The Niverville Chamber of Commerce has a new executive director. Kylie Matechuk recently took the position and has spent her first months hitting the pavement, boardrooms, event centres, and floor spaces of local businesses.

Manitoba will be holding a province-wide municipal election on Wednesday, October 26. In Niverville, Mayor Myron Dyck and the four current town councillors ran uncontested in the previous election and were consequently all elected by acclamation.

The Niverville Chamber of Commerce held their annual general meeting and awards night earlier this month at the Heritage Centre. The May 12 event featured business owners from Lynn & Liana Designs, who spoke about their small business success story manufacturing Manitoba-made wood and resin cutting boards and serve ware.

The Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair is back. After two years of pandemic-related cancellations, the highlight of Niverville’s summer is almost here.

There is a new type of luxury rental housing coming to Île-des-Chênes later this year. Rendezvous Place will be a 16-unit complex intended exclusively for those ages 55 and over.

If you’re keen to spread a little extra joy and happiness this weekend, the Ste. Agathe Pride Parade may be just the ticket. 

Residents of Île-des-Chênes and the surrounding area will be among the first to view design concept plans for a new neighbourhood being proposed in the undeveloped south part of the community.

Residents within the flood-ravaged RM of Ritchot are surely feeling a sense of hope as the far-reaching waters of the Red River begin their retreat. For many, though, a return to normal is still a long way off when there’s soggy sandbags and marooned flood debris to deal with.

The advancement of LGBTQ rights in Canada has been a steady, if slow, progression. Once same-sex relationships were legalized in 1969—with Trudeau Sr. acknowledging that the state had “no place in the bedrooms of the nation”—the expansion towards equal rights was inevitable.

The pandemic and economic hardships of the last couple of years have been challenging for everyone, leading many people to rethink key aspects of their lives—including how they earn a living. In this ongoing series, The Citizen is telling the stories of courageous locals who have rolled with punches, making significant career changes for the sake of themselves and their families. (Read the second article in this series.)