Niverville’s town council was pleased to announce the receipt of a major private donation at their September 19 public meeting.

In the February edition of The Citizen, we reported that Niverville will be moving to an automated waste collection service using carts which will be provided to each household for free.

On January 26, the Niverville Ministerial hosted its first meeting in response to the possibility of sponsoring Syrian refugees as a community. Niverville Christian Fellowship pastor Chris Marchand chaired the meeting, which was attended by a variety of church representatives and community members.

Throughout February and March, professors from Providence University College are taking their lectures on a regional tour, including stops in Steinbach, Winkler, and Winnipeg. This is the fourth year that Providence has organized the tour.

When we speak of those who were integral in Niverville from 1960 until today, there are few names that resonate as a community builder more than Fred Kaita.

A force is awakening—not only in a galaxy far, far away, but in our own backyard. A new political consciousness has arrived within our youth and the First Nations, and this force has the potential to change the landscape.

Aesop is reported to have said, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” I love this quote because it doesn’t matter whether the act is large or small, random or intended; all forms of kindness can have a profound effect on the health of the giver, receiver, and observer.

Death is the enemy of all humanity. Facing the common enemy of death is grounds for uniting all humans. The death rate is the same for the human race—one death for every birth.

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to try new activities, so once a month I get out and do something new, or at least an activity I haven’t done since I was a child. With all the snow and colder temperatures, I am definitely in winter mode.

The annual Eastman Ringette League Championships were held February 11–15 in Ste. Agathe, Manitoba.