The Town of Niverville recently announced its intent to switch all of its gas-powered vehicles and equipment to electric-powered over the next few years.

This past May, a collection of Grade 10 students from Niverville High School (NHS) invited Mayor Myron Dyck to join them for a roundtable discussion on food sustainability. Their goal, after completing a multiweek project, was to make their pitch to someone in a position of power who could implement solutions to this rapidly growing environmental concern.

The planning committee for the Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair will have been uttering a huge sigh of relief on Sunday, June 12, as their Friday and Saturday event this year went without a weather hitch.

In the midst of perfect season, the U15AAA Eastman Wildcats softball team recently attended the President’s Tournament in Saskatoon and came away from the event as champions with four wins and zero losses. The late-May tournament saw them go head to head with teams from Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Last weekend, the expansion Niverville Nighthawks added ten new players to their organization at the 2022 MJHL Draft.

Early June saw some anxious days for students, parents, and staff of École/Collège régional Gabrielle-Roy in Île-des-Chênes. It began on June 3 when a threatening note was found by a student in the early years student washroom and turned in to school staff.

At a June 7 public meeting, the RM of Ritchot’s council was presented with the results of a formal review undertaken to assess council salaries and determine where the bar should be set for the next four-year term.

Adults and youth of Niverville will have no excuse to sit on their backsides during the lazy months of summer. The town’s recreation department has made sure of this by preparing a full line-up of sports programming for everyone at the Community Recreation and Resource Centre (CRRC).

Soccer season is here again and the Niverville Force are ready to hit the pitch.

The summer break is almost here and kids are excited for the two-month recess. For parents, though, it may be a different story. They may dread hearing the phrase “I’m bored,” a familiar refrain when a family doesn’t necessarily have plans for how to fill those long summer days.