Last week, the province warned that stepped-up enforcement was coming for people who ignore public health orders—and in the process, put their fellow Manitobans at risk. In a press conference on Wednesday, October 21, the province has followed through on that pledge.

A New Bothwell man has been charged in connection to a robbery that took place on Sunday, October 18, around 7:30 p.m. That evening, the St. Pierre-Jolys RCMP responded to a report of two young people, aged 16 and 17, who were robbed while walking to the store in New Bothwell.

In the last few months, a number of Manitoba business have been the target of a sophisticated telephone scam in which the callers pose as employees of Manitoba Hydro.

Parents of students at the Niverville Middle School received an email Thursday afternoon advising them that an individual from the school has tested positive for COVID-19. This comes after the case was confirmed by Manitoba Public Health.

Our local health authority, Southern Health-Santé Sud, is encouraging people to get this year’s flu vaccine. Although the seasonal flu vaccination is available every year, it is seen as being especially important this year, to reduce the risk of serious illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last Friday, the provincial government announced $6,000 in new grant funding earmarked to complete the Town of Niverville’s Heritage Wall, to be constructed this month in front of the Niverville Credit Union parking lot on Main Street.