Editor Roblin
Martens, Nabess elected to school board
There will be some new faces, and one familiar one, around the Mountain View School Division board table following the Oct. 30 byelection.
Floyd Martens will return to the MVSD board as a trustee for Ward 1 along with newcomer Conrad Nabess while Ward 2 will see Scott Lynxleg take the empty seat and Jarri Thompson will represent the City of Dauphin as a Ward 4 trustee.
Read all about it in this week’s Review.
PMH holds AGM
There were no real surprises in store Wednesday as Prairie Mountain Health hosted another virtual annual general meeting.
The AGM attracted 83 online viewers, who as well as learning about some of the health authority’s successes during the last fiscal year, got the opportunity to ask questions following the formal part of the presentation.
Want to know how much agency nurses are costing the health authority? Pick up a copy of this week’s paper to find out.
Purple gas costs driver
On October 25 around11:43 p.m., a driver was found with purple gas in their vehicle.
The person was given a ticket under the Tax Administration and Miscellaneous Taxes Act worth $672.
More in this week’s RCMP report.
A trip down the river, a shoebox and a prayer
In 2003, I was a student with “Operation Mobilization Brazil” and part of a team that lived in Paraguay for three months. During that time we were exchange students at Bethany Mission and for a few days we lived on a boat called “The Angel of The River”, traveling down the Paraguayan river.
We visited riverside communities, bringing medicine with our nurses, dental products, and more.
Find out about the power of Operation Christmas Child first hand in this week’s paper.
Ken Kingdon talks snakes
Last month I was asked about what to do regarding a veritable invasion of snakes at a rural residence.
The resident has been relocating hundreds of snakes from around their house, carrying the wiggling mass in a large plastic garbage bin to a grassy area about a kilometer away.
Details in this week’s Moments in Riding Mountain.
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.
MOR budget nears $7.8 million
The Municipality of Roblin is planing to spend $7.78 million and that’s pretty much to maintain things the way they are.
About 20 people showed up Wednesday night (March 25) at the Community Centre for council’s hearing into its 2024 financial plan.
Find out where your taxdollars are going in this week’s Review.
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.