If poutine is your thing, this upcoming week is just for you. The occasion is La Poutine week, which runs February 1–7, an event that originated in Montreal but has since expanded across Canada, and even beyond. This year’s theme is “Around the World.”

Businesses in Ritchot can expect some additional help in the coming months when it comes to beefing up their labour force, thanks to the municipality’s collaborative relationships with the Association of Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities (AMBM) and CDEM, Manitoba’s bilingual economic development council.

If not for the selfless dedication of small-town volunteer firefighters, residents in municipalities like Ritchot and Niverville would have one more reason to worry. These volunteers put in many hours of service to make us all safer. They train and educate in exchange for the opportunity to drop everything at a moment’s notice and rush out to save a life, home, or business.

This month, the Seine River School Division (SRSD) announced the appointment of Karastin Michalycia to fill the role of secretary treasurer and chief financial officer.

For Niverville’s town council, it’s becoming fairly commonplace to consider requests for the creation of new developments these days. On February 4 at 7:00 p.m., council will open a discussion on the latest proposal by Avedo Inc.

Janessa Roy of Île-des-Chênes is a teacher and mom to three young daughters. In recent years, she’s also become the lead for the Manitoba chapter of Moon Time Connections (MTC).