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Sunday, 25 January 2026 12:07
Cats will be cats
When you spend time with ecologists, biologists, and other “ologists,” you run across regular axioms. While most have to do with the complexity of nature, one of my favorites is that cats are cats are cats.Interested? Read Moments in Riding Mountain by Ken Kingdon in this week's issue.
Monday, 05 January 2026 10:26
Forget No One the theme for 2026
Each January, the Alzheimer Society supports and leads Canada’s Alzheimer's Awareness Month to encourage people across Canada to learn more about dementia and its impact.This year, for Alzheimer's Awareness Month, Alzheimer Societies across Canada are showing up with the Forget Me Not flower as a reminder to “Forget No One”…
Monday, 25 August 2025 09:54
Impact of canola tariff will be devastating
Every July in southwestern Manitoba, the fields begin to glow with a golden hue. It’s not actual gold – it’s canola. Across the Parkland and Westman regions, these rolling fields have sustained families for generations. It’s more than a crop; it’s a way of life, a livelihood, and a vital…
Monday, 18 August 2025 09:56
Last reunion at the Gamey farm
The familiar fields and welcoming embrace of the Gamey farm in Roblin hosted the most recent Gerega and Gregor family reunion, a gathering full of both cherished memories and poignant goodbyes. For 34 years, this homestead has served as the gathering spot for many family reunions, a tradition that began…
Monday, 28 April 2025 10:52
Celebrate Mental Health Week
This Mental Health Week, from May 5 to 11, Canadians are being invited to take a breath, take off the mask, and start showing up as their full selves. The theme this year? Unmasking Mental Health. And it’s more than just a slogan. It’s a call to action.Read all about…
Sunday, 26 January 2025 14:54
AWWD says no to ecological corridor
The Assiniboine West Watershed District has made the decision not to sign a contribution agreement with Parks Canada for a $1 million grant to deliver programming within the federal government’s Ecological Corridor program framework. This ends a months-long, divisive battle between a rapidly expanding group of local agricultural producers, known…
Sunday, 19 January 2025 11:14
Beautiful Babies of 2024
Every year the Roblin Review offers people an opportunity to tell our readers all about the new additions to their families in the previous year.Pick up a copy of this week’s issue to check out the Beautiful Babies of 2024.
Tuesday, 05 November 2024 15:45
A trip down the river, a shoebox and a prayer
In 2003, I was a student with “Operation Mobilization Brazil” and part of a team that lived in Paraguay for three months. During that time we were exchange students at Bethany Mission and for a few days we lived on a boat called “The Angel of The River”, traveling down…
Monday, 06 May 2024 09:16
Recovery efforts end swan dive
This spring could easily dubbed the year of the swan, with multiple people mentioning they’ve seen more swans than normal throughout the local area. You might have seen them too, as these large all-white birds with long necks are hard to miss. Want to know more? Check out this week’s…
Friday, 15 March 2024 10:03
Why does it seem like hard times?
The operation was a success, but the patient died. The obvious contradiction in that sentence can be applied to Canada. The much-anticipated recession has not happened. Our economy is growing, not declining. So why does it feel like hard times? Find out why on our Op-Ed page.
Monday, 26 February 2024 09:11
World Day of Prayer service Friday
Local women are gearing up to celebrate with their Christian counterparts in Palestine and all over the world in the 2024 World Day of Prayer service. This year’s service in Roblin, prepared by the Christian women of Palestine, takes place this Friday at the Free Methodist Church Read more about…
Sunday, 20 August 2023 12:57
Board games at the library
Do you enjoy trying new things, or meeting new people? Join us every other Saturday afternoon starting in September for fun with board games. If board games aren’t your style we will be hosting more craft hour activities in the library as well, for kids, families or just adults! More…
Monday, 19 June 2023 10:22
Celebrating her Metis roots
Tomorrow is National Indigenous Peoples Day across Canada – a time to reflect on Indigenous people, customs, traditions, culture, language and ways of life. The San Clara and Boggy Creek areas were once rich with Métis culture and as the population in these communities declines, there are still traces of…
Sunday, 11 June 2023 12:48
June brings another focus
When June rolls around, schools begin to focus their attention on year-end activities, award assemblies in elementary schools, and graduation in high schools. It is an exciting time of year as students complete their grades and prepare for summer vacation. Graduating students anticipate their “big moment” of receiving their diplomas.…