Starting today, the province has issued some updated public health orders to curb the spread of COVID-19. According to Public Health, Manitoba is in the early stages of a third wave. Although daily case counts are not yet out of control in this province, they have reached crisis points elsewhere across Canada.

Brittany Froese of Niverville has opened her new second-hand women's fashion store in Niverville. It's called The Shop: A Clothing Boutique and is located at 229 Main Street, in the same strip mall which is home to Foodie Panda.

Hespeler Park in Niverville will soon be a more well-lit space. Town council recently approved the addition of more lights to the park.

For years, speculation has run rampant about when Niverville might be getting a hotel, and that speculation only got louder as first a golf course opened, then the community became surrounded on all sides by busy wedding venues. Then the 99,000-square-foot Community Resource and Recreation Centre began construction and Hespeler Park saw significant improvements, cementing Niverville as an attractive prospect for hosting sports tournaments.

The weather in southeast Manitoba has continued to be warm and dry since the snow disappeared several weeks ago, and in that time many local municipalities have enacted fire bans. This week, the RM of Ritchot and RM of Hanover were the latest to take this step.

Early in the morning of Thursday, April 8, a fire broke out at a 12-unit condo building at 139 First Street South in Niverville. The Niverville Fire Department responded and can confirm that all residents of the structure were able to get out of the building without incident.