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Rivers Banner

Location

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Date

May 07, 2005

Page

2

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.

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.

British Commonwealth Canada United States BBC Winston Churchill Churchill Japan Great Britain United Germany England Korea Viet Nam Lou Gherng You

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.

Manitoba Graysville Carman Riding Mountain Neepawa Kane/Lowe Homewood

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Ken Wappen Rita Friesen Crazy Tree Lady Toews Groening Kane
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