Emma and Sidney Green, sisters from Île-des-Chênes, helped Team Manitoba win the bronze medal at the U.S. Box Lacrosse Winter Nationals in Phoenix, Arizona in early February.

On February 24, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson and Municipal Relations Minister Andrew Smith announced the rollout of an additional 28 percent, or $47 million, in municipal funding this year.

The Niverville Nighthawks won their second in a row on Sunday afternoon at the CRRC with a massive 3–2 win over the Winnipeg Blues. With the win, the Nighthawks improve to 23–23–4 on the season, which is good for fourth in the MJHL’s East Division.

It was billed as the biggest game of the season, and the Nighthawks delivered to a full barn at the CRRC with a massive 7–2 win over the Selkirk Steelers.

Thanks to a $1 million provincial grant, the Town of Niverville is excited to begin planning for upgrades to the community’s fire hall and operations building.

St. Adolphe just got one step closer to the top of the province’s list for road repair projects. According to the Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure (MTI) online projects map, a plan to resurface Main Street is officially in the design phase.

Renovations are set to get underway at Open Health Niverville, the medical clinic located on the Heritage Centre campus. The expansion project is expected to add more clinical rooms, which in turn will allow the facility to take on more doctors. Once complete, the clinic will boast 15 exam rooms, a lab, and a minor procedures room.

The fate of the Niverville Force soccer team was briefly up in the air earlier this spring after a bit of an off-season shakeup. However, the team has hit the pitch again for another exciting season.

It’s a difficult subject to broach and an issue many want to believe only affects people somewhere beyond our small town borders: the trafficking of children for sex. According to the Joy Smith Foundation, though, the problem is also very real right here in southeast Manitoba.

The first annual Nighthawks Red Carpet Gala kicked off in style on February 23 at the Heritage Centre in Niverville. The fundraising event brought 270 attendees out on a bitterly cold night to meet and celebrate their MJHL home team and demonstrate support for the nascent franchise’s future.