Moms and dads, rejoice! On August 19, a new fitness centre is opening in Niverville that will cater to the whole family. Soul Family Fitness will soon be operating at 9 Heritage Trail.

Less than 20 years since the project began, the Niverville Heritage Centre’s aging-in-place model is complete. The Heritage Centre includes seniors housing options that range from fully independent life lease suites to personal care home units and everything in between.

For the past three years, Fred and Susan Bergmann of Niverville have passionately poured themselves into coordinating the seniors’ lunch program held at the Golden Friendship Centre every Tuesday.

A Maze in Corn near St. Adolphe has added a new activity to its roster, a roster which already includes the annual corn maze, zipline runs, and a snow maze that went down in the Guinness Book of World Records earlier this year as the largest snow maze in the world.

As the Manitoba Youth Job Centre in Niverville enters its fourth month of the summer, activities are gradually winding down.

Organized cheerleading has found a home in southeastern Manitoba once more. After months of planning by parents, coaches, and athletes, Phoenix Cheer Athletics (PCA) announced on August 1 its plan to succeed Scorpions Elite Cheer, which had closed unexpectedly earlier this year.

In this article, The Citizen interviews Dr. Jo Ann Unger, a registered clinical psychologist who manages a private practice in Winnipeg. She works professionally with people across the lifespan, from children to families, adults, and couples. Unger also serves as the specialty lead for the child and adolescent division of Clinical Health Psychology through Shared Health. In years past, she’s been the acting manager of the family therapy program at New Directions and the clinical director for Kidthink.

It’s a big year for the Town of Niverville, commemorating fifty years since its incorporation as an independent community. To celebrate, the town is throwing a party—and they want you there.

Niverville Fire Chief Keith Bueckert is excited to accept a grant on behalf of the Fire and EMS Department. The $20,000 grant, provided by Richardson International Ltd. of Winnipeg, will be put toward the purchase of another four Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) units.

When you consider what it’s like to be a municipal council member, you realize quite quickly that this isn’t a role for the faint of heart. It’s a tough and unforgiving position. Most “simple” decisions are actually quite complex, and at any given time there’s going to be people out there who think you’re an idiot.