The Niverville Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of this year’s Business Awards at their annual general meeting on April 21.

At the end of March, Niverville’s council sent out a revision to their original town water plan. Business owners and residents along the first-phase route for infrastructure installation were given until April 8 to ask questions of council and opt in to the plan.

Last month, Danica Cuddeford, a Grade 12 student of Niverville Collegiate Institute (NCI), was one of six graduating students in rural Manitoba to be nominated for The Prairie Award of Promise at the YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. This award, which comes with an MPI-sponsored $2,000 scholarship for post-secondary studies, recognizes young women between the ages of 18 and 29 who show leadership and maturity and serve as role models for their peers.

Food allergies in schools can be a life-threatening matter, and one local parent is wondering why it’s so hard to protect her kids.

After four public meetings and presentations by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Build a Village of Altona, a group of local humanitarians is prepared to spearhead a campaign to bring at least one refugee family to Niverville.

Life is full of special moments. One in particular could be purchasing a home, for which you’ll probably need to obtain your first mortgage. If you’re in that situation, congratulations. But where do you even begin?

I first met Roger the year he moved to Niverville, in 1976. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta—of good German stock—and grew up in a family with five other siblings.

As the snow melts and the trees bud, thoughts of manicured lawns and clean houses set in. Spring cleaning is on the brain. Once we get into our basements, storage rooms, or garages, we often find old or unused items we no longer want. But what can we do with these unwanted things?

We all knew that change was a-comin’ but the extent is staggering. The historically large majority handed to the Progressive Conservatives can only be interpreted one way: change is needed and if we are swinging the pendulum, it’s going all the way.

Diversity. Inclusion. Most people will tell you that they believe in these things. Most people believe that they live it. Most believe that everyone should be treated equally… until there is something about treating another person equally that makes them feel uncomfortable.