An eight-year-old hockey player from Niverville got the experience of a lifetime earlier this month. On Sunday, December 8, Ryder Couzens, who plays for the Novice B Clippers team, was selected to be the Winnipeg Jets Junior Trainer for a Day.

This year, the Niverville United Church partnered with Home Instead Senior Care to introduce Be a Santa to a Senior, a gift-giving program aimed at supplying Christmas presents to our senior residents who might otherwise not receive gifts.

In the coming weeks, as residents begin to get outside to enjoy their backyard spaces, Niverville’s town council wants to make sure everyone is doing it safely.

Earlier this month, on Saturday, December 7, the Community Resource and Recreation Centre (CRRC) got a fundraising boost. The Friends of the Plex, the committee responsible to raise money for the facility currently under construction in Niverville, organized a family-friendly event at Whitetail Meadow—Christmas Town.

Four municipalities in southeastern Manitoba are joining forces to propose a large-scale wastewater solution of unique scope in Manitoba. The regional initiative includes the RMs of Hanover, Tache, Ritchot, and the Town of Niverville, all of which have entered into a memorandum of understanding to create the Red-Seine-Rat Wastewater Cooperative.

Grades One and Two students at Niverville Elementary lit up the stage this week with their rendition of Toys! The Night They Come Alive! The show, written by John Jacobson and John Higgins, was performed the nights of December 17 – 18 at the Niverville Community Fellowship.

On the morning of Tuesday, December 17, Niverville’s council held two public hearings, on related subjects. The first pertained to the second phase of the retail development at 40 Drovers Run. The second pertained to a proposed tenant, Anytime Fitness.

A new program at Niverville Middle School is highlighting the importance of the arts using a previously untaught medium. Since the beginning of the school year, Robin Marchadour has been teaching students in Grades Seven and Eight the art of photography, using DSLR cameras.

The Winnipeg Jets’ turnover last offseason on defence has been well documented. Many fans, not to mention experts, thought a regression was coming in the 2019–2020 season after so many key defenders were replaced with smaller and less experienced replacements.

The Île-des-Chênes Elks’ Novice A Boys defeated Beausejour 9–1 on Saturday, December 14 to continue their undefeated season. The lopsided win raises their regular season record of 7–0–0.