Community in Bloom (CiB) is all about creating beautiful spaces that instill a sense of community pride, and on July 30 the Niverville chapter held a luncheon to thank key people who have been integral in this pursuit.

Following concerns raised by residents of Île-des-Chênes (IDC) over the bump-outs being built along the community’s Main Street, changes are underway.

In mid-July, Ritchot’s council brought some clarity to the municipality’s position on bed-and-breakfasts, Airbnbs, and VRBOs. The discussion came in response to an application put forward by Joshua and Laura Boettcher of 274 Calla Bay in Grande Pointe.

New Bothwell, like the rest of the communities served by The Citizen, lies on Treaty One land. The area was originally inhabited by the Anishinaabe, who signed that treaty in 1871. As the Anishinaabe were leaving their territory, moving onto reserves, approximately 7,000 Mennonites from southern Russia were on their way in.

Over the course of their lives, Andrew and Nigar Gorozhankin have lived in a wide variety of global locales. Still, when choosing the best home in which to raise their family, they settled on Niverville.

The modern history of Île-des-Chênes, as with most of southeastern Manitoba’s francophone towns, goes back to the late 1800s. That’s when the government originally purchased land from the Hudson’s Bay Company and in turn sold it to newcomers.1