Local News Categories All News Local News Sports & Recreation Commentary Arts & Culture Local News May 06, 2026 Ritchot Collaborates with Startup to Convert Organic Waste The RM of Ritchot has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an innovative Manitoba startup specializing in organic waste conversion. Local News May 05, 2026 Province Hands Control of Main Street, Fifth Avenue to Niverville This past April, the Town of Niverville received welcome news: local infrastructure will be boosted to the tune of nearly $10 million in provincial funding. Those funds cover approximately half the cost to complete a major overhaul of Highway 311 west of the tracks and a resurfacing of the balance of Niverville’s Main Street east of the tracks. The town will bear the balance of the project’s cost. Local News May 04, 2026 Hirst, Dubinsky Named CJHL Award Finalists After Championship Run Fresh off their Turnbull Cup championship, the Niverville Nighthawks continue to add to a historic season, with national recognition now coming for both their bench boss and goaltender. Local News May 03, 2026 Local Voices Split as Manitoba Eyes Under-16 Social Media Ban Should access to social media platforms and AI chatbots be banned for kids 16 years of age and younger? In Manitoba, this is one of the most contentious questions to arise in a long time. At an April NDP fundraising gala, Premier Wab Kinew announced his party’s intention to do just that. Local News Feb 12, 2023 Highway 59 Twinning Still Not a Priority It’s been 17 years since Highway 59 was twinned between Winnipeg and Île-des-Chênes (IDC), and communities to the south still have no further assurance that the province intends to expand the highw Local News Feb 09, 2023 Niverville Sets Annual Deadline to Retrieve Items from Frozen Lakes On February 7, Niverville’s town council passed a new bylaw which marks March 1 as the official date by which residents need to have all personal items or structures removed from local frozen waterways. Local News Feb 09, 2023 Welcome to The Den, a Restaurant Made of Snow and Ice A restaurant carved out of snow is opening at A Maze in Corn just north of St. Adolphe. Carved out of over 500,000 pounds of snow and ice, The Den promises to be a dining experience like no other. Local News Feb 08, 2023 Hey, Buddy, Where’d You Learn to Drive? A Traffic Law Refresher As we hit the roadways on our way from here to there, the transgressions of our fellow drivers all too frequently give us cause to utter some under-the-breath rebuke. If perception is reality, one would wonder why a driving refresher course isn’t a mandatory part of renewing one’s license. Local News Feb 06, 2023 MLAs Schuler and Martin Appointed to New PC Caucus Roles The Manitoba Progressive Conservative party announced on Friday the appointment of Ron Schuler, MLA for Springfield-Ritchot, to the position of caucus chair and Shannon Martin, MLA for McPhillips, Local News Feb 03, 2023 Manitoba First Province to Collect Race-Based Healthcare Data As of April 2023, patients checking into any Manitoba hospital or emergency room will be asked for one additional item of personal information at the registration desk: the race or ethnicity with which they identify. Local News Feb 02, 2023 New Provincial Funds to Strengthen Education System On Thursday, February 2, the province announced new funding for the 2023–2024 school year which will affect all schools that provide education to students from Kindergarten and Grade 12. Local News Feb 01, 2023 Service Animals Widely Recognized for Improving Quality of Life On January 17, Niverville’s town council voted in favour of accepting a new bylaw pertaining to service animals, laying out the policy under which they will be welcomed into public facilities. Pagination Load more Citizen Poll Who should bear the most responsibility for preventing e-transfer scams? Choices Banks. Since the scams are targeting the banks' online platforms, the banks should be responsible to ensure their security. * Users. We all bear a collective responsibilty to be savvier in terms of spotting and preventing these scams before they occur. * Government. Our elected leaders must pass legislation to better protect citizens from this type of exploitation. * Vote Have a more nuanced opinion? Leave us a comment below: * By submitting a comment, you acknowledge that your feedback may be printed in a future edition of The Citizen. All responses will be anonymous unless signed by the writer. Signed comments are more likely to be published. Cell Number Comment
Local News May 06, 2026 Ritchot Collaborates with Startup to Convert Organic Waste The RM of Ritchot has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an innovative Manitoba startup specializing in organic waste conversion.
Local News May 05, 2026 Province Hands Control of Main Street, Fifth Avenue to Niverville This past April, the Town of Niverville received welcome news: local infrastructure will be boosted to the tune of nearly $10 million in provincial funding. Those funds cover approximately half the cost to complete a major overhaul of Highway 311 west of the tracks and a resurfacing of the balance of Niverville’s Main Street east of the tracks. The town will bear the balance of the project’s cost.
Local News May 04, 2026 Hirst, Dubinsky Named CJHL Award Finalists After Championship Run Fresh off their Turnbull Cup championship, the Niverville Nighthawks continue to add to a historic season, with national recognition now coming for both their bench boss and goaltender.
Local News May 03, 2026 Local Voices Split as Manitoba Eyes Under-16 Social Media Ban Should access to social media platforms and AI chatbots be banned for kids 16 years of age and younger? In Manitoba, this is one of the most contentious questions to arise in a long time. At an April NDP fundraising gala, Premier Wab Kinew announced his party’s intention to do just that.
Local News Feb 12, 2023 Highway 59 Twinning Still Not a Priority It’s been 17 years since Highway 59 was twinned between Winnipeg and Île-des-Chênes (IDC), and communities to the south still have no further assurance that the province intends to expand the highw
Local News Feb 09, 2023 Niverville Sets Annual Deadline to Retrieve Items from Frozen Lakes On February 7, Niverville’s town council passed a new bylaw which marks March 1 as the official date by which residents need to have all personal items or structures removed from local frozen waterways.
Local News Feb 09, 2023 Welcome to The Den, a Restaurant Made of Snow and Ice A restaurant carved out of snow is opening at A Maze in Corn just north of St. Adolphe. Carved out of over 500,000 pounds of snow and ice, The Den promises to be a dining experience like no other.
Local News Feb 08, 2023 Hey, Buddy, Where’d You Learn to Drive? A Traffic Law Refresher As we hit the roadways on our way from here to there, the transgressions of our fellow drivers all too frequently give us cause to utter some under-the-breath rebuke. If perception is reality, one would wonder why a driving refresher course isn’t a mandatory part of renewing one’s license.
Local News Feb 06, 2023 MLAs Schuler and Martin Appointed to New PC Caucus Roles The Manitoba Progressive Conservative party announced on Friday the appointment of Ron Schuler, MLA for Springfield-Ritchot, to the position of caucus chair and Shannon Martin, MLA for McPhillips,
Local News Feb 03, 2023 Manitoba First Province to Collect Race-Based Healthcare Data As of April 2023, patients checking into any Manitoba hospital or emergency room will be asked for one additional item of personal information at the registration desk: the race or ethnicity with which they identify.
Local News Feb 02, 2023 New Provincial Funds to Strengthen Education System On Thursday, February 2, the province announced new funding for the 2023–2024 school year which will affect all schools that provide education to students from Kindergarten and Grade 12.
Local News Feb 01, 2023 Service Animals Widely Recognized for Improving Quality of Life On January 17, Niverville’s town council voted in favour of accepting a new bylaw pertaining to service animals, laying out the policy under which they will be welcomed into public facilities.
