Parents of students at the Niverville Middle School received an email Thursday afternoon advising them that an individual from the school has tested positive for COVID-19. This comes after the case was confirmed by Manitoba Public Health.

Former Niverville resident and race car driver David Richert recently achieved a major career highlight by placing second at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France. The achievement comes after Richert signed a contract earlier this year with Inter Europol Competition, a Polish-owned racing team.

Our local health authority, Southern Health-Santé Sud, is encouraging people to get this year’s flu vaccine. Although the seasonal flu vaccination is available every year, it is seen as being especially important this year, to reduce the risk of serious illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Every year, from the last Friday of October to November 11, tens of millions of Canadians wear a poppy as a visual pledge to honour Canada’s veterans and remember those who sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today.

Last Friday, the provincial government announced $6,000 in new grant funding earmarked to complete the Town of Niverville’s Heritage Wall, to be constructed this month in front of the Niverville Credit Union parking lot on Main Street.

If you were looking for an excuse not to rake the leaves in your yard this year, then the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is happy to give you one. Their advice is to leave the rake in the shed and the leaves on the ground. It’s not about laziness, it’s about being a conscientious environmentalist.

On October 6, the Town of Niverville received a water quality report for the retention ponds in Fifth Avenue Estates from Native Plant Solutions.

Staff Sergeant Guy Landreville from the St. Pierre RCMP detachment appeared at a meeting of Niverville’s town council on October 6 to present a report on how the town is doing on issues of crime and policing.

Niverville’s council met on the morning of Tuesday, October 6 to discuss a variety of items on the town’s agenda.

Thanks to a generous grant, Ste. Agathe will be developing a dock and boat launch project in the centre of the town along the west bank of the Red River. On Friday, October 2, the Ste. Agathe Community Development Inc. along with the Conseil de dévelopement économique du Manitoba (CDEM) held a press conference at the Ste. Agathe Community Centre to announce the project.