Circle the calendar, Jets fans. In less than a month, Patrik Laine and the Jets prepare to take flight in their season opener against Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Within the past week, both the Hanover School Division (HSD) and Seine River School Division (SRSD) released their budget proposals for the 2025–26 school year. As budgets become finalized, so do indications of changes to the education mill rates that affect people’s property taxes.

The Niverville Nighthawks looked like a good hockey team again as they dismantled the Portage Terriers by a 6–3 count on Wednesday night in the team’s final home game of the regular season. With just two games left before the playoffs, the Nighthawks boast a 33–20–3 record.

Hog farmers in the southeast have become increasingly concerned about the growing number of barns infected by PEDv (Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus).

Niverville’s council is taking a new approach to dealing with homeowners who allow their properties to become overgrown with weeds.

The Niverville Nighthawks earned their biggest win of the season, defeating the first-place Steinbach Pistons 2–1 in overtime on Wednesday night on the road. With the win, the Nighthawks stay in fourth place in the MJHL’s East Division with a record of 18–11–1.

Manitoba’s provincial government has committed to a couple of key infrastructure upgrades for schools in the Dawson Trail constituency. École Île-des-Chênes will receive a much-needed roof replacement, and École Lorette Immersion will see its boiler replaced.

Michelle McHale, the Steinbach-area parent who last year launched a lawsuit against the Hanover School Division over its policy to ban discussion of LGBT subjects from its curriculum, has expanded her fight to include the provincial government. McHale argues that not only should Hanover have to change its ways, but the province should enforce the same inclusive standard to all school divisions across the province.

The Niverville Medical Clinic is about to take on a whole new look. The array of medical and regional health practitioners currently scattered throughout the Heritage Centre will centralize their services in the newly erected Open Health. Though ownership of the building will remain with Niverville Heritage Holdings Inc., a collaboration between the Niverville Medical Clinic and the regional health authority will allow them to lease space in the same facility.

Motosports are becoming increasingly popular across the prairies and the movement is only getting bigger as time goes on. However, the steep costs to get involved, both physical and wallet-wise, can be a drawback.