Local News Categories All News Local News Sports & Recreation Commentary Arts & Culture Local News May 01, 2026 Final Gold Rush Bingo Night Promises Big Payouts, Big Turnout For the past four years running, every Tuesday night from fall through spring, bingo lovers have been happily blotting their cards at Niverville Gold Rush Bingo (NGRB). Local News Apr 30, 2026 Niverville’s Tastiest Showdown Returns with Pizza Wars 2026 Pizza Wars has returned to Niverville for the third year running, and four local pizzerias are battling it out for ultimate dough-mination! Local News Apr 30, 2026 Niverville Teen Earns Top-Three Finish at Chamber Challenge Sixteen-year-old Chris Shvets of Niverville wears a lot of hats. Some know him as the proprietor of CS Multiwash. More recently, though, he’s also known as the third-place winner in the Steinbach Chamber Challenge. Local News Apr 29, 2026 McAllister Will Be the Next PC Candidate for Springfield-Ritchot April 28 proved to be an exceptional night for Adam McAllister of St. Adolphe, winning the nomination to represent the Progressive Conservatives next election in Springfield-Ritchot. Local News Apr 08, 2020 Health Authority: Stay Home for Easter Our regional health authority, Southern Health-Santé Sud, has a message for everyone in southeastern Manitoba as we head into the Easter long weekend. Local News Apr 06, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Seven: Living with MS While the community as a whole has been doing its part to physically distance during this time, for some people it could be a matter of life or death. For those with weakened or suppressed immune systems, it’s critically important that they remain clean and healthy. Local News Apr 03, 2020 Farmers Grapple with Flood Forecast, Pandemic With spring-like temperatures warming up our thermostats earlier this week, snow began to quickly disappear. By Wednesday, our yards and fields were more than 90 percent thawed. But due to the high precipitation we received in fall, soil moisture levels are projected to be high over the next few weeks. Local News Apr 02, 2020 Local Governments Take Additional Pandemic Measures Our local municipal governments are taking extra steps during the COVID-19 pandemic to help keep people safe and minimize the spread of the virus. Local News Apr 01, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Six: Homeschooling the Kids Niverville’s three schools recently had hundreds of children roaming the halls—and now they stand barren, except for teachers. Local News Mar 30, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Five: Visits with Grandpa Barry Locke and his granddaughters share a special connection—and just as a cord of many threads remains strong under tension, they are finding ways to remain close even during these times of social distancing. Barry’s three granddaughters are continuing their regular visits to Niverville Credit Union Manor to see their grandpa. Local News Mar 29, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Four: Coming Home Early Ron and Sherri Hildebrandt are a semiretired couple from Niverville currently serving a mandatory self-isolation order since their unexpected return from working with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Rockport, Texas. The site was closed abruptly and they were directed to return home as soon as possible. Local News Mar 27, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Three: From Mexico to Isolation Meet the Unraus. Joe is a technical assistant for Manitoba Hydro and Sherry is a healthcare aide at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville. They have four children, Ashley, Hailey, Ryan, and Kelsey. Pagination Load more Citizen Poll Who should bear the most responsibility for preventing e-transfer scams? Choices Banks. Since the scams are targeting the banks' online platforms, the banks should be responsible to ensure their security. * Users. We all bear a collective responsibilty to be savvier in terms of spotting and preventing these scams before they occur. * Government. Our elected leaders must pass legislation to better protect citizens from this type of exploitation. * Vote Have a more nuanced opinion? Leave us a comment below: * By submitting a comment, you acknowledge that your feedback may be printed in a future edition of The Citizen. All responses will be anonymous unless signed by the writer. Signed comments are more likely to be published. Cell Number Comment
Local News May 01, 2026 Final Gold Rush Bingo Night Promises Big Payouts, Big Turnout For the past four years running, every Tuesday night from fall through spring, bingo lovers have been happily blotting their cards at Niverville Gold Rush Bingo (NGRB).
Local News Apr 30, 2026 Niverville’s Tastiest Showdown Returns with Pizza Wars 2026 Pizza Wars has returned to Niverville for the third year running, and four local pizzerias are battling it out for ultimate dough-mination!
Local News Apr 30, 2026 Niverville Teen Earns Top-Three Finish at Chamber Challenge Sixteen-year-old Chris Shvets of Niverville wears a lot of hats. Some know him as the proprietor of CS Multiwash. More recently, though, he’s also known as the third-place winner in the Steinbach Chamber Challenge.
Local News Apr 29, 2026 McAllister Will Be the Next PC Candidate for Springfield-Ritchot April 28 proved to be an exceptional night for Adam McAllister of St. Adolphe, winning the nomination to represent the Progressive Conservatives next election in Springfield-Ritchot.
Local News Apr 08, 2020 Health Authority: Stay Home for Easter Our regional health authority, Southern Health-Santé Sud, has a message for everyone in southeastern Manitoba as we head into the Easter long weekend.
Local News Apr 06, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Seven: Living with MS While the community as a whole has been doing its part to physically distance during this time, for some people it could be a matter of life or death. For those with weakened or suppressed immune systems, it’s critically important that they remain clean and healthy.
Local News Apr 03, 2020 Farmers Grapple with Flood Forecast, Pandemic With spring-like temperatures warming up our thermostats earlier this week, snow began to quickly disappear. By Wednesday, our yards and fields were more than 90 percent thawed. But due to the high precipitation we received in fall, soil moisture levels are projected to be high over the next few weeks.
Local News Apr 02, 2020 Local Governments Take Additional Pandemic Measures Our local municipal governments are taking extra steps during the COVID-19 pandemic to help keep people safe and minimize the spread of the virus.
Local News Apr 01, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Six: Homeschooling the Kids Niverville’s three schools recently had hundreds of children roaming the halls—and now they stand barren, except for teachers.
Local News Mar 30, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Five: Visits with Grandpa Barry Locke and his granddaughters share a special connection—and just as a cord of many threads remains strong under tension, they are finding ways to remain close even during these times of social distancing. Barry’s three granddaughters are continuing their regular visits to Niverville Credit Union Manor to see their grandpa.
Local News Mar 29, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Four: Coming Home Early Ron and Sherri Hildebrandt are a semiretired couple from Niverville currently serving a mandatory self-isolation order since their unexpected return from working with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Rockport, Texas. The site was closed abruptly and they were directed to return home as soon as possible.
Local News Mar 27, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Three: From Mexico to Isolation Meet the Unraus. Joe is a technical assistant for Manitoba Hydro and Sherry is a healthcare aide at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville. They have four children, Ashley, Hailey, Ryan, and Kelsey.
