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

The first recorded name for the area now known as Ste-Agathe is Petite Pointe à Saline (Little Salt Point), so named because of a salt-making business located there.

On June 28, 2024, the province released a report on the pay for elected officials. The document covers salaries, allowances, and retirement benefits for the premier as well as MLAs serving in the Manitoba Legislature. It is the first such report since 2017.

Just over two months into construction, Île-des-Chênes’s Main Street renewal is well underway. But it wasn’t until the concrete forms were in place to pour the streetside curbs that some residents grew concerned.

As temperatures spike over the next two days, the Town of Niverville is welcoming residents to gather at the Community Resource and Recreation Centre (CRRC) in order to cool off.