On April 5, Marc Palud of Île-des-Chênes took first place in the Pembina Valley Business Entrepreneur Boot Camp Competition in Winkler. The two-day camp is a promotion of Innovate Manitoba and is designed to help entrepreneurs enhance their business skills, grow their companies, and network with other professionals.

A small dose of rural life has turned out to be the perfect prescription for a group of three future doctors. Medical students Riley Workman, Matthew Van Otterloo, and Zana Alai, spent the last week of May in Niverville. All three agreed that this has been a vital part of their education.

In June, a progress thermometer went up in front of the town office, to keep residents of Niverville up to date on fundraising efforts for the multiplex.

I first met Roger the year he moved to Niverville, in 1976. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta—of good German stock—and grew up in a family with five other siblings.

Life is full of special moments. One in particular could be purchasing a home, for which you’ll probably need to obtain your first mortgage. If you’re in that situation, congratulations. But where do you even begin?

After four public meetings and presentations by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Build a Village of Altona, a group of local humanitarians is prepared to spearhead a campaign to bring at least one refugee family to Niverville.