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 Mar 30, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Five: Visits with Grandpa Barry Locke and his granddaughters share a special connection—and just as a cord of many threads remains strong under tension, they are finding ways to remain close even during these times of socia Local News Mar 29, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Four: Coming Home Early Ron and Sherri Hildebrandt are a semiretired couple from Niverville currently serving a mandatory self-isolation order since their unexpected return from working with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Rockport, Texas. The site was closed abruptly and they were directed to return home as soon as possible. Local News Mar 27, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Three: From Mexico to Isolation Meet the Unraus. Joe is a technical assistant for Manitoba Hydro and Sherry is a healthcare aide at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville. They have four children, Ashley, Hailey, Ryan, and Kelsey. Local News Mar 27, 2020 A Pandemic of Kindness “What do you remember about 2020?” Local News Mar 26, 2020 Province Ramps Up Funding in Case of Spring Flood As part of a plan to improve flood prevention measures south of Winnipeg, the RM of Ritchot and Town of Niverville are receiving approximately $95,500 worth of new equipment. Local News Mar 26, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Two: The Paramedic’s Family Kyle and Cyndi Wiebe normally lead very busy lives, enjoying country living with their five children and three dogs. Kyle is a Winnipeg paramedic and Cyndi does freelance graphic design/illustration and works part-time reception for the Town of Niverville. Local News Mar 25, 2020 Province Launches Volunteerism Website, Local Reaction So Far Lukewarm On March 23, the Province of Manitoba launched a new website to help volunteers safely connect with fellow Manitobans in need of assistance. Intended to be a province-wide hub, Help Next Door allows people to enter their information to ask for help or answer people’s requests by volunteering to help. Local News Mar 24, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part One: Isolating While Pregnant A local Niverville couple, Raesha and Joel Enns, are expecting their first child in August. Joel runs his own roofing company, JJE Roofing & Construction, while Raesha stays at home working on the accounting side of the business. 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 Mar 30, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Five: Visits with Grandpa Barry Locke and his granddaughters share a special connection—and just as a cord of many threads remains strong under tension, they are finding ways to remain close even during these times of socia
Local News Mar 29, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Four: Coming Home Early Ron and Sherri Hildebrandt are a semiretired couple from Niverville currently serving a mandatory self-isolation order since their unexpected return from working with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) in Rockport, Texas. The site was closed abruptly and they were directed to return home as soon as possible.
Local News Mar 27, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Three: From Mexico to Isolation Meet the Unraus. Joe is a technical assistant for Manitoba Hydro and Sherry is a healthcare aide at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville. They have four children, Ashley, Hailey, Ryan, and Kelsey.
Local News Mar 26, 2020 Province Ramps Up Funding in Case of Spring Flood As part of a plan to improve flood prevention measures south of Winnipeg, the RM of Ritchot and Town of Niverville are receiving approximately $95,500 worth of new equipment.
Local News Mar 26, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part Two: The Paramedic’s Family Kyle and Cyndi Wiebe normally lead very busy lives, enjoying country living with their five children and three dogs. Kyle is a Winnipeg paramedic and Cyndi does freelance graphic design/illustration and works part-time reception for the Town of Niverville.
Local News Mar 25, 2020 Province Launches Volunteerism Website, Local Reaction So Far Lukewarm On March 23, the Province of Manitoba launched a new website to help volunteers safely connect with fellow Manitobans in need of assistance. Intended to be a province-wide hub, Help Next Door allows people to enter their information to ask for help or answer people’s requests by volunteering to help.
Local News Mar 24, 2020 Tales from Quarantine, Part One: Isolating While Pregnant A local Niverville couple, Raesha and Joel Enns, are expecting their first child in August. Joel runs his own roofing company, JJE Roofing & Construction, while Raesha stays at home working on the accounting side of the business.
