
PHOTO BY DALE DAVISON
Above picture:
of
Ron Kostyshyn cuts the ribbon to officially open the MASC Virden office. He is joined by MASC
Mayor
Williams, RM of Wallace-Woodworth Reeve Clayton Canart, Municipal and Northern Relations
chair of the board of directors for MASC. Bottom picture: The new Manitoba Agricultural
office in Virden is located at 297-Seventh Avenue South.
include Andrea Schneider,
iel, Michelle Breedon, and team leader Barb Stambuski.
Tips for drying tough and damp canola
Aeration can be enough to dry tough canola to safe storage levels – as long as air has “capacity to dry”. Damp canola will require heated air drying. Safe levels for long-term storage of canola are grain moisture of eight per cent and grain temperature of less than 15°c. Canola is considered “tough” at moisture levels between 10 and 12.5 per cent and “damp” is anything above that, according to the Grain Grading Guide. To dry tough canola with aeration, the bin needs adequate airflow and that air needs “capacity to dry” – which means it has to be warm with low relatively humidity (RH). (See the In-bin drying heading below.) Damp canola will require heated air drying and rigorous management to condition it for safe storage.
Grain dryers (heated-air drying)
Dry canola as soon as possible: While waiting, aerate con-
tinuously if possible and move damp canola back and forth between storage facilities to prevent spoilage. The combination of aeration and movement is ideal.
Have the right equipment:
Continuous flow or re-circulating batch drying systems are preferable. They reduce the potential for seed damage from heating and allow for slightly higher drying temperatures. For very damp canola, growers may prefer to run the grain through twice at a lower temperature to prevent seed damage and reduce the risk of fires. Also, if the dryer has screens, make sure the screen size is small enough to hold canola. Another option is to add heat to a bin aeration system. Talk to your bin and fan supplier for details.
Watch drying temperatures: Check the maximum safe drying temperature for your system, then reduce it by 11°c when working with damp canola as opposed to tough. As moisture
content increases, it gets much easier to “cook” your canola in a heated air drying system.
Over dry canola slightly when using heated air: As grain cools when moved into storage, moisture content tends to rebound slightly. Over drying compensates for this. A general rule is to over dry by 0.1 per cent for every point the grain is dried. For example, if canola is at 14 per cent moisture and your target is 9 per cent, over dry by 0.5 percentage points to 8.5 per cent. When returning warm, dried canola back to the bin, turn on the fans to cool it for safe storage. This could also allow for a bit more drying as drying can occur when cold air is introduced to a warm mass of grain.
In-bin drying with supplement heat
Natural air drying (NAD) using aeration fans works well as long as the fan provides adequate airflow and the air has capacity to
dry. The second requirement can be a challenge because cool fall air often has low or no capacity to dry anything. That is why more farmers are adding heaters to their aeration fans.
Increasing the temperature of the incoming air basically reduces the relative humidity (RH) of the incoming air, which increases the capacity of air to hold (and therefore remove) moisture. This increase its efficiency of drying the grain. For every 10°c increase in air temperature, the RH is cut in half.
A heater certified and designed for use with grain storage aeration fans can turn a “poor” drying day into a “good” drying day, and the capital investment is much smaller than it would be for a batch dryer set up. Generally, a poor drying day is when RH is 70 per cent or more, or the temperature is 10°C or less.
The general recommendation for adding supplemental heat to an aeration system is to increase air temperature to no more than
15-20°c – although the higher the fan’s airflow (cubic feet per minute) per bushel, the more heat you can add.
Airflow rates needs to be at least 1.0 cfm/bu for moisture removal. Insufficient air flow can result in a high moisture zone near the top of the bin that can initiate spoilage. The greater the depth of canola in the bin, the more fan capacity you will need to move air through it effectively. Large diameter bins that provide uniform air flow through a perforated floor may have an advantage when handling damp grain. If you suspect the air flow is insufficient, remove some canola to reduce the depth. Side benefits of removing some grain are that it disrupts any high moisture areas that are developing and it flattens the cone, which could help to make the airs path more consistent throughout the bulk.
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Op-ed: Relationships matter
By Cam Dahl General Manager, Manitoba Pork Council
On Sept 17, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) began a 45-day public comment period on the effectiveness and impact of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), and public hearings on CUSMA will be held in the U.S. this November. The process to review Canada’s most important trade agreement has begun.
Our relationships with our partners, customers, and suppliers in the U.S. matter now more than ever. Recently, Manitoba Pork was on a mission to Iowa with Manitoba’s Minister of Agriculture, Ron Kostyshyn. It was an opportunity to talk to Iowa’s farm leaders and politicians about the value of our integrated market and the trade between us. We could not have received a warmer welcome. There is a strong understanding south of the border about the value of our trading relationship. The USTR and U.S. Congress will likely not give a lot of weight to comments from the Canadian pork sector, Canadian agriculture in general, or even our federal and provincial governments, but they will listen to the Governor of Iowa and elected representatives of Iowa’s agriculture base.
Outreach should be a top priority
While it might look good on social media or on television for a Canadian politician, in a fit of pique, to pour out whiskey distilled in Manitoba over a disagreement with a multi-national company, or to threaten to turn off the lights in American states, this is not how strong positive relationships are built.
Relationships are built by showing up at state fairs as friends and neighbours. Canadians cannot afford to have potential allies in the U.S. and Mexico turned off by aggressive commentary coming from north of the 49th parallel. We need partnership not rhetoric. For Canadian agriculture, this outreach should be the top priority for the industry, especially for the 90 percent of Canadian farmers who depend on international markets for their price discovery and sales. While we must look to diversify our markets, we cannot replace the U.S. as a destination. For example, Manitoba ships over 3 million live pigs to be finished in the U.S. every year. Today these exports are moving under the protection of CUSMA. If we were to lose that protection or have the integration between producers in the U.S. and Canada weakened, these animals would have no alternative markets and communities across our province would feel the economic impact.
