LOCAL NEWS

One year ago, residents living along a two-block stretch of Niverville’s First Street South reached out to The Citizen with concern over the state of their street’s sidewalk, portions of which...

On August 16, Ritchot’s council denied applications for two conditional use permit requests. Both were for alternative uses in areas designated agricultural limited and each were objected to by a...

It’s been three weeks since unionized Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries (MBLL) workers staged rotated walkouts, hoping to send a message to the provincial government that they need a more equitable...

A restoration of native grasslands is just one of the many earth-friendly sights residents of Ritchot may notice in the coming years thanks to a municipal undertaking called the Seeds of...

Thanks in part to funding from the provincial government’s Conservation and Climate Fund, the RM of Ritchot will soon be creating an electric vehicle (EV) car share program for their...

A new ownership team has taken over Niverville Commons, the commercial development on the east end of Main Street. Realtor Mike Fast and his partner Bob Schinkel of Schinkel Properties (SP) are...

On July 26–27, the Niverville chapter of Communities in Bloom (CiB) played host to two judges from the provincial CiB organization. After three years of absence, the judges were back in town for a...

Edlynne (Eddy) Paez is no ordinary high school student. She’s precocious, witty, and a self-admitted overachiever. Having recently turned 16, she has already set her sights on an eventual career...