On March 16, the day that the provincial election was called, the temperature in southern Manitoba creeped up to a comfortable four degrees. Just two days earlier, it hit a record-breaking fourteen degrees. Flash back two years, to late January 2014, and Shannon Martin was busily canvassing the wide geographical area that is the Morris constituency in record-breaking cold.

On March 15, John Falk held a wine-and-cheese mixer at his campaign headquarters at 295 Main Street in Niverville. The event kicked off his run with the Liberal Party of Manitoba in the Morris riding.

In early March, the Board of Trustees for the Hanover School Division approved its 2016–17 budget. The estimated operating expenses total $83.6 million dollars.

École Île-des-Chênes School performed a fantastic version of The Little Mermaid Jr. at their spring musical in three performances on March 16–17. Kailyn O’Keefe played Ariel and Joshua Dowse played Prince Eric. The students were directed by principal Sandra Turcotte.

The Niverville Chamber of Commerce will be holding a candidates forum.

The Niverville Citizen distributes to the residents and businesses of eight towns within a 25-kilometre circle of each other: Niverville, Île-des-Chênes, Ste. Agathe, Tourond, Otterburne, New Bothwell, St. Adolphe, and Landmark. But for the purposes of provincial elections, this tight-knit region is chopped up into four different electoral districts—Morris, Dawson Trail, Steinbach, and Emerson.