On October 18, Manitoba’s provincial government brought in a vaccine mandate for frontline workers. Public employees in education, licensed daycares, hospitals, and other workplaces are now required to be fully vaccinated or undergo regular COVID-19 testing.

One of the last residential homes on Main Street Niverville is set to be demolished to make room for another commercial strip mall. Local real estate developer Ray Dowse is poised to transform 31 Main Street.

Niverville’s town council met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the Community Resource and Recreation Centre on the evening of October 19. The meeting was also streamed via Microsoft Teams. However, there were technical issues this week, so a few moments of the meeting were cut off for those attempting to participate online.

A re-enactment of the 1870s Mennonite arrival in Manitoba took place on the morning of October 8. For the occasion, Terry Doerksen of Winnipeg hitched up his 18-month-old ox to a replica Red River cart at the Mennonite Landing site, located southwest of Niverville where the Rat River flows into the Red.

Niverville’s town council met on Tuesday, October 5 for a regularly scheduled meeting. There were no public hearings scheduled.

Earlier this year, local businessman Paul Ghuman started his latest venture: the Niverville Party Bus.