Roblin Review
Sunday, 08 September 2024 11:06
Fall festival this Saturday
The Municipality of Roblin Recreation Department and the Roblin and District Chamber of Commerce have been working hard to bring a traditional Fall Harvest Festival to our community for a second year! The event takes place this Saturday, Sept. 14. Want to know more? Read this week’s Rec Report.
Sunday, 08 September 2024 11:07
New doc in Grandview
Grandview has welcomed a new doctor. Dr. Assadullah Sayed is a medical graduate from Windsor University School of Medicine in Cayon, St. Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean. Find out more in this week’s Review.
Sunday, 08 September 2024 11:07
It's back to school
The first day of school after summer holidays looked a little different at Roblin Elementary School this year. “We don’t have kids here all day today, we did opening day conferences,” noted RES principal Mark Rathgeber during the noon hour Wednesday. Read all about it in this week’s Review.
Friday, 30 August 2024 09:44
A love and hate relationship with the hazelnut
Hazel shrubs and the nuts they produce have been a long-standing theme in my writings over the past 25 years. As we watch this year’s crop of nuts ripen, I have decided to revise and update an article I wrote in 2013. Hope you enjoy it. Check out Moments in…
Friday, 30 August 2024 09:44
Andrews making her mark
Roblin has been the hometown for its fair share of successful journalists. There is another one who is making her mark in the field of Indigenous reporting. Beverly Andrews was a former Roblin resident who left the community after graduating from high school and pursued an education in media. Read…
Friday, 30 August 2024 09:46
New tipping fees at the Roblin WDS
Municipality of Roblin council discussed a new bylaw setting new “tipping” fees at the Roblin Waste Disposal Site. The fees for residents and non-residents are effective Aug. 27. To find out how much it will cost to dump a mattress and more, check out this week’s Review.
Friday, 30 August 2024 09:47
Shopping tourists visit the area
It wasn’t exactly the Magical Mystery Tour but there was some mystery and some magic so it came pretty close. On Wednesday, a group of 19 people boarded a bus from Shuttle Bug Tours & Charter Services based at Onanole for a day-long guided retail tourism experience in the Roblin-Russell…
Sunday, 18 August 2024 13:11
TTR hosts IOAD
Members of the Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve are once again joining hundreds of thousands of people across the globe to raise awareness of the overdose crisis. The community is hosting another International Overdose Awareness Day celebration Friday, Aug. 30, with an education component, an awareness walk, a sharing circle or grieving…
Sunday, 18 August 2024 13:12
Fatal ATV accident under investigation
Russell RCMP continue to investigate an ATV accident that claimed the life of a 19-year-old Saskatchewan woman. On Aug. 11 about 1:10 a.m., RCMP received a report of an off-road vehicle collision in the Kilman Cottage area, located in the RM of Riding Mountain West.Read more in this week’s Moments…
Sunday, 18 August 2024 13:13
Smartphones banned in the classroom
Apart from some minor exemptions, the Manitoba government has banned cellphones in classrooms for the new school year to minimize distractions for students. “We want young people to be able to focus in class so they can learn more and feel confident. We know cellphones can be a real distraction…
Sunday, 18 August 2024 13:14
Parkland Psychology thriving and growing
It has been five years since Parkland Psychology & Wellness opened its doors in Russell and owner Amy Wendell thought it would be a good time to re-introduce herself to the area. “I hope to give you a sense of who I am, what my practice offers, and also shed…
Monday, 12 August 2024 09:47
AWWD can help with your grazing
With cattle a key economic driver in the area, Assiniboine West Watershed District (AWWD) can help agricultural producers make the best use of local land and water resources through livestock grazing practices. There are as many forms of grazing as there are graziers, from continuous grazing or set stock grazing…
Monday, 12 August 2024 09:48
Everything you wanted to know about toads
It’s baby frog season, which means, if you are like me, that mowing the lawn has moved from a mere annoyance to an event fraught with tension. I must be getting soft in my old age as I cringe at the thought of the lawn mower being a mobile guillotine,…
Monday, 12 August 2024 09:50
Karney tackles war in Ukraine in new doc
Former Roblinite, film producer and director, Sam Karney of Ice River Films, has just completed a film project that he was very personally drawn to and invested in. The documentary, Voices of Freedom, brought together stories from survivors of the war in Ukraine combined with a local musician and composer’s…
Monday, 12 August 2024 09:51
Ag Society puts on a great show
The dedicated and hard working members of Roblin’s Agriculture Society have put on another great show. While there were some doubts about what having the annual fair and rodeo on a long weekend – the same weekend as the Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin no less – would do to attendance…