We should have a plan in place Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial agriculture ministers met in Winnipeg the second week
of September. I am hopeful that they discussed the development of a strategic outreach plan with our partners in the U.S. Not every Minister needs to visit every state capitol in the lower 48 states, but we should have a plan in place to have at least one agricultural delegation reach out to most of them before the 45-day comment period on the effectiveness of CUSMA expires. Which brings me to my closing observation. The U.S. has started public consultations on the effectiveness of CUSMA. When are the Canadian consultations going to begin?
The best time to start the development of a strategic pan-Canadian agricultural position on the key elements of the CUSMA would have been about 18 months ago. The second-best time to start this dialogue with the agriculture community is today. If this does not occur, Canada runs the risk that we will go into the critical part of the CUSMA review with both industry and governments divided. That could be a mistake that has far reaching consequences for farmers from coast to coast.
For agriculture, the overall goal going into the CUSMA review must be the preservation and expansion of the integrated North American market
for both agricultural commodities and food. For the betterment of farmers, processors and consumers, we must actively target the elimination of tariff and non-tariff trade barriers including, regulatory misalignment between Canada and the U.S., increased use of restrictive country of origin labelling requirements, and individual state regulations that restrict trade within North America.
Our strategic discussions with our CUSMA partners should also recognize that, in an increasingly less stable international trading environment, secure trade within North America of agriculture commodities and food contributes to the national security of all three CUSMA signatories and helps deliver a reliable and safe food supply for North American consumers.
Monitor the drying process for canola
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Temperature of the grain itself plays a role in the efficiency of NAD with supplemental heat. If the grain is already cool (less than 5°C), NAD with supplemental heat will initially add moisture to the grain. It will take some time before drying starts, but the bulk will warm up eventually and drying will be accomplished. If the grain is still warm, then NAD plus supplemental heat can work very well. Make sure to have good ventilation at the top of the bin to allow warm, moist air to escape. Inadequate ventilation in the headspace will result in condensation on the top layers of grain.
For effective drying using supplemental heat, the bin needs to be turned frequently – every day to every few days. Without turning, it will take substantial time for the drying front to reach the top layers of the bin.
And finally, monitor regularly during and after the drying process. Cool the grain after drying, aiming for a safe storage temperature of less than 15°C. Note that blowing cool air on warm grain will remove some additional moisture, so drying may be complete when moisture is within one percentage point of the target.
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Michael Leonard Mozdzen
September 16, 1934 - September 8, 2025
It is with deep sadness and much love that we mourn the passing of Mike Mozdzen of Alonsa, Manitoba on September 8, 2025 just short of his 91st birthday.
Dad was predeceased by his wife Margaret in January 2014.
Dad will be forever remembered by his sons Daren (Heather), Kevin (Robbie), and Trevas (Charlene); grandchildren Kevin (Gillian), Kristen (Mike), Keith (Tricia), Dylan (Natalie), Drew (Jaden) and Dustin; great grandchildren Adelaide and Olive.
The family is grateful that dad was fortunate in being able to live independently on the family farm where he was born until just before his passing. Farming was his passion where he enjoyed spending time working in the fieldsand maintaining his garden, even as of recent. Rest peacefully dad in knowing the crops and garden vegetables will be harvested in your absence.
Cremation has taken place. As per dad’s wishes, there will be no formal funeral service. The family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to the doctors, nurses and entire staff at the Neepawa Hospital for their compassionate care and support during dad’s brief illness.
White’s Funeral Home of Neepawa in care of arrangements. 204-476-2848 ~ www.whitesfh.ca
Audrey LaVerne Wahoski (Hampton) Audrey LaVerne Wahoski (nee Hampton) of Neepawa, MB passed away July 1, 2025, with family by her side at the Neepawa Health Centre after a brief illness at age 70. LaVerne, eldest daughter of Elmer and Rose Hampton was born on August 1, 1954, in Minnedosa District Hospital and raised in Minnedosa with 2 sisters and 2 brothers.
On October 25, 1975, LaVerne married Jerry Wahoski of Minnedosa. They moved to Calgary, Alberta where she worked for Scotia Bank and did some babysitting while Jerry worked for Qualico and Rancho Realty as Mechanical Supervisor.
While in Calgary they were blessed with four children and then moved to Neepawa in 1988. Once in Neepawa LaVerne and Jerry opened Wahoski Plumbing and Heating.
While raising their four children, LaVerne was taking nursing at University, worked at Carnation in Carberry, opened her own esthetics business, picked up shifts at East View Lodge and still managed to findtime to keep Jerry's books to date and get the kids to all of their activities.
LaVerne enjoyed travelling, dancing, reading and crafts. But her pride and joy were her children and grandchildren. LaVerne was predeceased by her husband Jerry and her parents Elmer and Rose Hampton, mother and fatherin-law Mary and Albert Wahoski, sister-in-law and high school friend Joy, brothers-in-law Dennis, Ron, Darcy, niece Danielle, nephew Christopher, Uncle Ronnie and Auntie Irene Birch, cousin Beverly Lachance, Uncle Johnny and Auntie Jean Turchinski.
Left to cherish her memory are her children and 9 grandchildren, Stephen (Laurie, Kyla, Amber and Ava), Michael (Christie, Madalyn and Benjamin), Angeline (Justin, Ariel and Emily), Jennifer (Dean, Luke and Avery), Sisters Anita (Bernard), Teresa (Rick), Brothers Floyd (Addy) and Adrian, Brothers and sisters- in- law Richard (Suzanne), Mark (Darcy), Eva, and Lori along with many nieces, nephews, extended family and close friends.
A private graveside service was held at the Minnedosa Cemetery July 26, 2025.
Arrangements were entrusted to Minister Julie Hutton and Brian James of White's Funeral Home, who we thank for their support at this difficult time
The family would like to send a thank you to the staff at Neepawa Health Centre from the front doors, to the nurses, Dr. Wiebe and Dr. Krzyzanlak for all their support, compassion and care.
Should friends so desire donations In LaVerne’s memory may be made to Diabetes Canada or the Alzheimer society of Manitoba.
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Yard Sale
MOVING SALE. Tools, Furniture & More 463 4th Street
NE Minnedosa, MB Saturday, September 27th 9:00 am5:00 pm
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Birthday
Happy 85th Birthday
Ernie Gawaziuk!
Love your family and friends.
Keith “Wayne” Dillabough
June 1, 1949 – September 10, 2025
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Keith “Wayne” Dillabough on September 10, 2025, at the Brandon General Hospital, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Wayne was born in Minnedosa, Manitoba on June 1, 1949, the fourth child of Sam and Bessie Dillabough. He completed his schooling in Minnedosa, where he was far more passionate about sports than academicsespecially hockey, baseball, golf and curling. During high school, he worked after school at Burgess Quality Foods, delivering groceries around town. He loved to chat and joke with customers, always sharing a smile.
After graduation in 1970, Wayne and a couple of buddies headed north to Lynn Lake in search of work. He spent about a year working in the mines before returning home to Minnedosa to marry the love of his life, Donna Hall of Bethany. Together, they built a loving home and welcomed three children.
In 1971, Wayne began his 37 year career with CP Rail. Though his job often kept him away from home, he always made time for his family - coaching hockey and baseball and attending countless activities that his kids were involved in. He worked as hard as he played, never one to pass up a work trip. After a long night shift, he’d often head straight to the golf course to meet the guys for their tee time or off to a curling bonspiel. He found great joy in both the competition and the camaraderie, especially during family fun bonspiels and men’s or mixed events, where he even made it to the provincials. Between games, cards were played and drinks were shared – traditions that built friendships that lasted over 50 years.
Wayne retired from the railroad in June 2008, but train talk remained a staple of family gatherings, especially with son Kent, son-in-law, Dallas, and grandson Jayden all following in his CP Rail footsteps.
In retirement, Wayne embraced life fully. He found joy in a daily routine of golf, cards at the Legion, coffee with the crew, and winters spent travelling. From Europe, Mexico and Hawaii to their eventual winter home in Arizona. Wayne cherished every opportunity to enjoy the sunshine, play pickleball, hike, and golf year-round. Evenings were for cheering on his favourite teams; the Toronto Blue Jays in the summer and the Winnipeg Jets throughout hockey season. Golf wasn’t just a game for Wayne; it was a lifelong passion. Whether he was playing, volunteering at the course, or serving on the board, he was always happy to be involved. We image him now, standing on the first tee, ready for another round with his favourite foursome. Wayne is survived by his beloved wife Donna; daughter Krista (Dallas); grandson Jayden (Seren); son Kent; and daughter Kara.
A come and go celebration of life will take place on October 4, 2025 from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the Minnedosa Legion. A private family burial will take place in the Minnedosa Cemetery.
Auctions
Meyers Auctions & Appraisals. Call Brad at 368-2333. www.meyersauctions.com
Notice
Alanon meetings currently being held at 342 Mountain Ave, Neepawa - Old Co-op Store. Tuesdays at 7 pm. Call 204-841-2192
Alcoholics Anonymous meetings currently being held at 342 Mountain Ave, Neepawa, Thursdays at 7 pm. Call Don 204-856-9072 or Debbi 204352-4065
Arden Hall, cap. 255. Park, camping and sports facilities, rink, curling ice, kitchen and lounge. Call 204-368-2202
Drug problem? Yellowhead Narcotics Anonymous meets Sundays at 7 pm, at the Minnedosa Town Hall basement.
Minnedosa Handivan 204868-8164 Mon-Fri 9:00-3:30
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Neepawa Banner & Press offers full research and re-print services from our archives that go back to 1896. Additional copies of papers, $2 each depending on availability. Re-print of a page from past copies, $2 per page. Archival research, $25 per hour with a $10 minimum. Individual photos on photo paper $5 depending if we have a suitable original in our digital, print or photo archives. Ken Waddell, publisher
For Sale or Rent
Storage vans (semi trailers) for rent or sale. Anderson’s 204-385-2685, 204-3852997 Gladstone
For Sale
1996 Nissan Maxima. New battery and block heater. Safetied. In good condition. Call 204-476-2877
For Sale: Small square wheat/straw bales for sale. Bruce Firby Minnedosa 204-867-2203
Obituary
John Walter Paramor
John Walter Paramor, born Feb. 21, 1954, passed peacefully at home on Sept. 15, 2025 at 71 years old. John was born in Neepawa, MB to Walter and Velma Paramor. He was the second oldest of 12 children. He was raised on the family farm north of Arden. His early years of education were at the Glenholm School and Arden School and he attended high school in Neepawa.
John was a hard worker and held many jobs including Community Works, where he hand dug wells, travelling to Lynn Lake to work in the mines and travelling to Alberta to work as a logger with his brothers, all the while farming back home in Arden.
John was an accomplished and passionate farmer. He was often called on by his neighbours, asking for help with their animals. Whether it was sorting cattle, shearing sheep, or helping load an ornery bull, John was always willing to give a helping hand.
John was involved in sports his whole life. He played hockey and curled in the winter and could be found at firstbase on the ball fieldin the summer. As his kids got into sports, he could always be found watching on the sidelines, or in the action, umping games. In his later years he could still be found on the curling ice or on his favourite chair, watching the Jays or whatever curling game was on as an active armchair coach.
John met the love of his life, Jackie, on Dec 24, 1976 and they were married on May 19, 1979. They had three children; Walter (Miki), Lorne (Jenn) and Elizabeth(Jeffrey). He has eight grandchildren Jessica (Brodey), Sasha, Tracin, Wyatt, Ella, Logan, Piper and Lucy as well as three great-grandchildren, Alila, Olivia and Epperly.
John was highly devoted to his family and spent many hours passing on his farming and curling knowledge to the younger generations. His passion for animal husbandry shows in his children and grandchildren. He spent many hours with them, training horses, raising chickens, turkeys, and guinea fowl and travelling to Alberta to help his son and daughter-in-law during calving seasons. He could also often be found zippin’ around the yard on his lawnmower, tending to his birds and checking his gardens.
John will be greatly missed around the community and at the card table by many friends and family.
