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 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.

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.

Women waiting to get checked for breast cancer in the Parkland are facing even longer waiting times.

Reports indicate that several women in the region have received anothe phone call to yet again reschedule their BreastCheck appointments to a later date, and this time, a location even farther away and right out of the Prairie Mountain Health region.

Find out more in this week’s paper.

Local women are gearing up to celebrate with their Christian counterparts in Palestine and all over the world in the 2024 World Day of Prayer service.

This year’s service in Roblin, prepared by the Christian women of Palestine, takes place this Friday at the Free Methodist Church

Read more about the day in this issue.

Did you know, that in order for police to enforce family custody agreements it needs to be signed by a judge? Did you know that if you breach that order, you may be charged with breach of court order?

Roblin RCMP get a lot of calls from angry parents saying the other parent is not following the order.

More in this week’s RCMP report.

Physician and nurse shortages, as well as closed ERs, are issues that aren’t going to be solved any time soon, especially for rural and northern Manitoba communities, but there is another option.

The online service Q-Doc has had a successful year in providing patients with virtual appointments with physicians and nurse practitioners, to help people who don’t have access to immediate healthcare in their community and to prevent unnecessary visits to the ER.

More in this week’s issue.

January is a month known for the promotion of mental health wellness and the Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention Committee of Prairie Mountain Health has come up with a new venture for people to express the state of their mental health through a creative process.

The committee, formed during the pandemic to promote mental wellness and help eliminate the stigma associated with mental health illness, has put a call out for art submissions to be part of a travelling art exhibit called “Creative Reflections” to express feelings related to peoples’ mental health.

Check out the rest of the story in this week’s Review.