Speaking Out on Local Agendas in Manitoba Councils
Ken Wappen argues that municipal administrators must own the local agenda despite conflicts with RHAs and DFO. He cites Neepawa bed reductions and cross-agency clashes, urging rural councils to unite, set a strong local vision, and aggressively pursue community development.
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Manitoba Municipal Administrators Association
Aétheir Agm
Brandon
Manitoba Community Newspaper Association
Rhas
RHA
Neepawa
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
DFO
Manitoba
Faithfully Yours: Churchill Remains Focused On Peace
The May 8 VE Day anniversary notes Churchill urged focus on defeating Japan after Nazi surrender. The piece calls for honoring veterans and continuing battles against poverty violence and injustice, urging prayer for cures and trust in political institutions as wars of peace are won by ordinary people.
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British Commonwealth
Canada
United States
BBC
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Japan
Great Britain
United
Germany
England
Korea
Viet Nam
Lou Gherng
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Crazy Tree Lady reflects on a life of planting trees across Manitoba
Rita Friesen recounts years in Southern Manitoba through Riding Mountain and Neepawa, describing how trees defined homesteads from Kane to Homewood. She details a growing shelterbelt of willows and ash, hundreds of plantings including blue spruce and ditch pines, and mentions family lineage of trees as generations memorialize the practice.
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Manitoba
Graysville
Carman
Riding Mountain
Neepawa
Kane/Lowe
Homewood
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