For the second year in a row, Niverville’s town council is holding an informational open house. The event will give residents an opportunity to speak to members of council about a range of issues in an informal setting. 

On Sunday, October 1, residents in Ste. Agathe will gather for their annual Fall Supper at the Cultural Community Centre, a community event for the whole family. Dinner is scheduled to start at 4:00 p.m., and will continue to be served until 7:00 p.m.

For ten years, the annual Imagine Run has been a fixture on Niverville’s event calendar, and the same will be true this year as the run once again transforms Hespeler Park on September 23 into a family-friendly party zone. But as the run marks its ten-year anniversary, it also bids farewell.

Over the past few years, Niverville has been on the forefront of implementing environmentally friendly policies. Among their most successful initiatives is the ongoing decommissioning of the town’s sewage lagoon through a bioremediation process. This led to Niverville receiving a Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Award in 2014.

About 200 resident students are settling in at Providence University College this week despite a fire earlier this summer that claimed Bergen Hall, the men’s dormitory. The university has been busy making alternate arrangements to ensure that the fire doesn’t result in any disruptions.

Ritchot’s 2017 budget plan is finalized and property tax bills are in mailboxes. A three-month break in council administration and a by-election left residents of the municipality in limbo until the new budget could pass its final readings.