Local News Categories All News Local News Sports & Recreation Commentary Arts & Culture Local News Jun 20, 2025 RM of Ritchot Hires Cybersecurity Monitoring Specialists At their June 18 public meeting, Ritchot’s council briefly discussed their need to beef up cybersecurity after months of cleanup effort stemming from a security breach that took place last December Local News Jun 19, 2025 Council Approves Niverville’s First Six-Storey Building On June 17, a group of local developers were tasked with selling their concept for Niverville’s first six-storey complex to both council and the general public. Local News Jun 17, 2025 SRSD Faces Another Budgeting Error, This Time a Positive One For the second time in two years, administrators and board members of the Seine River School Division (SRSD) have publicly admitting to a significant error affecting their budget. This time around, though, things are looking much more optimistic. Local News Jun 17, 2025 Classic Motorcycles Return to Ste. Agathe for Annual Rally It’s year 25 for the Bison Classic Motorcycle Rally, held this year from June 27–29 at Cheyenne Park in Ste. Agathe. Everyone’s invited to register for the full weekend of events hosted by the Antique Motorcycle Club of Manitoba (AMCM). Local News Oct 17, 2024 Ritchot Celebrates Grand Opening of Renovated Civic Building Residents of Ritchot joined its council and RM staff on October 16 for the official grand opening of the newly renovated civic office. Local News Oct 16, 2024 Niverville Mayor Says Plan20-50 in Limbo In late September, board members of the Winnipeg Metro Region (WMR) met with Ian Bushie, Minister of Municipal Relations, after the organization failed to successfully roll out Plan20-50 this summer. Local News Oct 15, 2024 Ex-Military Man Heads to Capital for Remembrance Day Service On November 11, at 11:00 a.m., Niverville’s Steve Choquette and his partner Renee Baudry will be observing a moment of silence in the nation’s capital. Local News Oct 10, 2024 Non-Profit Focuses on Southeast Homeless Crisis For years, many Manitobans have held to the common misconception that homelessness is a Winnipeg-centric issue, but nothing could be further from the truth. Local News Oct 10, 2024 Dozens of Birdhouses Land in the Baudry Trails On September 25, the Baudry Trails in Ste. Agathe gained a beautiful new feature. The trails now have 60 birdhouses spread throughout the property, all painted by members of the community. Local News Oct 09, 2024 Ritchot Reviews Food Waste Management Pilot Program One hundred Ritchot households participated in a food waste reduction program this summer, thanks to a pilot project sponsored by the RM. At council’s October 2 public meeting, the results of the project were available for review. Local News Oct 08, 2024 Upcoming Heritage Centre Fundraiser Buoyed by Optimism The annual Niverville Heritage Centre (NHC) fundraising gala is just around the corner and organizers are asking for everyone’s support to make this year’s event the best one yet. Local News Oct 08, 2024 Food Drive Supports Helping Hands Foodbank Sometimes it takes the effort of a team of community-minded people to pull off a successful fundraiser. On October 8, the local Helping Hands foodbank partnered with Your Grocery People (YGP) in Niverville for just such a collaboration. Pagination Load more Citizen Poll Is it the job of government to ensure that everyone who wants daycare can afford and access it, regardless of family income level? Choices Yes. Subsidizing daycare is a good way to bolster the economy. This service should be available who wants it. * No. Daycare should be subsidized based on income, similar to the federal dental program, for example. * Vote Have a more nuanced opinion? Leave us a comment below: * By submitting a comment, you acknowledge that your feedback may be printed in a future edition of The Citizen. All responses will be anonymous unless signed by the writer. Signed comments are more likely to be published. Cell Number Comment
Local News Jun 20, 2025 RM of Ritchot Hires Cybersecurity Monitoring Specialists At their June 18 public meeting, Ritchot’s council briefly discussed their need to beef up cybersecurity after months of cleanup effort stemming from a security breach that took place last December
Local News Jun 19, 2025 Council Approves Niverville’s First Six-Storey Building On June 17, a group of local developers were tasked with selling their concept for Niverville’s first six-storey complex to both council and the general public.
Local News Jun 17, 2025 SRSD Faces Another Budgeting Error, This Time a Positive One For the second time in two years, administrators and board members of the Seine River School Division (SRSD) have publicly admitting to a significant error affecting their budget. This time around, though, things are looking much more optimistic.
Local News Jun 17, 2025 Classic Motorcycles Return to Ste. Agathe for Annual Rally It’s year 25 for the Bison Classic Motorcycle Rally, held this year from June 27–29 at Cheyenne Park in Ste. Agathe. Everyone’s invited to register for the full weekend of events hosted by the Antique Motorcycle Club of Manitoba (AMCM).
Local News Oct 17, 2024 Ritchot Celebrates Grand Opening of Renovated Civic Building Residents of Ritchot joined its council and RM staff on October 16 for the official grand opening of the newly renovated civic office.
Local News Oct 16, 2024 Niverville Mayor Says Plan20-50 in Limbo In late September, board members of the Winnipeg Metro Region (WMR) met with Ian Bushie, Minister of Municipal Relations, after the organization failed to successfully roll out Plan20-50 this summer.
Local News Oct 15, 2024 Ex-Military Man Heads to Capital for Remembrance Day Service On November 11, at 11:00 a.m., Niverville’s Steve Choquette and his partner Renee Baudry will be observing a moment of silence in the nation’s capital.
Local News Oct 10, 2024 Non-Profit Focuses on Southeast Homeless Crisis For years, many Manitobans have held to the common misconception that homelessness is a Winnipeg-centric issue, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Local News Oct 10, 2024 Dozens of Birdhouses Land in the Baudry Trails On September 25, the Baudry Trails in Ste. Agathe gained a beautiful new feature. The trails now have 60 birdhouses spread throughout the property, all painted by members of the community.
Local News Oct 09, 2024 Ritchot Reviews Food Waste Management Pilot Program One hundred Ritchot households participated in a food waste reduction program this summer, thanks to a pilot project sponsored by the RM. At council’s October 2 public meeting, the results of the project were available for review.
Local News Oct 08, 2024 Upcoming Heritage Centre Fundraiser Buoyed by Optimism The annual Niverville Heritage Centre (NHC) fundraising gala is just around the corner and organizers are asking for everyone’s support to make this year’s event the best one yet.
Local News Oct 08, 2024 Food Drive Supports Helping Hands Foodbank Sometimes it takes the effort of a team of community-minded people to pull off a successful fundraiser. On October 8, the local Helping Hands foodbank partnered with Your Grocery People (YGP) in Niverville for just such a collaboration.
