Manitoba Community: Neepawa and John Drinkwater

manitoba community: Neepawa's population has swelled with newcomers, mainly from the Philippines, in recent years, according to CBC. Many have come to work at the town's pork processing plant and have since brought their families. Tagalog classes are proving to be a hit among native English speakers in the western Manitoba community. You see the joy in their faces when you reply in their language, said John Drinkwater, one of the students in the 10-week class, a first in the town of about 4,000 people located 170 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg along the Yellowhead highway. Catholic church in Neepawa bursting at the seams due to immigration Immigration wave packs Neepawa schools John Drinkwater, back, and Colin Whelan, front, are two of the students learning Tagalog in Neepawa, Man. Drinkwater, a local newspaper reporter, wanted to learn Tagalog because a number of people in his church, and around town, speak the language. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.