For weeks, students of Niverville Elementary have been watching with great interest as cranes, excavators, and construction crews descend upon Country Snacks, right across Main Street from their playground.

Niverville’s town council gathered for their first meeting of the month on June 4. A delegation from the Manitoba Municipal Relations Assessment Services (MMRAS) was present to provide an overview of their report on the provincial government’s 2020 property reassessment plan.

Residents of Niverville, in collaboration with the Canadian Mental Health Association Central (CHMAC), plan to take on the stigma attached to PTSD suffered by emergency first responders.

The Hanover School Division (HSD) held a private press tour of the under-construction Niverville High School on May 30, providing an inside peek at the innovation and aesthetics that have gone into this multifaceted and state-of-the-art facility. Construction is on schedule for the school to open for the new school year starting in September.

As people age, they become afraid to talk about Alzheimer’s in particular, and dementia in general. But this is a mistake. According to recent statistics, more than 23,000 Manitobans have Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, and by 2038 this number is expected to rise to 40,700.

A town like Niverville might appear to be a small fish in a big sea, but even the small fish can make a big impact on the world. On May 29, Niverville was recognized for its Sewage Lagoon On-Site Phytoremediation Project by receiving the Canadian Administration of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) Environment Award, in the under 20,000 population category, during CAMA’s national conference in Quebec.