A Celebration of John’s Life was held on Monday, September 22, 2025 at the Arden Community Hall. Clarkes Funeral Home Gladstone – MacGregor in care of arrangements www.clarkesfuneralhome.com
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For Sale
Fresh Vegetables for sale. Tomatoes, onions, potatoes, tomatoe juice. Onions 5 lb $6. Potatoes 50 lbs $25 Tomato juice $2. per liter. Can deliver. Call Bruce 204-466-3088. Bauman’s RR1 Austin
For Rent
Apartment for rent. Bri-Mont apartments, 331 Mountain Avenue. Phone 204-8414419
Bachelor suites available for rent. Carberry Plains Lodge Inc. Please contact 204-476-0487 or 204-8412419 The Carberry Plains Lodge provides lodging to 55+ residents. We currently have some suites available.
Help Wanted
The Minnedosa 50+ Activity Centre is currently accepting applications for the position of Activity Coordinator to commence on October 15, 2025. The position is for 12 hours per week, but must be flexible when required. The successful applicant will have the following skills and competencies: excellent communication, social and approachable, work independently and as part of a team. Be reliable, trustworthy and have computer experience (i.e. word, excel, email, social media etc.) Resumes can be emailed to mdsasca@ gmail.com or mailed to Box 1002 Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0. Also can be dropped off in person during officehours. Deadline for resumes will be October 6, 2025 at 12 noon. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Coming Events
Fall Craft Sale
A Margaret Laurence Home Fundraiser Saturday, October 4, 2025
Neepawa Legion Hall • 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Admission $2.00
Quilt Show
Tangled Thread Quilt Guild Sept 26th from 2pm til 7pm Sept 27th from 10am til 3pm at the Neepawa Legion Hall
URGENT PRESS RELEAS-
FOODS
Industrial Plant Cleaner (NOC 65312)
Why join our team?
HyLife is a global leader in food processing, with a vision to be the best food company in the world. To achieve this, we are currently expanding our team and have exciting career opportunities at 623 Main St. Neepawa, MB. We are actively seeking to fill 10 positions.
The current starting wage is $22.20/hour with incremental increases to $23.55/hour based on tenure as per our Collective Agreement
Quick Facts:
• Culturally diverse – employ people from all over the world
• Fully integrated facility –Feed Mills, Barns, Transportation, and Production Plant
• 2500+ employees worldwide
• We Care about our employees, communities, customers, animals, and our environment
What we can offer you:
• Competitive Wage
• Vacation: 10 working days of paid vacation as per our collective bargaining agreement
• Comprehensive Benefitspackage – health coverage, dental plan, vision care, long-term disability, and pension plan
• Permanent full-time employment (74-80 hours per bi-weekly)
• PM Shift
• Full training, with genuine opportunities for career progression
• Employee Referral program - $500!
• Free parking
• Company events
• And more!!!!
Your duties may include:
• Cleaning and sanitizing butcher and slaughter production areas and everything in between to ensure top-quality food safety standards.
• Operating cleaning equipment like high-pressure hoses to clean production equipment.
• Using cleaning chemicals with respect and following Material Safety Data Sheets.
• Ensuring all Quality Assurance checks are performed.
• Maintaining a safe, clean, and organized work area throughout the facility.
• Collaborating as a team to meet tight deadlines, ensuring production floors operate on time
We are looking for people who are:
• Fit and capable of working in a physically demanding role. Capable of bending, lifting, and climbing.
• Available to work an 8-hour Night Shift from MondayFriday, between 11:15 PM to 9:00 AM
• Capable of repetitive manual tasks and standing for long periods of time
• Capable of working in diverse environments, including exposure to varying temperatures, humidity, and odors
• Minimum of one (1) to seven (7) months experience in sanitation, or industrial cleaning, or heavy-duty cleaning
• Completion of Secondary school or equivalent experience
• Able to effectively communicate in English
• At least 18 years old to meet the minimum age requirement
HyLife is dedicated to promoting equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those who identify as a member of the following groups: Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada, Older workers, Veterans, and Visible minorities.
Ways to apply: Online at http://hylife.com/careers/ or mail to PO Box 10,000, 623 Main St E, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0. Fax to: 204.476.3791 | Email to: jobs@hylife.com | In Person at 623 Main ST. E, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0 For inquiries contact: Phone: 204.476.3393
H yL ife has an accommodation process for employees with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation during your employment because of a disability, please contact Jobs@hylife.com. An HR representative will be in touch with you as soon as possible. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis and our accommodation policy can be forwarded upon request.
Be a part of the HyLife experience
– your journey starts here!
We thank all applicants, however, only those under consideration will be contacted
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FOODS
Hog Receiving Barn Worker (NOC85100)
Why join our team?
HyLife is a global leader in food processing, with a vision to be the best food company in the world. To achieve this, we are currently expanding our team and have exciting career opportunities at 623 Main St. Neepawa, MB. We are actively seeking to fill 5 positions.
The current starting wage is $19.25/hour with incremental increases to $20.55/hour based on tenure
Quick Facts:
• Culturally diverse – employ people from all over the world
• Fully integrated facility –Feed Mills, Barns, Transportation, and Production Plant
• 2500+ employees worldwide
• We Care about our employees, communities, customers, animals, and our environment
What we can offer you:
• Competitive Wage
• Vacation: 10 working days of paid vacation
• Comprehensive Benefitspackage – health coverage, dental plan, vision care, long-term disability, and pension plan
• Permanent full-time employment (74-80 hours per bi-weekly)
• PM Shift Premium
• Full training, with genuine opportunities for career progression
• Employee Referral program - $500!
• Free parking
• Company events
• And more!!!!
Your duties may involve:
• Receiving and unloading hog deliveries.
• Sorting hogs into appropriate receiving pens.
• Ensuring humane and safe handling of hogs in our facility.
• Completing hog receiving documents to CFIA standards.
• Scraping trailers.
• Working outdoors and in a barn environment.
To excel in this role, you should possess:
• Respect for animal welfare, food safety, and workplace safety. Understanding of animal behavior
• Capable of working in diverse environments, including exposure to varying temperatures, humidity, and odors
• Minimum of one (1) to seven (7) months experience working with livestock
• Fit and capable of working in a physically demanding role. Capable of bending, lifting, and crawling
• Completion of Secondary school or equivalent experience
• Capable of repetitive manual tasks
• Able to effectively communicate in English
• At least 18 years old to meet the minimum age requirement
HyLife i s dedicated to promoting equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those who identify as a member of the following groups: Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada, Older workers, Veterans, and Visible minorities.
