The RM of Ritchot has partnered with Southern Health-Santé Sud, Gabrielle-Roy, and some passionate volunteers to grow locally sourced vegetables in Île-des-Chênes’s community gardens. The new garden boxes, located to the northeast of Gab-Roy along the Hamilton Road bus loop, are bursting with fresh produce.

The Town of Niverville will be cleaning sewers throughout the community from September 11–15. Although no exact route or timeline has been identified yet, sewers along the following streets will be affected: Main Street, First Street North, Second Street North, Third Street North, First Avenue North, Second Avenue, Third Avenue, Fourth Avenue North, Ritchot Drive, Church Street, as well as all residents of The Highlands up to Muirfield Cove.

August 16, 2017 marked yet another day in Niverville’s innovative history, with a forward-thinking announcement that community leaders believe will push Niverville a little closer to the forefront of creative solutions to the problems presented by our struggling healthcare system.

How far would you go for the perfect poutine? That’s the question posed by CDEM Manitoba, an organization dedicated to spurring economic development in the province’s many bilingual communities. They’re banking on poutine to act as a lure to attract Winnipeggers outside city limits—and, in this reporter’s opinion, they’re on to something.

Recent reports have shown that the rate of cancer incidence in Canada is steadily climbing, due in large part to our growing and aging population. It is now estimated that nearly one in two Canadians will get cancer at some point in their lifetimes, and that approximately half of those people will die from cancer.

One Niverville couple just got a big boost in its efforts to purchase and train a service dog for their son. Eight-year-old Gavyn Demers was diagnosed three years ago with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD).