For most of the year, asking someone “How’s it going?” will be met with one of two answers, either “Good” or “Busy.” During the Christmas season, you’ll most often hear “Busy.” Your follow-up questions are, typically, “Did you get all your shopping done?” or “Do you have any gatherings?” This can then lead into conversations about the myriad of gatherings left to attend or the one or two gifts yet to be bought. People are busy throughout the year, and the holiday time only adds to an already busy schedule. 

Niverville resident Dr. Joshua Coutts has published his first book, The Divine Name in the Gospel of John.

It seems like every few months, social media users find a new and creative way to deploy their platforms beyond what the creators intended. When Mark Zuckerberg built Facebook to serve as a social hub for college students, he didn’t envision that it would morph into what we see today. 

The Niverville Nighthawks gave it a more spirited effort than many games of late on Saturday night at the CRRC, but they ultimately lost 4–3 in a shootout to the OCN Blizzard. With the loss, the Nighthawks stay in fourth place in the MJHL’s East Division with a record of 23–19–4.

If you thought you knew everything there was to know about Christmas, you’d be wrong—just ask a five-year old. This month, 16 adorable elves from a Niverville Elementary Kindergarten class decided to set the record straight by answering some fundamentally important questions about Christmas.

Music fans in Niverville have a new option for experiencing live music. Since September, town residents Becky and Matt Burke have been hosting a series of monthly concerts in their home featuring musicians from across Canada.

Libby Hanna is one of a group of locals hoping to build the groundwork for a foundation that will help Niverville organizations access grants and funding in the near future. Foundations are charitable organizations that already exist in many communities around Manitoba.

Members of the Niverville Youth Baseball committee were thrilled to receive the rubber stamp on their application to host the Baseball Manitoba 11U A provincial championship in the summer of 2019. This will be a first for Niverville, but the committee is hopeful that it will only be the beginning of many such tournaments in the future. The event will run from July 5–7 and host teams in the age ten and eleven category from all over Manitoba.

Ask almost anyone from Ste. Agathe or the municipality of Ritchot and they’ll know the name Jeannot Robert. It’s a name synonymous with giving back to the community and municipality through years of service, whether in business or local politics.

The great generational divide can be difficult to cross, and never more so than when you’re in your teens. Different life experiences, and the lack of shared interests, makes for a broad chasm that’s not easily bridged. Kaitlyn Goertzen has found a way to build that bridge, though, and her effort is making a difference at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home in Niverville.