Ways to apply:
Online at http://hylife.com/careers/ or mail to PO Box 10,000, 623 Main St E, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0. Fax to: 204.476.3791 | Email to: jobs@hylife.com |
In Person at 623 Main ST. E, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0
For inquiries contact: Phone: 204.476.3393
HyLife has an accommodation process for employees with disabilities.
If you require a specific accommodation during your employment because of a disability, please contact Jobs@hylife.com. An HR representative will be in touch with you as soon as possible. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis and our accommodation policy can be forwarded upon request.
Be a part of the HyLife experience
– your journey starts here!
We thank all applicants, however, only those under consideration will be contacted
FOODS
Industrial Butcher (NOC 94141)
Why join our team?
HyLife is a global leader in food processing, with a vision to be the best food company in the world. To achieve this, we are currently expanding our team and have exciting career opportunities at 623 Main St. Neepawa, MB. We are actively seeking to fill 100 positions.
The current starting wage is $16.45/hour with incremental increases to $24.60/hour based on tenure as per our Collective Agreement
Quick Facts:
• Culturally diverse – employ people from all over the world
• Fully integrated facility –Feed Mills, Barns, Transportation, and Production Plant
• 2500+ employees worldwide
• We Care about our employees, communities, customers, animals, and our environment
What we can offer you:
• Competitive Wage
• Vacation: 10 working days of paid vacation as per our collective bargaining agreement
• Comprehensive Benefitspackage – health coverage, dental plan, vision care, long-term disability, and pension plan
• Permanent full-time employment (74-80 hours per bi-weekly)
• PM Shift Premium
• Full training, with genuine opportunities for career progression
• Employee Referral program - $500!
• Free parking
• Company events
• And more!!!!
Your duties may include:
• Slaughter, eviscerate, and mark hogs for further processing;
• Debone edible parts and remove inedible organs for parts;
• Cut pork carcasses into primal cuts for further processing, cutting, or packaging for local, national, and international premium markets.
We are looking for people who are:
• Fit and capable of working in a physically demanding role
• Capable of repetitive manual tasks and standing for long periods of time
• Open to working in colder/warmer environments
• Minimum of one (1) to seven (7) months experience in meat cutting or slaughter or completed a program in Industrial Meat cutting
• Completion of Secondary school or equivalent experience
• Able to effectively communicate in English
HyLife is dedicated to promoting equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those who identify as a member of the following groups: Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada, Older workers, Veterans, and Visible minorities.
Ways to apply:
Online at http://hylife.com/careers/ or mail to PO Box 10,000, 623 Main St E, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0. Fax to: 204.476.3791 | Email to: jobs@hylife.com |
In Person at 623 Main ST. E, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0
For inquiries contact: Phone: 204.476.3393
HyLife has an accommodation process for employees with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation during your employment because of a disability, please contact Jobs@hylife.com. An HR representative will be in touch with you as soon as possible. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis and our accommodation policy can be forwarded upon request.
Be a part of the HyLife experience
– your journey starts here!
We thank all applicants, however, only those under consideration will be contacted
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Private mortgage lender. All real estate types considered. No credit checks done. Deal direct with lender and get quick approval. (403) 543-0927 www.firstandscondmortgages.ca
FOR SALE BY TENDER
NE 13-13-17 WPM NW 13-13-17 WPM in the RM of Minto-Odanah
Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Closing date for sale to be January 2, 2026.
Mail tenders to:
BURGESS LAW OFFICE
3000G Victoria Avenue Brandon, MB R7B 3Y3
Tenders must be received on or before 12:00 noon, November 14, 2025.
FOR SALE BY TENDER
Sealed, written tenders for the land described below will be received by:
MEIGHEN HADDAD LLP
110 - 11th Street, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 4J4
Atten: Trent B. Sholdice
PARCEL 1: ALL THAT PORTION OF S ½ 11-12-17 WPM WHICH LIES SOUTH OF RLY RIGHT OF WAY PLAN 170 BLTO EXC OUT OF SAID PORTION OF SE ¼ OF SAID SECTION ALL MINES AND MINERALS AS RESERVED IN THE GRANT FROM THE CROWN (Roll No. 71100.000 – RM of Elton)
1. Interested parties must rely on their own inspection and knowledge of the property and not on any representations made by or on behalf of the Vendor.
2. Tenders must be received on or before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 17, 2025.
3. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of 10% of the tender by cheque payable to Meighen Haddad LLP. Deposits accompanying unacceptable bids will be returned.
4. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
1. The closing of any purchase and sale resulting from an accepted tender will have an effective date of November 21, 2025 which shall be the Closing Date.
2. The bidder whose tender is accepted will be required to complete a formal agreement covering terms and conditions of sale.
3. The bidder whose tender is accepted must provide evidence of the purchased funds available under conditions acceptable to the Vendor within fiv (5) days of the acceptance of the tender. If the balance of the accepted tender is not paid as of the closing date the deposit may be forfeited as liquidated damages and not as a penalty.
4. The Property Taxes will be adjusted as of the Closing Date.
For further information contact Trent B. Sholdice at 204-725-8768
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UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PLANNING ACT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
On the date and at the time and location shown below, a PUBLIC HEARING will be held to receive representations from any persons who wish to make them in respect to the following matter:
RESCHEDULED
TOWN OF CARBERRY BY-LAW NO. 06-2025
being an AMENDMENT to the TOWN OF CARBERRY ZONING BY-LAW NO. 13-2022, as amended.
