The Town of Niverville will be installing two Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations at the Niverville Community Resource & Recreation Centre (CRRC), which will allow four vehicles to charge at one time.

Niverville’s growing housing market has continued to boom, supplying the town with a considerable base of financial support—and in concert with this growth, the town projects to complete major capital projects in the near future.

Municipalities across Manitoba are warning that they need more support from the provincial government. According to a report released on January 22 by the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM), 85 percent of municipalities say they are struggling under the impacts that code red restrictions have had on their community programs and finances.

On Tuesday, January 26, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the RCMP responded to a report of an armed robbery at a financial institution on Main Street in Île-des-Chênes.

Homeowners in Niverville will be asked to pay slightly more per year for garbage and recycling collection. Residents had been paying $118.07 per year, but going forward the proposed rate is $125, an increase of $6.93. The town currently has a contract with Bristal Hauling to collect garbage and recycling, which will continue, but the increase comes because the town must reevaluate its special service levy, which expired in 2019.

Niverville’s council met virtually on the evening of Tuesday, January 19 to discuss a variety of items on the town’s agenda.