On April 30, at the Niverville Community Health Foundation banquet, local volunteer firefighter Gary Macdonald was presented with the Mary Beth Dolin Meritorious Service Award. Macdonald has served for 37 years with the St. James, Winnipeg, and Niverville fire departments. He has also been an instructor, examiner, and member of the Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISM) team for the Manitoba Office of the Fire Commissioner. Macdonald is a current board member and founding member of the
Firefighters Burn Fund of Manitoba.