The Roblin Fire & Rescue department is one of the few in Manitoba that can boast having members who have spent more than half of their lives dedicated to fire protection and emergency response in the area.

Recently, RFR Captain Emil Roller celebrated 40 years of dedicated service and it all started with his initial move to town.

Read his story in this week’s Review.

The Manitoba government is working with three nursing regulatory colleges to create a streamlined path for former nurses to return to work.

The interim changes will ensure former licensed practical nurses, registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses who worked in Manitoba’s health-care system in the last five years and were in good standing with their regulatory college have a faster, more flexible pathway to return to their profession.

Find out more in this week’s paper.

Grandview’s Lindsey Morran went to his first ever Trappers’ Festival in The Pas last year to compete and won first place for his chainsaw carving.

He went again this year and took home the top prize in the Brody’s No Frills chainsaw carving competition again.

Read all about it in this week's Review.

The Manitoba U18 AAA League Board of Directors formed a Competition Committee in December 2022 to look at restructuring the league.

Last July, the committee provided four recommendations to the board of directors. On Aug. 27, those concepts were voted on for the committee to pursue.

Read more in this week’s issue.

This year’s Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival (NMTF) Queen Trapper has come from a long line of competitors. She has competed against her sister who was last year’s Queen Trapper in hopes of winning the title and this has been her year.
“I have been competing in the NMTF’s Queen Trapper events since I was 13 years old, and I'm 36 now, however, I did take a break in between than to have my four children Marcus, Myles, Kacey and Kylie,” said NMTF 2024 Queen Trapper Kristen Burns. “It’s been almost 20 years that I've been competing and I owe it to my family who has always been supportive of me.

With the wrap up of the Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival (NMTF) also comes the introduction of a new Fur Queen and reigning court. This year’s Fur Queen and reigning court are looking forward to embodied the tri-community spirit and representing the community at events.
For the new Fur Queen, being crowned as such was something that seemed to be a once in a lifetime experience that she always dreamed of.
“Growing up as a young girl, I always looked forward to seeing the beautiful ladies who were part of our NMTF Fur Queen competition,” said NMFT 2024 Fur Queen Lynelle Bon. “Their excitement, happiness, dedication, positivity and more truly showed how much they enjoyed the competition. Seeing the ladies enjoying their once in a lifetime experience always influenced me on wanting to run for Fur Queen.

The Pas Handi-Van is preparing for their annual radio pledgee show to help raise money for their operations this year. Along with raising operating funds, they are looking at raising money to purchase a new handi-van unit.
“We have our radio pledge show coming up on March 7 and 8,” said The Pas Handi-Van Office Manager Val Miron. “The community has always been beyond generous with their donations to support The Pas Handi-van; it simply amazing. The radio pledge show provides more ongoing operational support to The Pas Handi-van. Anything over that will go to the costs of a new van.

Canada Post is still struggling to provide consistent service to residents in the tri-community area. A letter of complaint was sent to Canada Post by a long-term resident of the area, who is beyond frustrated at the delays and lack of service.
In a letter written to the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski MP Niki Ashton and Manitoba NDP MLA Amanda Lathlin the following was stated, “I’m a long-time resident of The Pas with a considerable concern about the abysmal service from Canada Post in our community. I ask as elected representatives for the people in The Pas and surrounding area that you look into this matter and advocate for us for immediate improvement.
“Aside from the lack of access to the wickets in the post office during business hours, to the lack of timely delivery of parcels and mail that as a community we hear is due to staff shortages and inadequate space at the local post office; this has led to unreliability and limited access to a service we used to trust.

The Thunderhill Ski Area was opened up on Friday evening (Feb. 23) for Kinsmen Night Skiing, with more than 120 people enjoying the hill and the new Co-op Chalet...

The onset of heavy snowfall on Monday morning (Feb. 26) resulted in dangerous driving conditions, evidenced by an apparent low-speed, head-on, two-vehicle collision on Main Street in Swan River in front of the Swan Valley Health Centre. No reports were available at press time as to whether there were any injuries.