Graduation season is here again—and for the second year in a row local, graduates aren’t getting the senior year they desired or deserved.

Residents of southern Manitoba will have the opportunity next week to raise their questions and concerns about COVID-19 vaccines, and get answers from trusted local doctors. Doctors Manitoba is giving Manitobans this chance through a series of virtual town halls.

Niverville’s town council met virtually on Tuesday, June 15 for their regularly scheduled bimonthly meeting. After some brief, standard housekeeping issues, they opened the first of two public hearings.

This morning, Maxime Bernie, leader of the federal People’s Party of Canada and a former candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party, spoke in Niverville around 11:30 a.m. in Hespeler Park at an anti-mask and anti-restrictions rally. Later in the day, he was arrested by RCMP officers.

On Thursday, June 10, Premier Brian Pallister held a press conference to lay out a loose framework for reopening Manitoba’s economy and allowing Manitobans to enjoy broader freedoms progressively throughout the summer.

An investigation body assigned to deal with charges related to the actions of RCMP’s officer, the Independent Investigation Unit (IIU), has concluded that an allegation against an on-duty RCMP officer has merit.