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 Dec 14, 2022 Design Process Begins for Ste. Agathe Dike Raising A three-year process is officially underway which, by 2025, should give residents of Ste. Agathe a much higher level of protection from future floods. Local News Dec 12, 2022 Niverville and Hanover Collaborate on Major Land Transfer In the year 2023, if all goes as planned, Niverville will quite literally double in size. A proposed request to annex nearly 2,600 acres of land from the RM of Hanover now sits before the province’s Municipal Board awaiting approval. Local News Dec 08, 2022 Highlights from Niverville’s Annual Budget Planning Session Niverville’s town council recently released highlights from their 2023 budget planning sessions, held in early December. This year’s brainstorming session involved two days and a total of 20 hours in roundtable discussions held in the Town of Niverville’s municipal board room. Local News Dec 07, 2022 High Cost of Living Drives People to Food Banks In 2022, more Manitobans than ever are reaching out to local food banks for help to get through these tough inflationary times. So far, the donations continue to meet demand. Local News Dec 05, 2022 New Ritchot Daycare Plans Slowly Take Shape It’s been two months since Ritchot’s council first made public the announcement of a new daycare pilot project being implemented in the RM. Slowly, details are beginning to take shape. Local News Dec 02, 2022 Committee Introduces Niverville Bingo Nights Niverville Gold Rush Bingo launched on Tuesday, November 15 to a full house at the Golden Friendship Centre. The fun and games are a way of giving back to a centre that has contributed a lot to the community over the years. Local News Dec 02, 2022 Ritchot Residents Face Three Years of Utility Rate Hikes It’s been at least 15 years since Ritchot residents have experienced water and sewer utility rate hikes. Beginning in January 2023, that’s about to change. Local News Dec 01, 2022 Niverville Medical Clinic Gets Clean Bill of Health It’s been just better than two years since the Niverville Open Health medical clinic transitioned from being a privately owned to a publicly owned entity, and so far the situation is looking optimistic. 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 Dec 14, 2022 Design Process Begins for Ste. Agathe Dike Raising A three-year process is officially underway which, by 2025, should give residents of Ste. Agathe a much higher level of protection from future floods.
Local News Dec 12, 2022 Niverville and Hanover Collaborate on Major Land Transfer In the year 2023, if all goes as planned, Niverville will quite literally double in size. A proposed request to annex nearly 2,600 acres of land from the RM of Hanover now sits before the province’s Municipal Board awaiting approval.
Local News Dec 08, 2022 Highlights from Niverville’s Annual Budget Planning Session Niverville’s town council recently released highlights from their 2023 budget planning sessions, held in early December. This year’s brainstorming session involved two days and a total of 20 hours in roundtable discussions held in the Town of Niverville’s municipal board room.
Local News Dec 07, 2022 High Cost of Living Drives People to Food Banks In 2022, more Manitobans than ever are reaching out to local food banks for help to get through these tough inflationary times. So far, the donations continue to meet demand.
Local News Dec 05, 2022 New Ritchot Daycare Plans Slowly Take Shape It’s been two months since Ritchot’s council first made public the announcement of a new daycare pilot project being implemented in the RM. Slowly, details are beginning to take shape.
Local News Dec 02, 2022 Committee Introduces Niverville Bingo Nights Niverville Gold Rush Bingo launched on Tuesday, November 15 to a full house at the Golden Friendship Centre. The fun and games are a way of giving back to a centre that has contributed a lot to the community over the years.
Local News Dec 02, 2022 Ritchot Residents Face Three Years of Utility Rate Hikes It’s been at least 15 years since Ritchot residents have experienced water and sewer utility rate hikes. Beginning in January 2023, that’s about to change.
Local News Dec 01, 2022 Niverville Medical Clinic Gets Clean Bill of Health It’s been just better than two years since the Niverville Open Health medical clinic transitioned from being a privately owned to a publicly owned entity, and so far the situation is looking optimistic.
