Federal Lights, the Winnipeg-based pop rock group with Niverville roots, has spent the last few years touring extensively throughout Canada and Europe.

On February 6, 2014, only three months after my wife and I moved back home to Niverville from our two-year stay in Ontario, I got an email from a filmmaker in Winnipeg named Orlando Braun. The subject line of the email read “Menno Documentary Inquiry.”

Progressive Conservative candidate Ron Schuler is back on the campaign trail hoping to regain his seat in the Manitoba Legislature, representing Springfield-Ritchot. He runs against two competitors: Tammy Ivanco of the NDP and Trevor Kirczenow of the Manitoba Liberals.

30-year-old Kaeleb Visram only began taking pictures a year ago, but in that short time something remarkable has happened. He’s gone from working full-time at his own successful carpentry business to becoming a professional photographer.

Hemp Oil Canada’s striking new processing facility in Ste. Agathe is quickly becoming a local landmark and source of curiosity for many. But as it turns out, the move to their shiny new digs off Highway 75 is just one of the big changes taking place

Adventure Power Products in Île-des-Chênes is currently building a new, bigger store right beside its old location on Quest Boulevard.

At a ceremonial ground-breaking event on January 14, Providence University College made some big announcements regarding its facility and slate of programs next fall. In addition to the previously unveiled Bachelor of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science degree will be available.

On January 18, Niverville Town Council held a meeting with business owners and residents to discuss the scope of the Main Street/Fifth Avenue Water Main Project. Approximately 50 people attended the meeting, which was hosted by Chamber of Commerce President Melvin Buhler. Mayor Myron Dyck and Bill Brandt, a consulting engineer from WSP Engineering, led the discussion.

In the December edition of The Citizen, we discussed how the Town of Niverville is going to make town water available to the businesses along Main Street that run from Sixth Avenue to the railroad tracks on the west side of town. A reader asked how the additional usage would affect consumption levels and if the water treatment facility could handle the extra usage.

Toastmasters, originally formed more than 90 years ago, exists to help people of all stripes—professionals, college students, stay-at-home moms, retirees, etc.—overcome their fear of public speaking. What may not be so well known is that there’s a chapter right here in Niverville.