When Don and Maggie Pearson decided to move their business, Metro Centre Ltd, to Niverville in May 2020, the couple never could have guessed the transition would coincide with a global pandemic. At a time when businesses around the world are facing uncertainty and upheaval, their small family-run business has been bracing for the impact. Now, having moved their entire operation, they’re starting to feel settled in their new community.

On Saturday, September 7, the annual Truck Ride for Special Olympics fundraiser will kick off at the TC Energy Centre in Île-des-Chênes.

It was a spirited start to the preseason for the Niverville Nighthawks, back on home ice in front of a bustling home crowd on Friday night at the CRRC. With their new rookie lineup in place, the Nighthawks faced off against the Selkirk Steelers.

The Niverville Nighthawks improved to 2–0 in the preseason with a 5–4 win over the Steinbach Pistons on Sunday night at the CRRC.

If you’ve ever attended the Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair, or virtually any other southern Manitoba festival, you’ll be familiar with Wonder Shows, a travelling carnival company. Thanks to a recent move from the federal government, however, its owner says 2024 may have been the last hurrah for operations like his.

Grade schools across Manitoba have been beefing up their school nutrition programs this fall thanks to newly allocated provincial funding.

On Friday, May 29, the provincial government announced a series of grants to local community organizations and development projects. These grants are funded through the Building Sustainable Communities program.

This weekend, Ste. Agathe will host its very first Pride parade—and in a time of seemingly endless event cancellations or postponements, this is one item on the social calendar people can expect to go forward as planned. But with some restrictions in place to ensure the event is safe for everyone.

The Hanover School Division has settled on a new assistant superintendent. The board of trustees announced that Leanne Peter, Ed.D., will begin her term as of September 1 later this year.

A high-flying local cheerleading organization, Phoenix Cheer Athletics (PCA), has received a major grant from the provincial government. As part of the Building Sustainable Communities fund, PCA will be given the handsome sum of $75,000. This is the maximum amount of money allowed to be rewarded to a single organization.