Roblin Review News
The issue of who will be the town’s sanitation pick-up service provider was a hot topic at the Ratepayers Meeting on Wednesday evening. What was thought to be the difference between Roblin Sanitation’s tender and OSS’s was made public and was actually incorrectly portrayed. “There were statements made that Roblin…
Monday, 14 November 2022 09:34
GLH holds Awards Day
For the first time since the onset of the Covid pandemic, Goose Lake High held its undergraduate Awards Day live and in person Wednesday morning. Principal Kirk Wilson began by thanking parents and relatives for coming out to the ceremony, the first held live since 2019. Find out who the…
It’s taken longer than everyone on the board of Roblin Minor Baseball expected but work has finally begun on the long-awaited Currey Park concession. Along with the demolition of the old and derelict canteen building on the site, construction crews got footings and grade beams poured and finalized before winter…
The Manitoba government is implementing a health human resource action plan moving to end mandating overtime by adding 2,000 health-care professionals with an investment of $200 million to retain, train and recruit health-care staff across the province “Manitobans, and all Canadians, expect their leaders to come together to solve issues…
The Manitoba government is unveiling a new water management strategy – the first of its kind in nearly 20 years. The strategy was developed to guide future actions, decisions and investments to protect the province’s water resources and ecosystems while sustainably growing the economy and communities. To find out more,…
If you’ve had enough of digging dandelions and other assorted weeds out of your lawn or getting up in the middle of the night so the neighbours don’t see you spraying, you don’t have worry about it next year. The provincial government has passed legislation to amend the Environment Act…
Voting results from the RM of Riding Mountain West that appeared in last week’s issue of the Review were incorrect. In Ward 1, both John Pickup and Judy Usunier and both Brett Bauereiss and Kathy Bennett in Ward 2 were elected to council. The article said Pickup and Bauereiss defeated…
Manitoba has introduced legislation where those found on a closed highway can be fined $2,000 to $5,000. This is being proposed in order to keep our first responders safe so we don’t have to respond to accidents due to the weather. Check out this week’s RCMP report for more info.
Eight-year-old Isla McCallum is an energetic young girl with a big smile, and Charlie Jefferson, 98, is a veteran of the Second World War. At first glance, these two appear to have little in common, yet they share something special. To find out more, check out this week’s issue.
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A residential school survivor with roots in the area has taken her story to a new level and she is now featured in an Indigenous adult colouring book called Resilience, by Indigenous Manitoba artist, Jackie Traverse. Geraldine Lee Shingoose’s story is a haunting one about the damage done to Indigenous…
Dan Mazier, Member of Parliament for Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa, has been appointed to the Official Opposition’s Shadow Cabinet by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. Mazier has been named Shadow Cabinet Minister of Rural Economic Development and Connectivity. Details in this week’s issue.
Farm Credit Canada has contributed $3,000 to three projects in the Parkland region and employees recently visited Grandview and Roblin to hand out the cheques. FCC is the country’s largest agriculture lender and it supports projects that benefit rural Canadian communities where its customers and employees live and work. Find…
LEARN Coordinator Arla Livingston has submitted an article telling us ow Roblin Forest Products and the community got involved with helping refugees from the war in Ukraine come to Canada. One of the families we were expecting chose to remain in Poland while the Smirnov family moved on to Vernon,…
Indigenous business owner Dakota Sipie from Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve has landed his company, Sipie’s Mobile Wash as a finalist in Pow Wow Pitch. Sipie recently made his pitch to the panel of six judges virtually, where he was asked a variety of questions. Find out more in this week’s issue.