On August 19, 20 cyclists departed from the historic Mennonite Landing site, at the confluence of the Rat River and Red River, trekking their way along the Peace Trail to raise funds for the Eden Foundation and the Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) in Steinbach.

One year ago, residents living along a two-block stretch of Niverville’s First Street South reached out to The Citizen with concern over the state of their street’s sidewalk, portions of which were as good as unusable.

On August 16, Ritchot’s council denied applications for two conditional use permit requests. Both were for alternative uses in areas designated agricultural limited and each were objected to by a unanimous council.

A restoration of native grasslands is just one of the many earth-friendly sights residents of Ritchot may notice in the coming years thanks to a municipal undertaking called the Seeds of Sustainability project.

A new ownership team has taken over Niverville Commons, the commercial development on the east end of Main Street. Realtor Mike Fast and his partner Bob Schinkel of Schinkel Properties (SP) are picking up where previous owners Sean Conway and Katie Knebel left off at 10 Cedar Drive and 290 Main Street.

Thanks in part to funding from the provincial government’s Conservation and Climate Fund, the RM of Ritchot will soon be creating an electric vehicle (EV) car share program for their residents.