Council hosted two delegations at their first public meeting of 2025, held on January 7. First to report was the RM’s emergency measures officer, Harold Schlamp.

Keeping good on their promise, Manitoba’s provincial government recently launched the teacher certification and professional conduct registry, now available online for the public to view.

Adults in the year 1999 will remember, perhaps with some amusement, the great debacle that preceding the transition to the year 2000. The so-called Y2K “millennium bug” many people predicted led to endless doomsday hype, a bug we were told would affect computers, computerized electronics, and anything that relied on them to function.

The year 2024 was an eventful one for both Niverville and Ritchot. That is also true of the crime that was recorded to have taken place.

The annual meeting of the EastMenn Historical Society will have something extra special for Mennonite history buffs this year. On January 25, attendees are invited to participate in an event called The Objects We Hold Dear: Material Culture Among Kanadier Mennonites.

For the third year in a row, the Niverville Nighthawks are hosting a gala fundraiser at the Heritage Centre, and this year there’s a James Bond theme. Dubbed “Casino Royale,” the gala will take place on January 25.