An associate professor of biology at Providence University College, Dr. Rebecca Dielschneider, was awarded the Simon and Sarah Israels Thesis Prize earlier this month for her doctoral thesis, entitled “Targeting Susceptible Signaling Pathways in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.” The annual prize, in the amount of $2,000, is presented to a graduate student at the Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology.

For the first time in many years, École St. Adolphe School is participating in a student exchange program. Nine Grades 7–8 students will be travelling to Quebec from February 6–13.

Bristal Hauling has moved their head office from Niverville’s industrial park further into town.

Betty Giesbrecht and her husband Harold moved to Niverville from Vermillion Bay, Ontario in 1951. Though born and raised in the Rosenfeld area, close to Altona, they had moved to Ontario due to Harold’s work in the forestry industry. Betty had attended the Manitoba Teachers College in the late 1940s and taught school in Rosenfeld before her marriage to Harold in 1948.

As an entrepreneur, operating your day-to-day business and planning for the future can consume a lot of your time. Paying less tax, although important, may not always be top of mind.

Following the unanimous approval of a conditional use application on January 6, the door has been opened for a funeral home and crematorium to set up shop at 295 Main Street in Niverville.