Save yourself a trip to the city, residents of Niverville and surrounding area. The farmers’ market is coming to you this summer. 

They say age is just a number. But for two Niverville centenarians, theirs marks a pretty significant number—100! Susana Doerksen and Mary Peters are both residents of the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville, and they are the first in the facility to reach this major milestone. 

Although Niverville’s splash pad in Hespeler Park would ordinarily turn on the taps around June 1, it’s currently unknown when exactly the pad will open for the summer of 2018. The water use restrictions in place for Niverville residents is the main cause of uncertainty.

Two business owners in Île-des-Chênes are celebrating their community by offering free services on Saturday, May 12. From 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., LDN Auto Service at 421 Main Street will offer free bicycle tune-ups as well as hot dogs and drinks. Kids will also have a chance to sit in a real race car and have their photos taken.

The first-ever Whitetail Meadow Market is set for Sunday, May 6. The market, which will feature a wide array of local artisans, food vendors, and pop-up stores, will open at 10:00 a.m. and run through 8:00 p.m. Admission will be $5 per adult, and those under 18 can enter free of charge. Vendors will be coming from all across Winnipeg and the southeast region. Local buskers will provide entertainment.

Young people are getting their chance to shine in the RM of Ritchot. As part of a broader effort to increase engagement between Ritchot’s youngest residents and their government, a delegation of five students from École St. Adolphe School appeared in front of council at a special meeting, held at the school on the morning of Monday, April 23, to propose some key youth priorities for the community’s undeveloped greenspace in the new Tourond Creek neighbourhood.