On February 9, the province rolled out their education subsidization plans for the 2026–27 school year. This year, new money is available to help school divisions provide teacher salary harmonization.

Since MLA Ron Schuler announced his resignation in late December, at least one area resident has decided to enter the race to potentially succeed him as the next representative in the Legislature for Springfield-Ritchot.

On January 23, news broke of sexual misconduct charges being laid against a former teacher in the Hanover School Division—specifically, Braeden Martens, who taught at the Steinbach Regional Secondary School (SRSS). According to the Steinbach RCMP, Martens faces charges of luring a child under the age of 16 and an invitation to sexual touching. These incidents allegedly took place between September 2023 and January 2025.

Niverville council met for their morning public meeting on February 3 to address a number of bylaw-related concerns.

The Niverville High School grad committee is excited to be bringing the grad social back home for 2026.

It’s been six weeks since The Citizen published the news that a major AI data centre is being proposed for Île-des-Chênes (IDC).