In June, a progress thermometer went up in front of the town office, to keep residents of Niverville up to date on fundraising efforts for the multiplex.

As the snow melts and the trees bud, thoughts of manicured lawns and clean houses set in. Spring cleaning is on the brain. Once we get into our basements, storage rooms, or garages, we often find old or unused items we no longer want. But what can we do with these unwanted things?

I first met Roger the year he moved to Niverville, in 1976. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta—of good German stock—and grew up in a family with five other siblings.

After four public meetings and presentations by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Build a Village of Altona, a group of local humanitarians is prepared to spearhead a campaign to bring at least one refugee family to Niverville.

Last month, Danica Cuddeford, a Grade 12 student of Niverville Collegiate Institute (NCI), was one of six graduating students in rural Manitoba to be nominated for The Prairie Award of Promise at the YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. This award, which comes with an MPI-sponsored $2,000 scholarship for post-secondary studies, recognizes young women between the ages of 18 and 29 who show leadership and maturity and serve as role models for their peers.

At the end of March, Niverville’s council sent out a revision to their original town water plan. Business owners and residents along the first-phase route for infrastructure installation were given until April 8 to ask questions of council and opt in to the plan.