Thanks to Operation Red Nose (ORN), everyone can take advantage of a safely guided sleigh this Christmas season. For the sixth year running, the St. Malo chapter of ORN will provide designated driver services to virtually the entire rural southeast. Their territory covers every community between Dominion City and Grande Pointe, Vita and Lowe Farm.

Niverville’s annual Remembrance Day service took on a slightly different feel this year due to its new location: the fieldhouse of the CRRC. But the hundreds who gathered there enjoyed the same inspiring experience as years past.

The November winds may feel chilly, but in just a few weeks’ time Santa will arrive to ease the sting. This year’s Santa Stop Tour will roll through Île-des-Chênes on Saturday, December 6. One week later, on December 13, Santa and his motorized sleigh will take another cruise through the streets of Niverville.

At a council meeting on November 4, Niverville mayor Myron Dyck shared a number of opportunities he’s had in recent days to catch the attention of the province’s movers and shakers.

On November 3, at 9:00 a.m., the new Niverville RCMP detachment opened for the first time. The office is home to three RCMP constables and one corporal on a full-time basis.

A pair of physicians are getting ready in the coming weeks to open the doors on the brand-new St. Adolphe Medical Clinic, significantly expanding primary care options for residents of St. Adolphe and the surrounding area.