On December 15, members of Niverville Fire and EMS arrived at the Niverville Elementary School and surprised Grade 3 student Calysta Guenette with a Nintendo DS. Following the fire department’s classroom presentations during Fire Safety Week in October, students were encouraged to enter a contest to win the Nintendos. Calysta’s contest form was one of several drawn by the Office of the Fire Commissioner. 

Applications are now being accepted for the Canada Summer Jobs Program. 

In late December, Ken Krahn found himself in the Tim Hortons parking lot and thirsty for a good cup of joe. The lights were on and the lot full of cars, but the sign on the door still read “Opening Soon.”  

Clients of Niverville Heritage Dental will be seeing a new face at the centre this January. Dr. Sunayna Gupta, who has been practicing in Niverville for one year, is scheduled to take a maternity leave starting in mid-January. Dr. Darci Bonar, a native of Brandon who currently practices at the Tuxedo Dental Group in Winnipeg, will be stepping into her shoes. 

Niverville’s current recycling contract is set to expire in the summer, and town council has decided to switch providers. Bristal Hauling has been awarded the new four-year contract, meaning that the town’s recycling will now be taken to the company’s depot in St. Malo. 

For years, Niverville’s town council has faced two persistent accusations: first, that they’re uncommunicative, regularly leaving locals in the dark. Second, that this failure to communicate is a sign not simply of negligence, but of council’s scorn for transparency. But are these accusations fair?