The hospitality industry has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic. Service-based operations have dealt with public health restrictions and lockdowns that specifically target environments where staff has to have close contact with the public.

Around the world, climate change is affecting the way humans grow food. Farming has always been highly dependent on weather conditions and the length of the growing season, and it takes both knowledge and experience to determine when to plant which crops and where.

Sometime in the first half of 2023, as previously announced, the rapidly expanding town of Niverville will finally get its own RCMP detachment. The new station will be built on the same campus as Niverville’s municipal offices.

On October 18, Manitoba’s provincial government brought in a vaccine mandate for frontline workers. Public employees in education, licensed daycares, hospitals, and other workplaces are now required to be fully vaccinated or undergo regular COVID-19 testing.

One of the last residential homes on Main Street Niverville is set to be demolished to make room for another commercial strip mall. Local real estate developer Ray Dowse is poised to transform 31 Main Street.

Niverville’s town council met for their regularly scheduled meeting at the Community Resource and Recreation Centre on the evening of October 19. The meeting was also streamed via Microsoft Teams. However, there were technical issues this week, so a few moments of the meeting were cut off for those attempting to participate online.