Riley Hiebert was this year’s recipient of The Citizen’s $1,000 graduation bursary. To apply for the award, Niverville Collegiate students must submit an article for our monthly Commentary section. The following article was the winning entry. 

Jordan St. Cyr recently returned to southern Manitoba from a Nashville trip, but he didn’t come back empty-handed. This month, St. Cyr was crowned the winner of Nashville Rising Star. This was the ninth competition of its kind and has seen other well-known names rise to the top, like Colton Dixon and Kelsey Ballerini.

It was a beautiful evening in June as I set out with my husband’s golf clubs and headed into the lobby of Old Drovers Run in Niverville. I was invited out by an acquaintance who didn’t have a partner that evening for Ladies League, so it worked out perfectly!

The Niverville Nighthawks have tied their series with the Winkler Flyers after a massive 3–2 win on home ice on Thursday night. The best-of-seven series is now tied at two games apiece.

Jack will be going into Grade Six this September at Niverville Collegiate. He enjoys being involved in track and field as well as playing hockey and baseball. This year, he joined the Junior Golf program at Old Drovers Run.

The union directive for an early morning April 24 strike at the Heritage Life Personal Care Home (HLPCH) in Niverville has been called off.

One month after the sudden resignations of three members of the RM of Ritchot’s council, including its mayor, broad disagreement remains as to how and why it happened. One way or another, however, Ritchot will soon have a new council in place, with a by-election scheduled to occur on July 19.

Starting in April, Ellen Enns, a second-year Master of City Planning student at the University of Manitoba, chose to use Niverville as a case study for her thesis. The paper focuses on the relationship between where people choose to live and how they commute to work.

The little white church at the corner of First Street North and Second Avenue in Niverville is a landmark. In fact, it was the first church built in Niverville, dating back to 1907. It became the Niverville United Church in 1925 and is now well-known in recent years for its Prayer Shawl Ministry. 

On Saturday, June 24, the Friends of the Plex will be holding a Touch-a-Truck event at the Niverville Arena, in support of the community’s multiplex project. This event, which has been in the works for seven months, will provide a day of food and fun experiences for the whole family.