Given a sudden spate of sightings this fall, otters are the subject of this month’s article.
As an example, in early November, Rae and I were out for a skate on a nearby lake when far off in the distance we spotted a trio of otters. They were slipping and sliding their way along the ice, oblivious to our presence.

Check out this week’s Moments in Riding Mountain to find out more.

Women in Roblin are now going to have the option of going to the Roblin Clinic to see a physician who can assist them strictly with women’s health issues only.

Dr. Jenilee Misko will be offering a Women’s Wellness Clinic in the community starting this month. Misko saw the need for the treatment of women’s health issues in a bigger urban centre, where she is currently working, and felt that rural female patients should have the same services.

Read all about it in this week’s issue.

Roblin Branch #24 of the Royal Canadian Legion’s Sergeant-at-Arms Bernie Kozmeniuk leads the Colour Party to begin this year’s Remembrance Day services held Saturday at the Community Centre.

This year’s service of remembrance was especially poignant with the passing on Oct. 30 of the Roblin district’s last surviving World War II veteran Alex Smigelsky who took part in the Liberation of Holland. MCing the service was his son Wes while the guest speaker was his grandson RCMP Sergeant Chris who talked about his own experiences in Holland as one of 12 RCMP members  tasked to participate in the 60th anniversary celebrations of that liberation back in 2005.

Check out our coverage in this week’s Review.

Private James “Jimmy” Moar was born in Crane River in 1915, and was one of 15 children. He moved to Swan River after completing grade five, to work, and then back to Crane River. In 1941, James and his brother, John, walked over 160 kilometers to Swan River to enlist in the Canadian Army.

James was stationed to Hong Kong and became part of the Winnipeg Grenadiers. The Empire of Japan forces began bombing Hong Kong, shortly after his arrival there. On December 19, he was wounded by a piece of shrapnel, then on Christmas Day, Hong Kong surrendered to the Japanese forces. James and several others became prisoners of war (POW).
Moar survived, returned to Canada and retired to The Pas where he lived until his passing in 2000.

Read the rest of the story in this week’s Review.

Assiniboine Community College (ACC) is bringing a learning opportunity to Roblin. In an effort to train more Child Care Assistants (CCA), an accelerated CCA course is going to be running in Roblin in January.

“This is the first time we have hosted the CCA program in Roblin through our rural rotating sites program,” said ACC communications cspecialist Kyla Cottom. “This model is an accelerated program, which we will be bringing to rural communities across Manitoba.”

Find out more in this week's Review.

With many people about to start holiday shopping, along with searching for that perfect gift comes finding deals or bargains on those top-demand items on peoples’ wish lists.

Stores started the whole Black Friday bonanza of deals, by copying our American counterparts, but now retailers have taken it to another level with the pre-Boxing Day sales strategy, which is get a deal before the big sale hits.

Want to know more? Pick up a copy of this week’s Review.

A Shell Valley girl has been chosen as Canada’s SIlver Cross Mother. Gloria Hooper nee Holopina of St. Claudwill be laying the wreath on behalf of all Canadian mothers who have lost children in military service to their nation at the National Remembrance Day service in Ottawa.

Her son, Sapper Christopher Holopina, died while serving in a peace keeping mission, Operation Alliance, in Bosnia-Herzegovina on July 4, 1996 when his troop was rushed in to help a group of British soldiers trapped in a mine field.

Find out more in this week’s issue.

Staff recruitment and retention is the top priority for Prairie Mountain Health.

That was the main message from PMH CEO Brian Schoonbaert Wednesday as the regional health authority held its annual general meeting via Zoom.

Read all about the AGM in this week’s Review.

Did you know that it is now illegal to drive on the roads when they are closed?? Road conditions can be checked on 511 mobile app, by calling 511, by following MBGovRoads on Twitter or visiting the 511 website on line.

If you drive on a closed highway, you could face a charge of $298 for light vehicles (cars, trucks, SUVs, etc.) or $672 for heavy vehicles.

More in this week’s RCMP report.