Staff at École-Collège Régional Gabrielle-Roy in Île-des-Chênes and the Niverville High School (NHS) have had to get creative this spring in order to make plans for their schools’ upcoming graduation ceremonies. The schools will be graduating 52 young people apiece this year, but getting them across the finish line has been, to put it mildly, a bit complicated.

John Plett is a 94-year-old resident of the Heritage Life Personal Care Home, where he has lived since May 2019. His wife Annie was also a resident there until her passing in August 2019.

Niverville Middle School will be getting a new principal starting in the fall, following the recently announced retirement of Principal Michael Koester. The school division has decided to hire from within, promoting the current vice principal, Craig Cumming, to the big chair.

Dr. Dennis Hiebert, a sociology professor at Providence University in Otterburne, has just published a new book. Rationality, Humility, and Spirituality in Christian Life from Cascade Books presents three interconnected essays on how Christians are to express and live out their faith when confronted and humbled by their limitations and human finitude.

The brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic has been hitting people where it hurts. Many people have lost their jobs. Other people’s jobs have gotten more intense and stressful. No one seems to know quite when their lives will return to normal. Maybe you’ve got a big expense coming up, and you don’t know if you’ll be able to afford it. And who knows when it’ll be safe to reschedule that upcoming family vacation?

For decades, the Niverville Health Foundation has been an important part of Niverville’s fabric and the reason so many medical and essential services in the community have come into existence and stayed at the top of their game.

Niverville’s council met on the morning of June 2 to discuss a variety of items on the town’s agenda.

Finding answers to our questions has never been easier. We no longer have to go to a library, pick up an encyclopedia, or take a course to satisfy our curiosity. The internet makes available to us the answers to almost any question we could imagine.

The season is off to a good start for CSA farmers, and they’re largely unaffected by the COVID-19 situation in Manitoba. With many Manitobans spending more time in their own homes and yards, interest in gardening and buying local is higher than ever.

The first meeting of the Manitoba Southeast Commerce Group took place on Thursday, May 28. The group merges the chambers of commerce of several neighbouring municipalities, including the RM of Ritchot, the RM of Ste. Anne, the Town of Ste. Anne, and the RM of Taché. As a consequence, the Ritchot Regional Chamber of Commerce has officially been dissolved.