Today, Manitoba Public Health officials advised of 38 new COVID-19 cases, 12 of which were identified as coming from the Southern Health region. More specifically, cases in Niverville/Ritchot now sit at 25, with the most recent cases being linked to known clusters.

Growing Minds in Niverville opened its new facility at the high school on July 20. The soft opening was for a limited number of children due to the current situation with COVID-19.

The housing market is a constantly shifting thing. People are moving in, moving out, buying and selling, and looking for rentals in a never-ending scramble to simply put a roof over their heads or make a better life for themselves. Summers are especially chaotic.

Life for a real estate agent is always a bit like riding a rollercoaster. The housing market goes up, the market goes down, and it all happens due to market forces well outside any agent’s control.

The province has official announced that it has transferred ownership of the Old Highway 59 South to the RM of Ritchot. All portions of the former highway in the municipality north of Highway 210 are part of the transfer.

To put it mildly, 2020 has been a volatile year. Businesspeople of all types have been thrown for a loop owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the midst of so much uncertainty, however, many local homebuilders are having banner years. Especially in our corner of southeast Manitoba, it’s a booming market.