The Nighthawks gave it everything they had in game one of their first round best-of-seven series against the Portage Terriers. It took double overtime to decide a winner, but in the first Nighthawks’ playoff game in franchise history, they lost 5–4.

Congratulations are in order for singer-songwriter Jordan St. Cyr, who won the Juno Award for Best Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year for his self-titled album.

The performing arts program at Niverville Middle School thrilled audiences with their version of The Wizard of Oz on March 22–23 at the Niverville Community Fellowship Church. The cast and crew have spent the last three months preparing for the performance with the help of directors Susan Simcoe, Caitlyn Arnould, and Kailyn Dunn.

Recently I had the opportunity to watch Women Talking, a film that was recently nominated for two Academy Awards and took home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film’s title is especially poignant considering it tells the story of women who lack a voice in their world.

The Niverville Nighthawks accomplished the primary goal of their inaugural season, which was to qualify for the playoffs. Now they have a new goal: to give the MJHL’s league-leading Portage Terriers all they can handle in their first-round series, which gets underway on Friday night.

If exciting news were fireworks, the sky over Niverville would have been lit up in technicolour on the morning of March 23.

It’s been exactly two years since Niverville learned the news that a hotel chain is planning to set down roots, helping to fill a major gap in the town’s services. And for the last 24 months, residents and visitors alike have waited with bated breath for construction to start on the plot of land which has been earmarked for the upscale Blue Crescent Hotel and waterpark.

At first blush it seems almost ludicrous to suggest that a relatively sleepy, low-profile community like Niverville, Manitoba should ever be compared to a place like Hollywood, California, the glamourous locale of famous stars, movie moguls, and high-tech production studios. Instead it’s home to blue skies, sprawling fields of wheat, quiet summer days, and blustery winter ones.

Prior to this year’s regular season finale on home ice, the Niverville Nighthawks handed out some hardware, presenting their first crop of team awards for the inaugural 2022–23 campaign.

As is the case with most budgets, things don’t always go according to plan. And that will be the case this year in terms of council’s plan for a major infrastructure overhaul along Fourth Avenue South.