Local News Categories All News Local News Sports & Recreation Commentary Arts & Culture Local News Mar 19, 2026 Niverville and Ritchot Reps Accept Leadership Roles on Planning Region Board It’s been 18 months since the Winnipeg Metro Region halted its Plan20-50 proposal due to public and municipal backlash. Local News Mar 19, 2026 Ritchot Education Taxes Go Up Across All School Divisions Residents across Ritchot will see the education portion of their property tax bill go up this year. In total, five different school division have catchment areas in Ritchot. Local News Mar 18, 2026 Niverville Presents New Budget and Big Infrastructure Improvements Niverville’s town council presented their 2026 budget on March 18. At the same time, a list of major infrastructure improvements was announced. Local News Mar 17, 2026 Providence Slashes Budget While Building New Revenue It would be an understatement to say the past two years have been challenging for Providence University College. Recent decisions at both the federal and provincial level have trickled down, requiring the faith-based school to make major budget cuts. Local News Jun 29, 2021 Province Announces Community Grants On June 21, the provincial government made several announcements regarding grants for our local area. Local News Jun 28, 2021 Gab-Roy Sends Off 2021 Grads Collège regional Gabrielle-Roy in Île-des-Chênes held its annual convocation this year over a period of two days, June 24–25. The sun shone brightly, allowing the school to pull off the curbside convocation seamlessly. Local News Jun 24, 2021 Niverville High School Marks Second Outdoor Convocation For the second year in a row, the Niverville High School marked its year-end convocation under sunny June skies. Once again, public health orders forced students and staff to curtail the usual indoor celebrations in favour of a socially distanced curbside event in the parking lot. Local News Jun 23, 2021 Manitoba to Loosen Summer Restrictions One Week Early At a news conference on Wednesday, June 23, Premier Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin announced that the first step in the province’s summer reopening plan is ready to be implemented, one week early. Local News Jun 21, 2021 Grads of 2021 Reflect on Lost Experiences Graduation season is here again—and for the second year in a row local, graduates aren’t getting the senior year they desired or deserved. Local News Jun 18, 2021 Local Doctors to Address Vaccine Questions at Virtual Town Halls Residents of southern Manitoba will have the opportunity next week to raise their questions and concerns about COVID-19 vaccines, and get answers from trusted local doctors. Doctors Manitoba is giving Manitobans this chance through a series of virtual town halls. Local News Jun 17, 2021 Niverville Council Meeting in Review—June 15 Niverville’s town council met virtually on Tuesday, June 15 for their regularly scheduled bimonthly meeting. After some brief, standard housekeeping issues, they opened the first of two public hearings. Local News Jun 15, 2021 Niverville Grows Community Gardens Project There is a new option in Niverville for those who like to garden but don’t have access to their own garden plot. The town’s brand-new Community Gardens are open to anyone to rent for the season. Pagination Load more Citizen Poll Has the case involving former teacher Braeden Martens's sexual assault charges affected your trust in the school system’s ability to protect students? Choices Yes. This incident raises big questions about how teachers are hired in Manitoba. * No. Despite this disturbing case, the system largely does a good job of vetting teachers. * 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 Mar 19, 2026 Niverville and Ritchot Reps Accept Leadership Roles on Planning Region Board It’s been 18 months since the Winnipeg Metro Region halted its Plan20-50 proposal due to public and municipal backlash.
Local News Mar 19, 2026 Ritchot Education Taxes Go Up Across All School Divisions Residents across Ritchot will see the education portion of their property tax bill go up this year. In total, five different school division have catchment areas in Ritchot.
Local News Mar 18, 2026 Niverville Presents New Budget and Big Infrastructure Improvements Niverville’s town council presented their 2026 budget on March 18. At the same time, a list of major infrastructure improvements was announced.
Local News Mar 17, 2026 Providence Slashes Budget While Building New Revenue It would be an understatement to say the past two years have been challenging for Providence University College. Recent decisions at both the federal and provincial level have trickled down, requiring the faith-based school to make major budget cuts.
Local News Jun 29, 2021 Province Announces Community Grants On June 21, the provincial government made several announcements regarding grants for our local area.
Local News Jun 28, 2021 Gab-Roy Sends Off 2021 Grads Collège regional Gabrielle-Roy in Île-des-Chênes held its annual convocation this year over a period of two days, June 24–25. The sun shone brightly, allowing the school to pull off the curbside convocation seamlessly.
Local News Jun 24, 2021 Niverville High School Marks Second Outdoor Convocation For the second year in a row, the Niverville High School marked its year-end convocation under sunny June skies. Once again, public health orders forced students and staff to curtail the usual indoor celebrations in favour of a socially distanced curbside event in the parking lot.
Local News Jun 23, 2021 Manitoba to Loosen Summer Restrictions One Week Early At a news conference on Wednesday, June 23, Premier Brian Pallister and Dr. Brent Roussin announced that the first step in the province’s summer reopening plan is ready to be implemented, one week early.
Local News Jun 21, 2021 Grads of 2021 Reflect on Lost Experiences Graduation season is here again—and for the second year in a row local, graduates aren’t getting the senior year they desired or deserved.
Local News Jun 18, 2021 Local Doctors to Address Vaccine Questions at Virtual Town Halls Residents of southern Manitoba will have the opportunity next week to raise their questions and concerns about COVID-19 vaccines, and get answers from trusted local doctors. Doctors Manitoba is giving Manitobans this chance through a series of virtual town halls.
Local News Jun 17, 2021 Niverville Council Meeting in Review—June 15 Niverville’s town council met virtually on Tuesday, June 15 for their regularly scheduled bimonthly meeting. After some brief, standard housekeeping issues, they opened the first of two public hearings.
Local News Jun 15, 2021 Niverville Grows Community Gardens Project There is a new option in Niverville for those who like to garden but don’t have access to their own garden plot. The town’s brand-new Community Gardens are open to anyone to rent for the season.