HEARING LOCATION:
Council Chambers, 44 Main Street, Carberry, Manitoba
DATE & TIME:
October 14th, 2025 at 7:00 pm
GENERAL INTENT OF BY-LAW NO. 6-2025
To add Daycare as a Permitted use between “Cemeteries”and “Hall” in Table 3.7 Use and Site Requirements: “OS” Open Space Zone. FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cypress Planning District 122 Main Street Carberry, Manitoba Phone: 204-834-6618
For more Information contact: Teresa McConnel, Interim CAO of the Town of Carberry Phone (204) 834-6628
A copy of the above proposal and supporting material may be inspected at the location noted above during normal office hours, Monday to Friday. Copies may be made and extracts taken therefrom, upon request.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSEDALE
Pursuant to subsection 367(7) of The Municipal Act, notice is hereby given that unless the tax arrears for the designated year and costs in respect of the hereinafter described properties are paid in full to the Municipality prior to the commencement of the auction, the Municipality will on the 16th day of October, 2025, at the hour of 01:00 PM, at Rural Municipality of Rosedale, 282 Hamilton Street, Neepawa, Manitoba, proceed to sell by public auction the following described properties:
Roll Number Description Assessed Value Amount of Arrears & Costs for Which Property May be Offered for Sale
27800 LOTS 1 AND 2 BLOCK 7 PLAN 410 NLTO IN NW 1/4 10-18-15 WPM, LOT 3 BLOCK 7 PLAN 410 NLTO IN NW 1/4 10-18-15 WPM - 5 4TH ST, RIDING MOUNTAIN
-$5,000$2,435.64 124600 LOT 1 PLAN 7115 NLTO IN SE 1/4 23-16-16 WPM - 93030 ROAD 91W
172400 THE NE 1/4 OF SECTION 32-17-16 WPM AS SHOWN ON TOWNSHIP DIAGRAM APPROVED JULY 14, 1905 NLTO SUBJECT TO SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS TO MINES MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS PARTICULARLY DEFINED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWN101088 ROAD 94W
172600 THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 32-17-16 WPM EXC PLAN 68908 NLTO SUBJECT TO SPECIAL RESERVATIONS AS TO MINES MINERALS AND OTHER MATTERS AS PARTICULARLY DEFINED IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE CROWNDESC SE 32 17 16 W L -$203,200$4,498.36
The tax sale is subject to the following terms and conditions with respect to each property:
• The purchaser of the property will be responsible for any unpaid municipal utilities and any property taxes not yet due.
• The Municipality may exercise its right to set a reserve bid in the amount of the arrears and costs.
• If the purchaser intends to bid by proxy, a letter of authorization form must be presented prior to the start of the auction.
• The Municipality makes no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning the properties being sold.
• The successful purchaser must, at the time of the sale, make payment in cash, certified cheque or bank draft to the RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSEDALE as follows:
i) The full purchase price if it is $10,000 or less; OR
ii) If the purchase price is greater than $10,000, the purchaser must provide a non-refundable deposit in the amount of $10,000 and the balance of the purchase price must be paid within 20 days of the sale; AND iii) A fee in the amount $500.85 ($477 + GST) for preparation of the transfer of title documents. The purchaser will be responsible for registering the transfer of title documents in the land titles office, including the registration costs.
• The risk for the property lies with the purchaser immediately following the auction.
• The purchaser is responsible for obtaining vacant possession.
• If the property is non-residential property, the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if a GST registrant, provide a GST Declaration.
Dated this 17th day of September, 2025.
Managed by:
Jordan Willner, CMMA Chief Administrative Officer
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF ROSEDALE
Phone: (204) 476-5414
Fax: (204) 476-5431
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES
MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH CYPRESS-LANGFORD
Pursuant to subsection 367(7) of The Municipal Act, notice is hereby given that unless the tax arrears for the designated year and costs in respect of the hereinafter described properties are paid in full to the Municipality prior to the commencement of the auction, the Municipality will on the 15th day of October, 2025, at the hour of 02:00 PM, at Municipality of North CypressLangford, 316-4th Avenue, Carberry, MB, proceed to sell by public auction the following described properties:
The tax sale is subject to the following terms and conditions with respect to each property:
• The purchaser of the property will be responsible for any unpaid municipal utilities and any property taxes not yet due.
• The Municipality may exercise its right to set a reserve bid in the amount of the arrears and costs.
• If the purchaser intends to bid by proxy, a letter of authorization form must be presented prior to the start of the auction.
• The Municipality makes no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning the properties being sold.
• The successful purchaser must, at the time of the sale, make payment in cash, certified cheque or bank draft to the MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH CYPRESS-LANGFORD as follows:
i) The full purchase price if it is $10,000 or less; OR
ii) If the purchase price is greater than $10,000, the purchaser must provide a non-refundable deposit in the amount of $10,000 and the balance of the purchase price must be paid within 20 days of the sale; AND iii) A fee in the amount $500.85 ($477 + GST) for preparation of the transfer of title documents. The purchaser will be responsible for registering the transfer of title documents in the land titles office, including the registration costs.
• The risk for the property lies with the purchaser immediately following the auction.
• The purchaser is responsible for obtaining vacant possession.
• If the property is non-residential property, the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if a GST registrant, provide a GST Declaration.
Dated this 4th day of September, 2025.
Managed by:
Teresa Parker
Chief Administrative Officer
MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH CYPRESS-LANGFORD Phone: (204) 834-6600
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION SALE OF LANDS FOR ARREARS OF TAXES MUNICIPALITY OF WESTLAKE-GLADSTONE
Pursuant to subsection 367(7) of The Municipal Act, notice is hereby given that unless the tax arrears for the designated year and costs in respect of the hereinafter described properties are paid in full to the Municipality prior to the commencement of the auction, the Municipality will on the 22nd day of October, 2025, at the hour of 02:00 PM, at Municipality of WestLakeGladstone, 14 Dennis St. East, Gladstone, MB, proceed to sell by public auction the following described properties: Roll
The tax sale is subject to the following terms and conditions with respect to each property:
• The purchaser of the property will be responsible for any unpaid municipal utilities and any property taxes not yet due.
• The Municipality may exercise its right to set a reserve bid in the amount of the arrears and costs.
• If the purchaser intends to bid by proxy, a letter of authorization form must be presented prior to the start of the auction.
• The Municipality makes no representations or warranties whatsoever concerning the properties being sold.
