The need for more members and who to hire for the half-time entertainment at Saturday night’s rodeo were among the many items of discussion as members of the Roblin Agriculture Society met for their AGM, Jan. 23.
Around two dozen souls braved the cold temperature and dangerous windchill for the volunteer appreciation barbeque pork supper and meeting, held at the Drop-In Centre.
Pick up a copy of this week’s issue to find out more.

Roblin & Community Harvest Legacy Project’s committee has a continued goal of raising funds for our community. Our objective is to provide funds for local projects that would benefit a number of our residents.
We want to make Roblin a more desirable place to live and visit, by having all profits from this project returned back to the community.
More in a Letter to the Editor in this week’s paper.

Around 11 p.m. on Jan. 23, RCMP received a call from a person who had been locked out of the house in a rural area. She was located and given a ride home.
The temperature at the time was -35° Celsius.
Check out this week’s RCMP Report for more.

For the last 11 years, the Major Pratt Trojans high school hockey teams have donned pink jerseys in their Fight Against Cancer fundraising game and donated a grand total of $210,866 towards the construction of the Manitoba CancerCare unit in Russell. During that time, the Roblin/Grandview/Gilbert Plains Raiders have been their opponent on numerous occasions.
Check out pics from the event in this week’s Review.

The Roblin Children’s Center has received $25,000 in funding from Fusion Credit Union through its fall Full Circle Fund intake.
Fusion has funded 12 projects in nine communities for a total of $65,500. The $65,500 from the fall intake, combined with the $67,000 from the spring intake, results in a combined distribution of $132,500 in funding to communities in 2025.
Find out more in this week’s Review.

Local wordsmith Christie Chase has published her first work and is hopeful there will be more to come.
Green Ink is a collection of poems about people and experiences – both real and imagined – and Chase says the subjects are as random as the coffee mugs in her cupboard.
Pick up a copy of this week’s paper for the rest of the story.

Roblin’s first bonspiel of the season played out at the Roblin Curling Club Jan. 22 to 24 – during the coldest days of the year so far – with 12 rinks battling it out in three events.
The finals took place Saturday evening, following another terrific feast prepared by Marta Orlowska.
Want details? Want to see photos of the winning rink? Pick up a copy of this week’s Review

Adult bullying rarely looks like playground taunts.
It tends to show up as public humiliation, selective exclusion or misuse of authority, often justified as motivation, honesty or “toughening people up.”
Check out Faith Wood’s column in this week’s paper.

A look at the 2025 year-end report from Roblin Fire & Rescue was one of the items on the agenda at the regular Dec. 30 meeting of the council of the Municipality of Roblin.
The department responded to a total of 68 calls from Dec. 12, 2024 to Dec. 17, 2025.
Find out more in this week’s Review.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba are renewing their financial support for the mental health and wellness of Manitoba’s agricultural community with a two-year, $300,000 extension to the Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program.
The program is designed specifically for the agriculture community and provides counselling services delivered by professionals with agricultural literacy.
Pick up a copy of this week’s paper to find out more.