Count Your Blessings In Tough Christmas Times
Editorial reflects on grief and loss during Christmas, gratitude for small-town life, and practical non-clinical advice to count blessings. The author notes pandemic impact, continued worries about illness, and the comfort of neighbors and local shops while acknowledging personal feelings and resilience.
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Keep on newspapering a great job for writers readers
Vicki Wallace praises community papers urging rural residents to subscribe and editors to keep publishing. She notes covid time dull moments and INTERNET classified ads, but emphasizes newspapers as a lasting information and advertising medium and offers to send letters to the editor if published.
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Christmas Hockey Night Bus Trip Plans by Wheat Kings
Compass Coach Lines coordinates a Monday night fan bus from Russell to Binscarth and Foxwarren ending at the game with return trip. Covid rules apply. U11 tournament at Foxwarren drew 4 teams including Tri Valley Birtle Shoal Lake Neepawa and Waywayseecappo with referee Grant Austin winning a Montreal Canadiens fleece and pint glass. Local rink burgers and holiday decor praised.
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Brandon Wheat Kings
Compass Coach Lines
Russell
Binscarth
Esso
Foxwarren
Kent
Fanbus
Wheatkings.com
Tri Valley
Birtle/Shoal Lake
Neepawa
Waywayseecappo
Grant
Austin
Montreal Canadiens
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