On January 15, approximately 40 new immigrants descended on the community of Île-des-Chênes. For some, it was an opportunity to consider relocating their family to a community outside of Winnipeg. For others, it was simply a chance to see more of what Manitoba has to offer.

January is Alzheimer’s awareness month—but as prevalent as this disease has become in society, it is still poorly understood by most. For many, all that’s known is that it’s a progressive and incurable terminal disease affecting a person’s memory.

Council hosted two delegations at their first public meeting of 2025, held on January 7. First to report was the RM’s emergency measures officer, Harold Schlamp.

Adults in the year 1999 will remember, perhaps with some amusement, the great debacle that preceding the transition to the year 2000. The so-called Y2K “millennium bug” many people predicted led to endless doomsday hype, a bug we were told would affect computers, computerized electronics, and anything that relied on them to function.

On January 6, 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation from party leadership. In the meantime, the Liberal government has prorogued Parliament as they search for a new leader.

The year 2024 was an eventful one for both Niverville and Ritchot. That is also true of the crime that was recorded to have taken place.