On Wednesday, March 29, the Macdonald-Ritchot Planning District (MRPD) board held an open house in the RM of Ritchot’s council chambers, presenting proposed changes to the collaborative municipal development plan.

A party with a cause is coming to Whitetail Meadow this spring. On Friday, April 21, Niverville resident Shereen Rashwan, known to many as the former owner of Bistro 290, will host a CancerCare Manitoba fundraiser in order to raise money for cancer prevention, leading-edge research, clinical trials, and enhanced patient care in Manitoba.

In this series, The Citizen profiles locals who strive to make our little corner of Manitoba a better place. Each month, we feature a person, family, or organization that helps brighten the world in some way. If you have someone in mind for a future month, please nominate them: jlavin@nivervillecitizen.com.

It’s been exactly two years since Niverville learned the news that a hotel chain is planning to set down roots, helping to fill a major gap in the town’s services. And for the last 24 months, residents and visitors alike have waited with bated breath for construction to start on the plot of land which has been earmarked for the upscale Blue Crescent Hotel and waterpark.

If exciting news were fireworks, the sky over Niverville would have been lit up in technicolour on the morning of March 23.

Residents of Île-des-Chênes were invited to an open house on March 20 at the TC Energy Centre, hosted by Ritchot’s council and Scatliff, Miller and Murray (SMM), engineers in urban and landscape design.