According to Deputy Fire Chief Paul Houle, this year’s Ritchot Fire Department open house on September 18 was another success. Dozens of Ritchot residents turned out for the annual event, held at the St. Adolphe firehall on Wednesday night.

Across western Canada, September 17 is known as Fuel Good Day, a day when five cents of every litre of Red River Co-op (RRC) gas is donated to charity. This year’s charitable beneficiary of the Manitoba chapter of RRC was the Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation.

The lovely little shed recently erected in Niverville’s Heritage Cemetery was created in memory of, and with a donation from, Alvin and Marilyn Podjan, longtime residents of Niverville.

Thanks to $30,000 in new provincial funding, GoManitoba is offering Manitobans a better online platform when it comes to creating their carpool and rideshare connections.

This year, for the first time, Truth and Reconciliation Day (TRD) on September 30 will be observed as a statutory holiday in Manitoba. In honour of the day, a number of local organizations are preparing events, and they encourage all Manitobans to participate in order to reflect upon and learn from the legacy of residential schools in Canada’s history.

On August 27, a 1970s model pickup truck was located by the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team (URT) at the bottom of Lake of the Prairies in the RM of Riding Mountain-West. The URT was sent in as a response to a tip that was received seven days prior by the Russell RCMP detachment.