New Year Articles

New Year Cheers

Jackman-Atkinson: Here’s to a Successful 2018

By Kate Jackman-Atkinson, Neepawa Banner & Press NEEPAWA, Man. -- As 2017 comes to a close, many of us are now looking towards 2018. Regardless of whether the last 12 months have been good, bad or somewhere in the middle, most of us have the goal of making the new...

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Parliament Hill

New Year’s Eve Fireworks Require a Permit: City

If your New Year's Eve plans including setting off fireworks, the city would like you to know that you require a permit. Permits are free and can be obtained online through the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (PDF) or at the Fire Prevention Office at 185 King Street....

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Polar Bare Run

Winnipeggers Go Bare for Chilly Run to Begin the New Year

By Michelle Bailey New Year’s Day is well known for people around the world to take the plunge in cold, icy water as part of polar bear dips. However in Winnipeg, folks strap on their running shoes and head out to Assiniboine Park in their underwear or bathing suits...

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2015-2016

A View from Many Angles

By Ken Waddell, myWestman Year end 2015 can be viewed from many angles. We are well into the 21st century and it is becoming increasingly obvious that some assumptions of the past are no longer valid. For example, the idea that people all want to live, avoid death and...

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