Members of the Duck Mountain Cottage Owners Association (DMCOA) have been growing increasingly concerned with a seemingly new wildlands conservation policy known as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCA).
The DMCOA had board members attend a meeting held by the Manitoba Wildlife Federation (MWF) in October, where they were informed that there was a plan to establish nine IPCAs in Manitoba.
Want to know more? Read all about it in this week’s Review.

Federal ag minister Lawrence MacAulay and his Manitoba counterpart Ron Kostyshyn announced Wednesday at Mantioba Ag Days in Brandon the details of the 2025 AgriInsurance program.
After a lower-than-average claim year in 2024, Manitoba farmers will benefit from lower premium rates for most insurable crops in 2025.
Pick up a copy of this week’s Review to find out more.

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 as the Manitoba Land Stewards Inc. (MLS), and the Assiniboine West Watershed District (AWWD).
Read all about it in this week’s Op-Ed pages.

In the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 16, RCMP received a call from a person who was hit in the head with a bong and was heading to the hospital for treatment.
The victim want charges laid.
Check out this week’s RCMP report for more from the files.

A trip to Dauphin to attend his son’s U13 hockey tournament also provided Obby Khan an opportunity to locally promote his aspiration of becoming leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba.
Khan, a Winnipeg restaurateur and former professional football player with the Ottawa Renegades, Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, currently sits as the MLA for Fort Whyte since being elected in a byelection in 2022.
Find out more in this week’s issue.

A visit to Roblin’s Fall Harvest Festival craft show to sell tickets for a Lions fundraiser may mean we’ll be hearing them roaring here again.
5M13 District Lions (Manitoba) is inviting all community members to attend an upcoming information meeting to gauge interest in the Lions and once again working together to collaborate on projects that will improve the lives of neighbors and the community.
Read all about it in this week’s Review

Manitobans can now apply for a modernized plastic health card online.
“I’m sure Manitobans are just as excited as we are to say goodbye to a fading paper card and replace it with a more durable option,” said Mike Moroz, minister of innovation and new technology. “This is just one step our government is taking to both modernize government services and make sure Manitobans can easily access services they need.”
More in this week’s issue.

The region served by Mountain View School Division has a great many organizations and agencies working to better their communities and the lives of the people living in them.
Most recently, the Rotary Club of Dauphin donated funds to support the purchase of books for high school students with an emphasis on supporting student mental health.
Find out more in this week’s Mountain View Matters.

Our library is a place for more than books and reading materials, we have a fair amount of puzzles that can be borrowed or swapped by patrons who have an interest in them.
Did you know puzzles can benefit your health? Here is a list of eight ways puzzles improve your health.
Find out the ways in this week’s Library Report.

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.