A public hearing will take place in Niverville on December 15 at which town council will hear from a new applicant seeking to open a cannabis retail outlet. The proposed location is at 41 Main Street, a unit in the new commercial strip mall where construction will begin this month.

St. Adolphe resident Cameron Bennett is about to launch a new grassroots project which he believes could help sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The goal of the not-for-profit organization will be to aid veterans and first responders in better managing their PTSD symptoms by learning the skills of artistic blacksmithing and metalworking.

The pandemic has taken away a lot of our entertainment opportunities, but a couple from St. Adolphe took advantage of some unseasonably warm weather in November and put in the hard work to give the locals a new place to play.

The Niverville Animal Hospital is now accepting new patients—those of the furry and four-legged predisposition, that is. Since November 3, the new hospital has been fully staffed and available to serve local pet owners.

Niverville Recreation’s Fall Leisure Guide is here and once again the town’s rec team has organized a wide array of activities for the whole family.

A Niverville business is getting ready to expand to its second storefront. RuffMutts, which opened its first retail location just two years ago, is on the verge of opening a new shop in Altona. It’s a big step for the locally owned and operated company.

The pandemic has taken away a lot of our entertainment opportunities, but a couple from St. Adolphe took advantage of some unseasonably warm weather in November and put in the hard work to give the locals a new place to play.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc across Manitoba, and school divisions are taking some of the hardest hits. Each division is coping in its own way, but one has come forward to say they’ve been hit particularly hard.

Effective November 24, the Hanover School Division will temporarily close its doors to in-school learning, the province announced on Friday. This latest development comes on the same day that news broke that Steinbach’s 10-day test positivity rate had reached 40 percent, with the neighbouring RM of Hanover coming in at 30 percent and climbing.

Commuters south of Winnipeg, beware. For the last several months, residents of the southeast—specifically from the communities of Ritchot—have been outspoken when it comes to reporting multiple incidents of nails being strewn along the surface of Highway 200, St. Mary’s Road, in the area around the Winnipeg Floodway.