Residents of the Heritage Life Personal Care Home (HLPCH) in Niverville received a special gift on August 23 as the facility’s new Memory Garden was unveiled.

Just six years after the iconic red barn at the west end of Highway 311 opened its doors, Whitetail Meadow is expanding, making room for guests to enjoy the pastoral site almost every day of the year.

On August 19, 20 cyclists departed from the historic Mennonite Landing site, at the confluence of the Rat River and Red River, trekking their way along the Peace Trail to raise funds for the Eden Foundation and the Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) in Steinbach.

On August 16, Ritchot’s council denied applications for two conditional use permit requests. Both were for alternative uses in areas designated agricultural limited and each were objected to by a unanimous council.

It’s been three weeks since unionized Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries (MBLL) workers staged rotated walkouts, hoping to send a message to the provincial government that they need a more equitable wage contract.

A restoration of native grasslands is just one of the many earth-friendly sights residents of Ritchot may notice in the coming years thanks to a municipal undertaking called the Seeds of Sustainability project.