• The successful purchaser must, at the time of the sale, make payment in cash, certified cheque or bank draft to the MUNICIPALITY OF WESTLAKE-GLADSTONE as follows:
i) The full purchase price if it is $10,000 or less; OR
ii) If the purchase price is greater than $10,000, the purchaser must provide a non-refundable deposit in the amount of $10,000 and the balance of the purchase price must be paid within 20 days of the sale; AND
iii) A fee in the amount $500.85 ($477 + GST) for preparation of the transfer of title documents. The purchaser will be responsible for registering the transfer of title documents in the land titles office, including the registration costs.
• The risk for the property lies with the purchaser immediately following the auction.
• The purchaser is responsible for obtaining vacant possession.
• If the property is non-residential property, the purchaser must pay GST to the Municipality or, if a GST registrant, provide a GST Declaration.
Dated this 12th day of September, 2025.
Managed by:
BP Archives: Senior 4-H members of 1980
Thank you for reading the Neepawa Banner & Press
Pictured here are Senior 4-H members (15 years and over) from 1980, pictured in August at the southwest regional meet of the 4-H horse club, held at Big Valley.
Pictured from left to right are: Belinda Aitken, Shaunda Drader, Lori Hall, Kathy Jakubowski, Kim Kulbacki, Carolyn McLeod, Sheila Tanner, and Corinna Jasienzyk. All members pictured are from the Neepawa club. One person who was not pictured here was Cindy Forbes, of Dauphin.
Notice
UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT
The Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone, under the authority of The Planning Act, will hold a PUBLIC HEARING at 14 Dennis St. Gladstone, MB on Wednesday November 19, 2025 at 10:00 am at which time and place Council will receive written or verbal representations from the applicant and any persons who wish to make them in respect to the following application matter:
NOTICE OF ELECTION
RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF MINTO-ODANAH
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the voters of The Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah will be taken to elect a Councillor in Ward 1, from the following duly nominated candidates:
ONE (1) COUNCILLOR – WARD 1 POLLON, Brion BOYD, Kevin
SERVICES GUIDE
BY-LAW NO. 2025-17, being an amendment to Zoning By-law 2020-02 GENERAL INTENT: To re-zone the hatched area as shown on the map below, from Commercial Central – Mixed Use Zone to Residential. A copy of the above proposal and supporting material may be inspected during regular office hours before the Public Hearing.
Copies may be made, and extracts taken
from, upon request. Any questions or concerns please call the Municipal office at 204-385-2332.
VOTING PLACES
Voting place will be open for voting on Wednesday the 22nd day of October, 2025 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at:
Minnedosa Community Conference Center 63 Main Street N. Minnedosa, Manitoba
IDENTIFICATION MAY BE RQUIRED BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO VOTE. A person may be required to produce one piece of government issued photo identification (for example – driver’s license or passport) or at least two other documents that provide proof of identity.
ADVANCE VOTING
FOR THE PURPOSE of accommodating persons who are qualified to vote, but who have reason to believe that they will be absent or otherwise unable to attend their proper voting place on election day, an advance voting opportunity will be located at the Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah Municipal Office, 49 Main St. S, Minnedosa, MB, and will be open Wednesday, October 15th, 2025, between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m..
APPLICATION TO VOTE BY SEALED ENVELOPE
A VOTER WHO is unable to go in person to the voting place or vote in advance, may apply in person, in writing, or by fax to the Senior Election Official at: R.M. of MintoOdanah, Box 1197, 49 Main St. S., Minnedosa, MB R0J 1E0, Fax: (204) 867-1937.
If applying in person*, a voter may apply between Wednesday, September 24th and Friday, October 17th, 2025.
* A voter applying in person may pick up a sealed envelope ballot package at the time of application. If applying by mail or fax**, a voter may apply between Thursday, September 18, 2025 and Friday, October 17th, 2025.
** A voter applying by mail or fax will receive a sealed envelope ballot package by regular post, or by making alternative arrangements with the senior election official. Dated at Minnedosa in the Province of Manitoba, this 18th day of September, 2025.
Aaren Robertson, Senior Election Official Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah Phone: (204) 867-3282
Birnie Builders
MJHL Standings
Tigers remain perfect in RMFL
Game results
Saturday, Sept. 20 Portage 5-2 Neepawa
01:08 POR R. Platt (1) PP ASST: R. Thomas (1) Second Period
02:49 POR R. Platt (2) PP
ASST: R. Thomas (2), N. Therrien (1)
04:47 POR D. Uhrina (2) PP
ASST: R. Platt (1)
06:45 POR O. Witt (1)
ASST: J. Deschenes (1)
07:18 NPA DJ Meloney (1)
ASST: A. McIntosh (1), R. Harris (1)
18:34 POR V. Proulx (1) PP
ASST: W. Dreger (1), O. Witt (1) Third Period
18:36 NPA J. Clark (1)
ASST: L. Paquette (1), G. Slaney (1) Scoring 1 2 3 Total PP
Game results
Sunday, Sept. 21
Neepawa 5-3 Portage First Period 04:17 POR O. Witt (2) ASST: A. Belzil (1) Second Period
07:36 NPA K. Skrupa (1)
ASST: J. Penner (1), O. Durigan (1) 11:18 NPA K. Weisgarber (1)
ASST: J. Kohut (1), Roan Michalchuk (1) 13:48 NPA L. Paquette (1) PP ASST: J. Clark (1), J. Hefferan (1) Third Period
06:58 POR R. Platt (3)
ASST: B. Hirrschoff (1), T. Hill (1)
09:20 POR T. Hill (1) SH Unassisted
13:24 NPA L. Paquette (2) Unassisted 19:15 NPA J. Clark (2) EN ASST: L. Paquette (2) Scoring 1 2 3 Total PP NPA 0 3 2 5 1/3 POR 1 0 2 3 0/3
R. Velan - (W) 28/30 saves NPA Z. Burleigh - (L) 40/46 saves Attendance: 744- Yellowhead Centre
Sept. 18, 2025:
Men’s High Single & Triple: Chuck Morden 193 & 512.
Ladies’ High Single & Triple: Laurie Kohinski 194 & 525.
