The Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair is one of the biggest and most anticipated summertime events in southeastern Manitoba. It wasn’t always that way. In the early nineties, the community fair took place in late summer and mostly revolved around horticultural pursuits. Attendance had been dwindling for years.

Betty Giesbrecht and her husband Harold moved to Niverville from Vermillion Bay, Ontario in 1951. Though born and raised in the Rosenfeld area, close to Altona, they had moved to Ontario due to Harold’s work in the forestry industry. Betty had attended the Manitoba Teachers College in the late 1940s and taught school in Rosenfeld before her marriage to Harold in 1948.

As an entrepreneur, operating your day-to-day business and planning for the future can consume a lot of your time. Paying less tax, although important, may not always be top of mind.

The Heritage Centre in Niverville will be hosting its annual Wedding Showcase on Saturday, February 25.
 

When Niverville resident Rob Byers awoke on September 20 with chest pain, he knew he needed to get to a hospital. Byers is 67, has heart disease, angina, a blockage in his heart, and high blood pressure. His wife Marie called 911 at about 7:15 a.m. Niverville Fire and an EMS crew arrived shortly thereafter.

Community. We all have our own idea about what that is. For some of us, it’s the GPS location our car steers towards at the end of the workday. For others, it’s the people who make up that place.