Canadians use approximately 57 million single-use plastic straws every day.1 That’s a huge amount of plastic that gets used for a few minutes before it winds up in landfills or choking up water bodies.

Mark your calendars for the annual Niverville Health Foundation and Firefighters Ball, scheduled for Friday, March 8 at the Heritage Centre.

The Steinbach Sunset Riders (SSR) 4-H Club made a clean sweep in the Eastman Zones, placing first in every category. The event, in which club members present speeches, took place on February 16. According to the official 4-H Communications Guidelines, the purpose of the speeches is to teach, entertain, or inform.

The new staff at Niverville’s Great Canadian Dollar Store have been stocking shelves and learning the ropes before the store’s official grand opening, which will run from March 1–3. Owner Travis Neufeld of Steinbach says they are almost ready for the soft opening in the next day or two.

Niverville council held a brief meeting on the evening of Tuesday, February 19 with two council members missing as they vacation. A number of important issues hit the agenda.

Like many growing communities, Niverville has experienced waves of petty crime in the past few years that home and business owners alike are hard-pressed to ignore. While the RCMP presence from the St. Pierre-Jolys detachment has been relatively effective, residents of the community have wanted to know if more can be done.