This summer marks the beginning of an overhaul to Niverville’s Main Street sidewalks. You may have noticed the new section already complete on the south side of Main, stretching from Fifth Ave. to Fourth Ave.

Many Manitobans are becoming locavores, consumers of locally produced food that hasn’t been moved long distances to market. There is an ever-growing interest in finding healthier, fresher food options and to have a direct connection to the grower. This trend is evidenced in the popularity of farmers markets around the Southeast as well as the rising numbers of small, family-run farms advertising everything from fresh vegetables to u-pick berries to free-run chickens and eggs.

As of April 1, 2015, Wm Dyck and Sons have expanded their building center in Niverville to include a separate building solely for flooring.

2015 is the first year our town is taking part in the provincial initiative called Communities in Bloom.

Over the last seven years, a one-hundred-acre land development project has been rising just south of the 311 Highway on the west side of Niverville. For many, it has been rising too slowly and quietly for comfort, and rumors and cynicism have abounded. But under new management, the Old Drovers Run golf course is about to come into its own.

For all those who nurse seemingly impossible dreams, local race car driver David Richert is an inspiration. It’s hard to imagine more unlikely beginnings for a world-class driver than growing up on a family farm in southern Manitoba, not even discovering the world of racing until his late teens. Against such odds, Richert stands tall as one of Niverville’s greatest success stories.