The North Western Marquette Festival (NWMF) hosted a wonderfully exciting day of adjudicated dance (March 12), a beautiful day of adjudicated piano and vocal (March 13) and then the weather turned frightful, school buses were cancelled and our planned day (March 14) of school choirs was rescheduled to March 21

With a lot of flexibility and co-operation from many people and organizations the unadjudicated NWMF Choir Fest was delightful.

More in this week’s Review.

The Manitoba government wants you to mark your calendar and start planning your getaway as reservations for campgrounds in provincial parks are set to open on April 8.

Environment minister Tracy Schmidt noted the government has taken steps to streamline the booking process “so Manitobans can reserve their favourite sites headache-free.”

Check out this week’s issue for more information.

The editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers have named Fusion Credit Union as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers for 2024. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Fusion has received this recognition, an accolade that CEO Darwin Johns is both excited and honored to have received.

“We’re thrilled to be recognized as a Top Manitoba Employer again this year,” said Johns. “To receive this acknowledgement five years in a row is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our employees, as they are the driving force behind our success.”

More in this week’s Review.

The final bonspiel of the 2022-23 curling season played out Saturday, March 18 with some familiar names battling it out in the finals of the three events.

Taking top spot and winning the Cross Town Motors trophy was the Colton Stadnyk foursome with a 6-2 victory after six ends over Terry Hawryluk.

For a look at the action and pics of the winning rinks, check out this week’s issue.

Ratepayers living within the boundaries of Mountain View School Division (MVSD) are preparing for an increase in the education portion of their property taxes.

At the division’s 2024-25 public budget forum, Mar. 7, secretary-treasurer Lori Slepicka indicated the mill rate for the special levy will rise to 13.87 in the coming school year, an increase of one mill from the previous year.

Read all about it in this week’s Review.

The weather turned out to be nearly perfect – everyone got plenty of Vitamin D – for the San Clara/Boggy Creek Métis Local’s annual Langan Lake fishing derby held March 9.

The event drew about 150 anglers

Find out who won the top prize in this week’s issue.

The operation was a success, but the patient died. The obvious contradiction in that sentence can be applied to Canada.

The much-anticipated recession has not happened. Our economy is growing, not declining. So why does it feel like hard times?

Find out why on our Op-Ed page.