Niverville’s Communities in Bloom (NCIB) committee has created another long list of town beautification initiatives for this spring and summer. Some items on their to-do list are continuations of past projects, while new ones will take root this year.

Garrett Hawgood is, by his very nature, a lifesaver. In fact, the Niverville man has made saving lives one of his main objectives.

About a hundred people gathered at the Niverville Arena on the morning of Friday, April 12 to witness a day many years in the making. After a long period of behind-the-scenes work by all levels of government, the news is now official: the Community Resource Centre in Niverville is happening.

On April 10, Provencher MP Ted Falk met with American officials in Washington D.C. to discuss the hours of operation of several Minnesota border crossings. About a year and a half ago, in late 2017, these ports of entry began closing earlier than their Canadian counterparts.

On the afternoon of April 8, RCMP officers were dispatched to Niverville Collegiate for the second time in just over a year due to social media threats made against the school. The Hanover School Division (HSD) was quick to respond by notifying the RCMP and immediately putting the school under a hold-and-secure protocol. 

Due to favourable weather conditions over the past few weeks, this year’s spring flooding forecast along the Red River has been downgraded. Last month, the flood looked likely to match the flood of 2009, which had been the most severe since 1997. However, new information from the Manitoba Hydrologic Forecast Centre is indicating a crest two to three feet lower than the lesser flood of 2011.