The past year and a half has been a challenge for most Manitobans. As COVID-19 swept through the world, everyone had to learn to navigate it and find a place of comfort and safety as best they could.

Beginning on Saturday, July 17, Manitobans will have expanded freedoms and opportunities in the next phase of the province’s reopening strategy.

A business in Niverville is about to undergo a significant expansion. This summer, Main Street Storage will be adding 10,000 square feet of new self-storage, with two new buildings and two acres of new outdoor parking being added to their property at 299 Main Street.

On June 21, the provincial government made several announcements regarding grants for our local area. The money has been earmarked to Niverville and Ritchot through the Building Sustain Communities Grant Program.

Collège regional Gabrielle-Roy in Île-des-Chênes held its annual convocation this year over a period of two days, June 24–25. The sun shone brightly, allowing the school to pull off the curbside convocation seamlessly.

For the second year in a row, the Niverville High School marked its year-end convocation under sunny June skies. Once again, public health orders forced students and staff to curtail the usual indoor celebrations in favour of a socially distanced curbside event in the parking lot.