As the 2019 holiday season approaches, the Niverville United Church, in partnership with Home Instead Senior Care (HISC), a senior home care service, is starting up a new program in town: Be a Santa to a Senior.

Ritchot’s council met on the evening of October 16 to address a variety of items on their agenda.

On October 15, a new documentary film premiered at the Park Theatre in Winnipeg to a crowd of about two hundred—a film that stars Niverville farmer and entrepreneur Colleen Dyck, chronicling her recent journey to Kenya to work alongside a local farmer and live the African experience.

After four gruelling weeks of tryouts, the Eastman Selects have announced the rosters for their 2019–2020 hockey season.

After a wild start to the season, the Winnipeg Jets find themselves with a 4–3–0 record. The turnover on defence over the offseason has been well documented and the potent offence, led by the trio of Patrik Laine, Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler with three goals each, has already had to overcome several defensive lapses. Many of these defensive errors are due to a lack of size and experience, which makes it difficult for the new defencemen to out-muscle their opponent and protect the high-danger zones, which is typically the areas within 20 feet of their net.

Two years ago, members of the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region (WMR), including local mayors Myron Dyck and Chris Ewen, initiated some important first steps toward reconciliation and collaboration with the indigenous leaders of southeast Manitoba. They called it the Collaborative Leadership Initiative.

On Saturday, October 19, seniors from the RM of Ritchot will get the opportunity to participate in a day-long workshop aimed to help them improve their health. The event will bring together members of the community to help educate seniors on how they can improve their overall mental and physical wellbeing.

Niverville’s town council has become aware of a new problem in the lakes of local developments—muskrats.

At a regular meeting of Niverville’s council on the morning of Tuesday, October 8, the announcement was made that Niverville is in the running to host the 2022 Manitoba Winter Games.

Niverville’s council met on the morning of October 8 to discuss a variety of items on the town’s agenda.