Police would like to remind people, to NOT leave your keys in your vehicles, do NOT leave them running with the keys in them. In the last two months, there have been several vehicles stolen from the Roblin area.
We need to do our part in keeping our vehicles safe, by not giving thieves the opportunity to steal them by leaving the keys in them.

Find out what’s been keeping police busy in this week’s RCMP report.

A new but very familiar face has taken over the reins of the Roblin Agricultural Society.

At its annual general meeting held Thursday (Jan. 18), long-time member Dean Chescu was elected president with Ellen Arnott stepping down after five years at the helm.

Find out more in this week’s issue.

The 2024 bonspiel season got underway Jan. 11 with 16 rinks battling it out in this year’s version of the Roblin Farmers’ Bonspiel.

With four events this year, the ‘spiel saw some rinks playing four games on the final day, Saturday, making for some very tired curlers after the finals.

Read all about it in this week’s Review.

AgriInsurance program is expected to provide farmers with nearly $5 billion in coverage on an estimated 9.55 million acres for the upcoming crop year.

That continued stability was announced Tuesday at Ag Days by federal agriculture minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba ag minister Ron Kostyshyn.

Want to know more? Check out this week’s paper.

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.

A 21-year-old man from Roblin said it frightened him when he learned that the emergency department at the Roblin District Health Centre will be closed on some days, and have reduced hours on other days, effective immediately.

And that’s why Cole Nickell said he decided to write a letter to Premier Wab Kinew asking why the decision was made.

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

If you’re lucky, you may remember the big gala that the Expanding Community Cancer Committee held in 2018.

Well... an even bigger and better party is being planned for Saturday, April 13 as the committee celebrates the construction of a new Cancer Care facility in Russell.

Want to know more? Check out this week’s Review.