Editor Roblin
Candidates have their say
Voters are going to polls April 28 to elect members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament.
Candidates vying in the newly-named Riding Mountain riding are Liz Clayton, Green Party of Canada; Terry Hayward, Liberal Party of Canada; Andy Maxwell, New Democratic Party of Canada; incumbent MP Dan Mazier, Conservative Party of Canada; and Jim Oliver of the People’s Party of Canada.
Pick up a copy of this week’s paper to find out what they have to say.
Surplus funds transferred
Council has transferred a surplus from the Doctor Recruitment and Retention funds to the Health Care Reserve according to a resolution passed on Dec. 30, 2024. The transfer was approved at its regular March 25 meeting.
A total of $65,300 in unspent funds from 2024 were transferred to the Health Care Reserve.
Check out the council briefs in this issue.
Sunrise CU hits milestone
Sunrise Credit Union has reached $2 billion in assets.
It’s an accomplishment that President and CEO Tim Klassen says speaks volumes about Sunrise’s strength, vision, and, most importantly, its people.
More in this week’s paper.
Province funding Whiteout parties
The Winnipeg Jets Whiteout Street Party will return to downtown Winnipeg this spring, with the Manitoba government providing funding to help fans celebrate.
“Our government is excited to help bring the Jets whiteout parties to downtown Winnipeg for what we hope is a lengthy playoff run,” said Premier Wab Kinew.
Read the rest of the story in this week’s Review.
Juniors hit the links
A total of 29 young duffers hit the links of the Roblin Golf & Country Club Sunday, Sep. 8 for the annual Juniors golf tournament definitely indicating that youth golf is alive and well.
The tournament was sponsored by Parkland Cleaners & Restoration.
Check out the winners in this week’s issue.
Festival winners announced
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.
Booking service opens April 8
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.
An update from the LAC
The Life and Art Centre has been busy with projects this year. In addition to refinishing the wood floors on the main floor, the outdoor greenspace project is also well underway.
Memorial benches will be installed this spring with hopes of an outdoor amphitheatre installation in the near future.
Check out this week’s issue to find out what’s coming up at the LAC.
Driving on closed roads can net you a fine
With all this snow fall, and all the closed roads lately, figured it was appropriate to talk about closed roads.
Did you know it is now illegal to drive on highways that are closed??
Read more in this week’s RCMP report.
High school rink wins Ladies
Despite plenty of stones that didn’t get over the hog line and rocks that sometimes seemed to have a mind of their own, the finals of Roblin’s annual Ladies Bonspiel offered up some fine examples of curling.
Twenty rinks took part in this year’s event, up four from last year, with Haley Allen’s high school foursome – who have been curling together since Grade 6 and recently won the Roblin Ladies’ Evening Curling title – meeting Grandview’s Wendy Fisher in the finals of the first event.
Check out the details in this week’s Review.