Local News Categories All News Local News Sports & Recreation Commentary Arts & Culture Local News Jan 20, 2026 Farmers’ Market Dream Sprouts in Niverville For more than a year, the gears have been turning to create a permanent farmers’ market in Niverville. If all goes as planned, the market will be an annual summer event beginning in 2026. Local News Jan 12, 2026 Province Rolls Out Digital Health Cards As previously promised by the provincial government, 2026 has kicked off with the rollout of a digital health card initiative. It’s one more way, the province says, to make healthcare more accessible. Local News Jan 12, 2026 Annual Business Expo Returns with New Name, New Features For the third year running, business owners, entrepreneurs, and innovators from around the province are invited to meet under one roof in the rural southeast for a day of networking, inspiration, and learning. Local News Jan 08, 2026 An Army of Kindness: Celebrating Senior Volunteers Niverville Service to Seniors boasts a plethora of programs created specifically for older residents. Few stop to acknowledge, though, that it takes an army of volunteers to make this programming work, and the majority of them are themselves seasoned individuals. Local News Nov 02, 2021 The Challenges of Running a Restaurant During a Pandemic The hospitality industry has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic. Local News Oct 29, 2021 Farming and Climate Change: Supporting Producers while Encouraging Sustainability Around the world, climate change is affecting the way humans grow food. Farming has always been highly dependent on weather conditions and the length of the growing season, and it takes both knowledge and experience to determine when to plant which crops and where. Local News Oct 27, 2021 Questions Remain About Planned Niverville Police Detachment Sometime in the first half of 2023, as previously announced, the rapidly expanding town of Niverville will finally get its own RCMP detachment. The new station will be built on the same campus as Niverville’s municipal offices. Local News Oct 26, 2021 Niverville/Ritchot, Other Communities Exempted from Capacity Restrictions Starting today, October 26, the provincial government has extended the current public health orders for an additional three weeks—although there are many reasons to expect that these orders, or similar versions, will remain in place over the winter. Local News Oct 25, 2021 Few Local Services Impacted by Vaccine Mandate On October 18, Manitoba’s provincial government brought in a vaccine mandate for frontline workers. Local News Oct 22, 2021 Local Developer Announces New Commercial Strip Mall One of the last residential homes on Main Street Niverville is set to be demolished to make room for another commercial strip mall. Local real estate developer Ray Dowse is poised to transform 31 Main Street. Local News Oct 20, 2021 Niverville Council Meeting in Review—October 19 Niverville’s town council met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the Community Resource and Recreation Centre on the evening of October 19. The meeting was also streamed via Microsoft Teams. However, there were technical issues this week, so a few moments of the meeting were cut off for those attempting to participate online. Local News Oct 19, 2021 EnVision: Helping Those with Intellectual Disabilities Thrive Although many people don’t know about enVision Community Living, chances are most do know somebody whose life has been impacted by their work. EnVision, a non-profit headquartered in Steinbach but operating throughout the southeast, has a mandate to provide support to those with intellectual disabilities. Pagination Load more Citizen Poll Are you concerned about the size, scale, and energy and water usage of the proposed data centre in Île-des-Chênes? Choices Yes. The massive scale of the facility and its impact on our natural resources should be a matter of great consequence for locals. * No. The economic and technological benefits outweigh worries about the potential use of local resources. * Vote Have a more nuanced opinion? Leave us a comment below: * By submitting a comment, you acknowledge that your feedback may be printed in a future edition of The Citizen. All responses will be anonymous unless signed by the writer. Signed comments are more likely to be published. Cell Number Comment
Local News Jan 20, 2026 Farmers’ Market Dream Sprouts in Niverville For more than a year, the gears have been turning to create a permanent farmers’ market in Niverville. If all goes as planned, the market will be an annual summer event beginning in 2026.
Local News Jan 12, 2026 Province Rolls Out Digital Health Cards As previously promised by the provincial government, 2026 has kicked off with the rollout of a digital health card initiative. It’s one more way, the province says, to make healthcare more accessible.
Local News Jan 12, 2026 Annual Business Expo Returns with New Name, New Features For the third year running, business owners, entrepreneurs, and innovators from around the province are invited to meet under one roof in the rural southeast for a day of networking, inspiration, and learning.
Local News Jan 08, 2026 An Army of Kindness: Celebrating Senior Volunteers Niverville Service to Seniors boasts a plethora of programs created specifically for older residents. Few stop to acknowledge, though, that it takes an army of volunteers to make this programming work, and the majority of them are themselves seasoned individuals.
Local News Nov 02, 2021 The Challenges of Running a Restaurant During a Pandemic The hospitality industry has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic.
Local News Oct 29, 2021 Farming and Climate Change: Supporting Producers while Encouraging Sustainability Around the world, climate change is affecting the way humans grow food. Farming has always been highly dependent on weather conditions and the length of the growing season, and it takes both knowledge and experience to determine when to plant which crops and where.
Local News Oct 27, 2021 Questions Remain About Planned Niverville Police Detachment Sometime in the first half of 2023, as previously announced, the rapidly expanding town of Niverville will finally get its own RCMP detachment. The new station will be built on the same campus as Niverville’s municipal offices.
Local News Oct 26, 2021 Niverville/Ritchot, Other Communities Exempted from Capacity Restrictions Starting today, October 26, the provincial government has extended the current public health orders for an additional three weeks—although there are many reasons to expect that these orders, or similar versions, will remain in place over the winter.
Local News Oct 25, 2021 Few Local Services Impacted by Vaccine Mandate On October 18, Manitoba’s provincial government brought in a vaccine mandate for frontline workers.
Local News Oct 22, 2021 Local Developer Announces New Commercial Strip Mall One of the last residential homes on Main Street Niverville is set to be demolished to make room for another commercial strip mall. Local real estate developer Ray Dowse is poised to transform 31 Main Street.
Local News Oct 20, 2021 Niverville Council Meeting in Review—October 19 Niverville’s town council met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the Community Resource and Recreation Centre on the evening of October 19. The meeting was also streamed via Microsoft Teams. However, there were technical issues this week, so a few moments of the meeting were cut off for those attempting to participate online.
Local News Oct 19, 2021 EnVision: Helping Those with Intellectual Disabilities Thrive Although many people don’t know about enVision Community Living, chances are most do know somebody whose life has been impacted by their work. EnVision, a non-profit headquartered in Steinbach but operating throughout the southeast, has a mandate to provide support to those with intellectual disabilities.
