Niverville Middle School will be getting a new principal starting in the fall, following the recently announced retirement of Principal Michael Koester. The school division has decided to hire from within, promoting the current vice principal, Craig Cumming, to the big chair.

For decades, the Niverville Health Foundation has been an important part of Niverville’s fabric and the reason so many medical and essential services in the community have come into existence and stayed at the top of their game.

The brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic has been hitting people where it hurts. Many people have lost their jobs. Other people’s jobs have gotten more intense and stressful. No one seems to know quite when their lives will return to normal. Maybe you’ve got a big expense coming up, and you don’t know if you’ll be able to afford it. And who knows when it’ll be safe to reschedule that upcoming family vacation?

The season is off to a good start for CSA farmers, and they’re largely unaffected by the COVID-19 situation in Manitoba. With many Manitobans spending more time in their own homes and yards, interest in gardening and buying local is higher than ever.

When Don and Maggie Pearson decided to move their business, Metro Centre Ltd, to Niverville in May 2020, the couple never could have guessed the transition would coincide with a global pandemic. At a time when businesses around the world are facing uncertainty and upheaval, their small family-run business has been bracing for the impact. Now, having moved their entire operation, they’re starting to feel settled in their new community.

The first meeting of the Manitoba Southeast Commerce Group took place on Thursday, May 28. The group merges the chambers of commerce of several neighbouring municipalities, including the RM of Ritchot, the RM of Ste. Anne, the Town of Ste. Anne, and the RM of Taché. As a consequence, the Ritchot Regional Chamber of Commerce has officially been dissolved.