Another Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair has come and gone, and most of us are already looking toward our next big summer adventure.

Whether you’re a real estate agent, potential homebuyer, or real estate speculator, one fact is clear about Manitoba’s current housing market: there are not enough homes in the province to meet demand—not even remotely so.

With only hours left to go before Niverville’s Olde Tyme Country Fair gets underway, The Citizen dropped by one classroom at Niverville Elementary School to get some children’s thoughts on what it means to be a volunteer and make one’s community a better place to live.

For Niverville’s mayor, Myron Dyck, May was a busy month. At council’s public meeting on June 3, he shared some thoughts on his recent activities in his bimonthly mayor’s report.

May was a busy month for the RM of Ritchot’s volunteer firefighting crew. Apart from attending to emergency situations within their own jurisdiction, a couple of teams put in extra hours assisting in Manitoba’s current wildfires.

A new timberframe structure stands proudly just to the west of the railway tracks in Niverville. Its purpose is to provide shelter over the historic CPR well.