Arts & Culture Categories All News Local News Sports & Recreation Commentary Arts & Culture Arts & Culture Apr 25, 2025 Niverville High School to Raise Curtain on Matilda The drama team at Niverville High School are nearly ready to raise the curtain on this year’s musical production of Matilda by Roald Dahl. Arts & Culture Apr 02, 2025 Country Music Stars to Descend on Niverville The mainstage at this year’s Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair is going to be bigger and better than ever, with a constellation of country music stars touching down to put on a show that won’t soon be forgotten. Arts & Culture Mar 30, 2025 Jette Studios Opens Its Doors On Friday, March 28, the new 25,000-square-foot film soundstage located on the corner of Highway 311 and Wallace Road was alight with activity.The event? None other than the studio’s much anticipated grand opening of Jette Studios. Arts & Culture Feb 07, 2025 Encountering the Wild: Photographer Explores Passion for Nature Jen Normand of New Bothwell is a country girl at heart, and nowhere is this more in evidence than her passion for nature photography. She may not pursue this passion full-time—after all, she has only been doing this for the past few years and it doesn’t quite manage to pay the bills—but that doesn’t stop her from scrounging for every spare minute to spend outdoors. That’s where all the wildlife is, and it’s where her passion finds its truest expression. Arts & Culture Apr 14, 2020 Filling Isolation Time with Good Local Reading, Part 4: Memoirs While self-isolation is no vacation, it certainly has given pause to the hectic schedules so many of us were accustomed to before COVID-19. Arts & Culture Apr 09, 2020 Local Recording Artist Releases New Single On Friday, April 10, local recording artist Jordan St. Cyr will release the first single of his newest EP. The title of the song is “Fires,” and the rest of the six-track EP will be coming out on May 15. Arts & Culture Apr 07, 2020 Filling Isolation Time with Good Local Reading, Part 3: Children's Books Children and isolation—those are two words that don’t belong together in a sentence, let alone in real life. But these are strange times and, for the time being, parents everywhere are having to convince their restless children that the greater good trumps their own need for social interaction. Arts & Culture Apr 03, 2020 Filling Isolation Time with Good Local Reading, Part 2: Fiction For the past week or two, many of us have been living in some level of isolation, whether it’s full lockdown or partial isolation where you venture out for mere essentials. Arts & Culture Mar 23, 2020 Need a Good Book? Our Local Authors Have You Covered, Part One: Inspirational Reads At the onset, self-isolation can sound like a welcome challenge—almost vacation-like, especially if you’d been burning the candle at both ends for a while beforehand. Arts & Culture Mar 16, 2020 High Valley to Headline 2020 Niverville Fair A Note from the Niverville Fair Committee: As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, the Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair committee will be monitoring the situation closely. Arts & Culture Mar 10, 2020 Young Manitoba Proud Entrepreneur Touts Clothing Line Aaron Brandt may be only 16 years of age, but the Niverville High School student has already taught himself some valuable lessons in commerce and entrepreneurship. In December 2019, Brandt launched a line of T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with his own original logo. Two months later, he’s sold more than 100 articles of clothing and sales are picking up steam. Arts & Culture Feb 24, 2020 Fundraiser Supports Victims of Fine Haus A man from Niverville is primed to launch a fundraiser to help the victims of Fine Haus Builders, a disgraced home construction company whose customers are dubbing them a scam. The company abruptly shut down operations this fall, leaving many homebuyers and tradespeople out thousands of dollars. Pagination Load more Citizen Poll As Canadians get ready to head back to the ballot box, what is the most important election issue to you? Choices Relations with the United States. * The state of immigration. * Climate change and the environment. * Affordability and cost of living. * National defence and border security. * Another issue. * Vote Have a more nuanced opinion? Leave us a comment below: * By submitting a comment, you acknowledge that your feedback may be printed in a future edition of The Citizen. All responses will be anonymous unless signed by the writer. Signed comments are more likely to be published. Cell Number Comment
Arts & Culture Apr 25, 2025 Niverville High School to Raise Curtain on Matilda The drama team at Niverville High School are nearly ready to raise the curtain on this year’s musical production of Matilda by Roald Dahl.
Arts & Culture Apr 02, 2025 Country Music Stars to Descend on Niverville The mainstage at this year’s Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair is going to be bigger and better than ever, with a constellation of country music stars touching down to put on a show that won’t soon be forgotten.
Arts & Culture Mar 30, 2025 Jette Studios Opens Its Doors On Friday, March 28, the new 25,000-square-foot film soundstage located on the corner of Highway 311 and Wallace Road was alight with activity.The event? None other than the studio’s much anticipated grand opening of Jette Studios.
Arts & Culture Feb 07, 2025 Encountering the Wild: Photographer Explores Passion for Nature Jen Normand of New Bothwell is a country girl at heart, and nowhere is this more in evidence than her passion for nature photography. She may not pursue this passion full-time—after all, she has only been doing this for the past few years and it doesn’t quite manage to pay the bills—but that doesn’t stop her from scrounging for every spare minute to spend outdoors. That’s where all the wildlife is, and it’s where her passion finds its truest expression.
Arts & Culture Apr 14, 2020 Filling Isolation Time with Good Local Reading, Part 4: Memoirs While self-isolation is no vacation, it certainly has given pause to the hectic schedules so many of us were accustomed to before COVID-19.
Arts & Culture Apr 09, 2020 Local Recording Artist Releases New Single On Friday, April 10, local recording artist Jordan St. Cyr will release the first single of his newest EP. The title of the song is “Fires,” and the rest of the six-track EP will be coming out on May 15.
Arts & Culture Apr 07, 2020 Filling Isolation Time with Good Local Reading, Part 3: Children's Books Children and isolation—those are two words that don’t belong together in a sentence, let alone in real life. But these are strange times and, for the time being, parents everywhere are having to convince their restless children that the greater good trumps their own need for social interaction.
Arts & Culture Apr 03, 2020 Filling Isolation Time with Good Local Reading, Part 2: Fiction For the past week or two, many of us have been living in some level of isolation, whether it’s full lockdown or partial isolation where you venture out for mere essentials.
Arts & Culture Mar 23, 2020 Need a Good Book? Our Local Authors Have You Covered, Part One: Inspirational Reads At the onset, self-isolation can sound like a welcome challenge—almost vacation-like, especially if you’d been burning the candle at both ends for a while beforehand.
Arts & Culture Mar 16, 2020 High Valley to Headline 2020 Niverville Fair A Note from the Niverville Fair Committee: As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, the Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair committee will be monitoring the situation closely.
Arts & Culture Mar 10, 2020 Young Manitoba Proud Entrepreneur Touts Clothing Line Aaron Brandt may be only 16 years of age, but the Niverville High School student has already taught himself some valuable lessons in commerce and entrepreneurship. In December 2019, Brandt launched a line of T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with his own original logo. Two months later, he’s sold more than 100 articles of clothing and sales are picking up steam.
Arts & Culture Feb 24, 2020 Fundraiser Supports Victims of Fine Haus A man from Niverville is primed to launch a fundraiser to help the victims of Fine Haus Builders, a disgraced home construction company whose customers are dubbing them a scam. The company abruptly shut down operations this fall, leaving many homebuyers and tradespeople out thousands of dollars.
