The Municipality of Roblin has launched a new “Rooted in Roblin” home grounds beautification award program.
The initiative is open to all residents of the municipality – rural and in town – and offers prizes for the top three winners in eight categories.
Read all about it in this week’s Review.

In February of 2021 the area was shocked at the sudden passing of Karen Fingas, a mother of four young children and much loved LPN at the Russell Personal Care Home, just eight days after her diagnosis of stomach cancer.
Now, after hearing Terry Fox’s older brother Fred talk at Major Pratt, earlier this month, Craig and Karen Fingas’ eldest daughter Elizabeth, is organizing and hosting ‘A Run For You’ in her honor and in aid of the Manitoba Cancer Care Unit in Russell.
Find out more in this week’s issue.

Like the iconic prairie grain elevator, the rural elementary school has vanished from the Western Canadian landscape. It has been almost 55 years since rural municipal by-laws in Manitoba were executed to legally declare the rural elementary school a non-entity.
In 1967 this legal process to dissolve rural elementary school districts occurred in more than 2,000 rural school districts across Manitoba. The historical sequence of the critical by-laws pertaining to the creation and dissolution of Gleneden School District # 1465 is outlined here.
Want to know more? Check out this week’s paper.

Patrick LaMontagne, an editorial cartoonist whose work appears in the Roblin Review and in newspapers across Canada, has been awarded third place in the 26th World Press Freedom Canada International Editorial Cartoon Contest.
The contest is organized by World Press Freedom Canada, a national organization that advocates for press freedom.
More in this week’s issue.

There have been a few people call the office with regards to a text message they received from Justice Manitoba with regards to paying an outstanding ticket with a link. This is a fraud! Please do not click the link.
Check out this week’s RCMP Report for more.

The Bield Community Centre – or the Bield Hall as it’s more often and lovingly referred to – will be turning 50 years old this June and the Bield Ladies Club is planning a big party to celebrate.
Completed in June, 1976, the hall was built by the community, for the community, after the original facility (once Bield School) was destroyed by fire in 1973.
Read all about it in this week’s Review.

Musical talent is a gift that can run deep in a family and can be the roots of the family tree. This is the case for Métis singer and songwriter Joe H. Henry.
Henry is no stranger to the area or to music in Manitoba. His father was a well-known musician across the Prairies, with roots in the San Clara area. This is what drew Henry into music and into the area.
Want to know more? Check out this week’s paper.

Two financial giants are warning that the Manitoba NDP’s 2026 budget predictions are unrealistic.
Major credit rating agency Moody’s warned that budget predictions made by the NDP do not appear to line up with its own growth predictions, and financial services giant Deloitte slashed its economic forecast for Manitoba.
Check out this week’s issue to read what the PCs are saying.

Motorboats will be allowed back on Clear Lake this season but they will be banned two days each week and during “quiet” periods at dawn and dusk.
Parks Canada announced the return of motorboats under a mandatory tagging program in a bulletin on Wednesday (April 8) morning.
Find out more in this week’s Review.

The WHL Prince Albert Raiders are facing off against the Saskatoon Blades in playoff action.
The Raiders defeated their first-round opponents the Red Deer Rebels 4-1 to advance.
Check out this week’s paper to find out how the Raiders and Roblin’s Brayden Dube are doing.