Other Good Scores: Laurie Kohinski 169, 162; Darrell
It was a back-and-forth battle between the Neepawa Tigers and the Transcona Nationals when the two teams squared off in Neepawa for some Rural Manitoba Football League (RMFL) action. Both teams would switch momentum as leading up to the third quarter, the Tigers and Nationals would take turns trading touchdowns and ball possession to make it a close game. The Tigers would open up the lead in the fourth quarter after a big interception and a few big offensive drives, where the Neepawa Tigers would end the game winning 37-28. Titans quarterback EJ Clark had 224 passing yards and 14 completions, while picking up one touchdown and 14 rushing yards. On the defensive side of the ball, linebacker Lexiin had himself a game with three tackles, two interceptions, two knockdowns, and 37 return yards. The win over the Nationals puts the Neepawa Tigers at 3-0 in the RMFL season. The Neepawa Tigers next hit the field on Sunday, Sept. 28, as the visiting Neelin Spartans come to town. Kickoff for the game is 2:00 p.m.
Paquette named an MJHL Star of the Week
Logan Paquette would play in both of the Titans games against the Portage Terriers and rack up four points
Neepawa Titans Assistant Captain Logan Paquette has been named one of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s (MJHL) Stars of the Week. During the opening weekend of action, Paquette would play in both of the Titans games against the Portage Terriers and rack up four points (two goals, two assists)
After adding a lone assist in the Titans opening loss, Paquette came up clutch for the Titans to close out the week on Sunday. After scoring a power play goal in
the 2nd period at Portage. Paquette would break the 3-3 tie in the third and score the game winner when he came down the left side and snapped one to the back of the net.
The two other MJHL Stars of the Week were Selkirk Stellers forward Griffin Krone, racking up three goals and four assists in seven games.
Steinbach Piston Goaltender Chris Quizi got the nod after playing two games, and winning them with a 2.00 goals against average and .926 save percentage.
By Joshua Jackson Neepawa Banner & Press
PHOTOS BY JOSHUA JACKSON
PHOTO BY JOSHUA JACKSON
You win some, you lose some
Neepawa Titans split weekend games with Portage Terriers
By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press
When it comes to last weekend’s results for the Neepawa Titans and Portage Terriers, perhaps we can just chalk it all up to nerves, as both teams ruined the others’ regular season home opener.
First, the Terriers took advantage of Neepawa’s porous penalty kill, scoring four times with the man advantage. That powerplay dominance lead to a 5-2 Terriers’ win at the Yellowhead Centre on Saturday’s Sept. 20. Portage went 4-for-9 on the night, while the Titan’s were held scoreless on three separate chances. Neepawa scored a pair at full strength, with D.J. Meloney and Jack Clark claiming their first goals of the season.
Titans Head Coach and General Manager Ken Pearson said when it came to all those penalties, it was a case of opening night nerves.
“We were undisciplined.
Titans centre and team captain Cooper
against the Portage Terriers on Saturday, Sept. 20.
These were penalties that could have been avoided and when we were on the [penalty kill], we just didn’t execute the plan, like we practiced,” said Pearson.
up,
drop for both home games is at 7:30 p.m.
The next night in Portage la Prairie, these two teams would met again, and it would be Neepawa would play spoiler, defeating the Terriers 5-3. On this night,
the Titans played in a more focused manner and kept the penalties to a minimum. Portage was held scoreless on three power-play chances, while Neepawa
scored once on one of their three opportunities. Logan Paquette scored twice, including the power-play marker, while Keenan Skrupa, Kyle Weisgarber and Jack Clark tallied the rest. Goaltender Alex Myers earned the win, his first in the MJHL, with a 35 save performance. Pearson said this effort on
the road, was much more indicative of what this team should be this season.
“We made a few changes [on the line pairing] up front with the additions of Roan Michalchuk and Finn Brennan. Their level of compete and abrasiveness, on a line with Ryan Harris, was a good momentum changer. Our veterans, as well stepped up. Logan Paquette had a good night and just some of the other guys, they may not have shown up on the stat-line, but it was seen on the ice, and it impacted the game. They were more dialled in, more structured, and when we as a roster do that, I think we can compete with anyone,” noted Pearson. Next up for Neepawa was a home game versus the Waywayseecappo Wolverines on Wednesday, Sept, 24 (Played just after the Banner & Press publication deadline) The Titans then have another home and home, this time against the Dauphin Kings. The first of these two will be at the Yellowhead Centre on Friday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. The next evening, these two teams will play again, this time at Dauphin Credit Union Place.
PHOTO BY EOIN DEVEREUX
Neepawa
Kasprick advances the puck up the ice, during Neepawa’s home opener
PHOTO BY JOSHUA JACKSON
Next
The Neepawa Titans host the Dauphin Kings Fri. Sept. 26, before heading to Dauphin for a bout with the Kings on Sept. 27. The Titans then welcome the Winnipeg Blues to town for an Oct. 1 matchup. Puck
Unbeetable
PHOTO BY JOSHUA JACKSON
Neepawa Banner & Press reader Edward Levandoski brought in this very large beet that was picked put of his home garden. The beet weighed in at seven pounds According to the Old Farmers Almanac, beets range from the size of a golf ball to a tennis ball, making this one an exciting exception. The Neepawa Banner & Press loves to see your large and unusual shaped fruits/vegetables that you have harvested!
Sutton-Harrison Realty is excited to welcome Ashley McCaughan back home to our brokerage! Born and raised in Neepawa, Ashley has built her career on a foundation of customer service, sales, and real estate experience, making her a trusted professional in the community. Her strong work ethic, knowledge of the industry, and approachable nature ensure clients receive the very best service and support.
Outside of real estate, Ashley loves being active and spending time outdoors. She enjoys travelling whenever she can, cozying up with a good book, and relaxing at the family cabin at Thomas Lake. Time with her husband and daughter is especially important, and she also finds joy in giving back through active community volunteer work.
Ashley is proud to combine her professional expertise with her personal values, making her not only a knowledgeable real estate partner but also a familiar and friendly face in the community she calls home.
We’re thrilled to have Ashley back with us, and we know she will continue to be a trusted resource for buyers and sellers across the region.
