Goose Lake High students and staff gathered in the gym Wednesday for a banner unveiling ceremony for the Junior Varsity Raiders volleyball team, the 2023-24 A/AA provincial champions.

It was GLH’s first provincial banner since the 2018-19 school year.

Read all about it in this week’s issue.

Road matters accounted for most of the discussion at a ratepayer’s meeting held
Nov. 18 hosted by the Municipality of Roblin.
The three-hour long meeting took place at the Community Centre with about 30 people in attendance, and more on line, with road matters taking up almost half of that time.

Find out more in this week’s issue.

Goose Lake High’s Varsity Raiders have come home with bronze from the provincial AA volleyball championships in Morris.

The Raiders finished third in pool play with a 2-2 record to set up a berth in the quarter finals.

Details in this week’s Review.

Maybe it’s all those years strumming a guitar and serenading your friends around the campfire as a teen – but one thing is certain – there’s some darned good musical artists here on this west side of the province.

Over the last few years, area artists like Binscarth’s JR Charron and Ryan Keown from Roblin – and formerly of Swan River – have really made a name for themselves on the Manitoba country music scene. Interested? Check out this week’s paper to find out more.

Read all about it in this week’s Review.

The Manitoba government is celebrating the successful conclusion of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) 2024 fall convention, which saw consultations, new policies to address public safety and the announcement of record funding for municipalities.

Municipal and northern affairs minister Glen Simard said it has been an excellent year of our government working closely with AMM members to address the needs of municipalities,
More in this week’s issue.

The Manitoba government has announced a three-year West-Central Immigration Initiative pilot project that would see the government partner with seven rural municipalities and Gambler First Nation to support west-central Manitoba employers.

It is estimated the region will need 240 to 300 people to address labour shortages within the next three years.

Find out more in this week’s issue.

Goose Lake High’s JV Raiders have come home with a provincial volleyball championship.

The Raiders, ranked #1 going in to the tournament in Winnipeg, went undefeated over the weekend to capture gold.

Details in this week’s Review.

Roblin RCMP were called out in the evening of Nov. 9 to assist Manitoba Conservation Officers who had a quad run from them. Quad was ditched and the suspects were on foot. RCMP had the drone operator attend.

While searching, a vehicle attended the area and attempts were made to pull the vehicle over. The vehicle attempted to hit police. The spike belt was deployed and was successful. The vehicle continued to drive further then was ditched.

Find out what happened in this weeks’ RCMP Report

If you’re thinking of working at a daycare, Brandon’s Assiniboine College is offering an accelerated Early Childhood Education (ECE) diploma program starting on Jan. 7, 2025.

Through the college’s ECE Accelerated Mentorship program, students attend classes two days per week while gaining hands-on experience working at an early learning centre three days per week.

Interested? Check out this week’s paper to find out more.

By the time this article goes to press, the temperatures should be consistently below zero, and I may even be waxing my skis for the first outings of the season. I will also, with any luck, be able to take down our electric fence.

It was a summer of interesting bear behavior around our house. I say “interesting”, but I really mean bad bear behavior. Not that I am blaming the bears though (more on this later).

Read all about in this week’s Moments in Riding Mountain.