The Niverville Nighthawks came back down to earth on Saturday night. After a six-game winning streak, they got whacked 7–2 on the road by the Neepawa Titans.

The Niverville Nighthawks earned a point on Sunday night after an overtime loss to the Winkler Flyers, a game in which they fought hard to come back from a slow start.

For some residents, the introduction of another pizza restaurant to Niverville might seem like overkill, but Tyler and Mellissa Schroeder believe there’s room for at least one more. In the spring of 2019, they plan to launch their own homespun business: Niverville’s Pizzeria.

Among key recommendations is more mixed-use development, a French elementary school, bike corridors, and a park-and-ride.

Niverville’s Community Resource Centre (CRC) is getting closer every day to becoming a reality. On August 1, town council held a public open house at the Niverville Arena to introduce architectural drawings created by Von Ast Construction.

Three new Niverville entrepreneurs graduated from the Elevate program this August, a program established by Community Futures Triple R Corporation (CFTRC) to provide assistance, support, and resources to persons wishing to become self-employed. Recipients receiving their certificates of recognition included Deb Brissette of Highland Art Studio, Taylor Hayward of Spaw Dog, and Diane LaTourelle of 1 Health Source Inc.

One thing you can’t accuse New B’s Café of is being stereotypical and humdrum. To the community of New Bothwell, New B’s is as much of an institution as the cheese factory. But in the last four and a half years, under the ownership of Elle Funk, the café has been working hard to reinvent itself as the best destination burger and pizza place in the southeast

On August 29, the community of Île-des-Chênes celebrated with Dr. Phillip Hughes at the grand opening of the IDC Professional Centre at 430 Main Street. Attendees enjoyed children’s entertainment, food, tours of the four businesses that make up the centre, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Despite being part of the national culture of all-ages recreation in other northern countries, like Norway and the Netherlands, speed skating in Canada has long played second fiddle to other on-ice sports like hockey, ringette, and figure skating.

When Jets management decided not to offer a contract to lifetime Thrasher/Jet defenseman Tobias Enstrom, it marked the end of an era for both sides. Enstrom, originally an eighth-round draft pick of the Thrashers in 2003 (yes, they’re used to be an eighth round), had worked his way up the rank and onto the team in the 2007–08 roster, where in his debut season he dressed up for all 82 games. From there on out, it was practically a guarantee that when the Thrashers hit the ice, you would at some point see number 39 lacing up, should he not be held back by injuries—which plagued him in his final years in Winnipeg.