Although lacrosse is Canada’s national summer sport, it frequently sees lower participation in Manitoba than more popular sports like baseball and soccer. For example, Niverville doesn’t have its own lacrosse team. There is, however, a regional team.

With the countdown to the regular season down to its final hours, all that Paul Maurice will have to do is put the finishing touches on his line-up before taking on the St. Louis Blues at the newly renamed Enterprise Center.

For a first-time participant, Sandra Klassen of Niverville is pretty proud of her successes at this year’s Canada 55+ Games. Klassen joined approximately 1,875 senior athletes from across the country to compete in a variety of sporting events and board game challenges in Saint John, New Brunswick from August 21–24. She returned home decorated with four medals and an illustrious smile.

Niverville Councillor John Funk, along with the public works department, were busy performing some much-needed improvements to the baseball diamonds in Hespeler Park this summer. Covered dugouts were installed, providing sheltered seating for players during games and practices. 

Children in Niverville now have less distance to travel to participate in sport programs thanks to Activate Sports, a Winnipeg-based company which is making a move into rural parts of the province.

There are few competitions as esteemed by handgun enthusiasts as the International Practice Shooting Club’s (IPSC) nationals. This year’s nationals were held in Selkirk, Manitoba, and Niverville’s Paul Richards came out on top in his handgun classification.