Niverville’s council gave first reading to the Staff and Council Remuneration bylaw on November 20. A proposal was made to allow for a 2.1 percent cost-of-living increase to staff payroll in 2019. Further to that, council would also see an increase in gross wages in the coming year.

At the Ritchot Community Development Corporation’s annual general meeting on Tuesday, December 4, eight local businesses received cheques from the Main Street Enhancement Grant. The businesses each got a share of a $15,000 fund.

Niverville’s council headed to their annual planning sessions on November 30 and December 1, free of outside distraction and ready to make plans for the upcoming year’s budget. The two-day, 22-hour brainstorming session was held at Providence College for the second year in a row.

On December 4, Niverville held a public council meeting at 9:00 a.m. to discuss a number of conditional use permits that have come forward. Owners of businesses coming to 40 Drovers Run, including Negash Coffee and Niverville’s Pizzeria, requested conditional use permits for the opening of their new businesses in the spring of 2019. Both were granted by acclamation of council.

If you thought you knew everything there was to know about Christmas, you’d be wrong—just ask a five-year old. This month, 16 adorable elves from a Niverville Elementary Kindergarten class decided to set the record straight by answering some fundamentally important questions about Christmas.

Libby Hanna is one of a group of locals hoping to build the groundwork for a foundation that will help Niverville organizations access grants and funding in the near future. Foundations are charitable organizations that already exist in many communities around Manitoba.