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.

Ritchot’s council met for their bi-monthly public meeting on June 3 to discuss a brief list of items on their agenda. Included was a report by CAO Shane Ray on costs incurred by the RM in recent weeks.

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.

With council’s approval on June 3 for the opening of Prairie Roots Fitness, residents of Niverville will soon have one more option for getting into shape.

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. 

On Tuesday, May 27, residents of Ritchot lined up at the municipal civic office to get their hands on free spruce trees, courtesy of the RM. 

Just three months into business in Niverville, BarBurrito’s owner, Kuldeep Randhawa, is already finding ways to give back to the community.

On May 23, both the federal and provincial governments announced new childcare funding in Manitoba, representing the largest increase in the province’s history.