The Roblin District Community Foundation held its annual Grants Evening and AGM Wednesday at the Life & Art Centre awarding almost $54,461 to various local concerns.

During the brief AGM which followed the presentations, board chair Guy Hammond said the foundation had another good year with the community continuing its welcome support through the Donor’s Choice campaign.

Read all about it this week’s paper.

The Parkway Co-op has had another good year.

The co-op held its 78th annual general meeting Tuesday night (June 18) with 18 members attending the virtual proceedings.

Read the rest of the story in this week’s Review.

A young couple who recently got engaged have lost the home they are still in the process of renovating to a fire.

The fire at the home of Jessie Laroche and Zachary Lynxleg, located about three kms east of town, was reported shortly before noon Friday by a passing motorist.

More in this week’s Review.

RCMP would like to remind everyone, that if someone is asking you to buy gift cards, and send them the codes as a payment for something, this is a scam.

No reputable business takes gift card codes as payment for anything. Never buy and send gift cards to anyone for payment.

Check out this week’s RCMP report for more.

Roblin Forest Products, one of Manitoba’s oldest forest products companies founded in 1958, has started the week off under new ownership.

RFP has been acquired by Bell Lumber and Pole, a company with an extensive history in the industry that goes back over a hundred years and several generations.

Read the rest of the story in this week’s Review.

Municipality of Roblin council has passed a resolution requesting that the Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) lobby the provincial government to increase the weight limits to RTAC (Road Transportation Act of Canada) standards on graveled provincial roads, thereby allowing farmers and businesses to transport goods to RTAC highways.

Council has received numerous requests from ratepayers who are being weighed on graveled PRs while trying to travel to an RTAC route and are subsequently being fined.

Check out this week’s Council Briefs.

The ninth version of community’s now famous and much loved Rumble in Roblin Show ‘n’ Shine took place Saturday with 152 registered vehicles from across Manitoba and Saskatchewan taking part.

The Rumble drew another fantastic crowd who were kept busy checking out all the classic iron on display. .

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If you’re looking for a nice sunny spot on Main Street – when it’s not raining that is – to enjoy your lunch or take a break outside with a coffee or an ice cream cone, you can thank the Municipality of Roblin and the Roblin District Chamber of Commerce.
And a few other community-minded people.

Find out more in this week’s Review.

Mountain View School Division (MVSD) is still facing some turmoil after a questionable presentation by Trustee Paul Coffey during a regular board meeting.

Not only has the presentation resulted in complaints, which in turn sparked a governance review to be conducted by the Province, things have since escalated.

Read the rest of the story in this week’s Review.

Roblin’s Donor’s Choice has had another successful year of fundraising for local and national charities.

The “one stop” canvass ran April 22 to 27 and raised a total of $36,020.55 which was disbursed among nine local and six national charitable organizations.

Check to see who got how much in this week’s paper.