Construction on Niverville’s new high school, which began in late March, is right on track, according to Hanover School Division superintendent Randy Dueck. Dry weather early on in the spring allowed Red Lake Construction to make quick progress.

It’s another hot day in Île-des-Chênes, where Lise and Bruce Bale balance family life with customers on the phone and checking in at the office. The couple purchased Arrowhead RV Park from Lise’s parents in 2015, the same year their youngest of three children was born. At the time, they were both working full-time, Bruce as an electrician and Lise as an HR director, and the chance to own and operate an RV park seemed like an opportunity to slow things down and spend more time at home with the kids.

A group of seven teenage entrepreneurs from Niverville got a boost earlier this month when they paid a visit to the Manitoba Legislature on Monday, June 4 to hear MLA Shannon Martin deliver a Private Member’s Statement in their honour. Martin congratulated the students on their success and entrepreneurial vision.

Recycling, in theory, should come naturally to us by now. We’ve been doing it since the 1980s. Paper, plastic, cans, and bottles. What could be simpler? These are, in fact, the mainstays of the household recycling list. But depending on the sorters and buyers of these products, the types of paper, plastic, cans, and bottles that are accepted changes over time.

In this day and age, foraging for edible food usually constitutes a trip to the backyard garden for some fresh greens or a weekly outing to the local supermarket. Laura Reeves of Prairie Shore Botanicals, though, is reintroducing Manitobans to their ancestral past, offering courses which can help you recognize, harvest, and prepare a large variety of edible, medicinal, or otherwise useful wild plants that are growing within walking distance of your home or cottage. 

Come fall of this year, Horizon Livestock & Poultry Supply will be closing up shop and vacating their Niverville store at 329 Bronstone Drive.