Roblin Review News
Friday, 15 March 2024 10:04
Figure skaters wind up season
Members of the Roblin Skating Club took to the ice at the Centennial Arena Sunday, March 10 to present their season-ending showcase “Under The Sea”. The show featured a guest performance by Blades Unlimited, a regional synchro team. Check out some action shots in this week’s Review.
Friday, 15 March 2024 10:05
Great day on Langan Lake
The weather turned out to be nearly perfect – everyone got plenty of Vitamin D – for the San Clara/Boggy Creek Métis Local’s annual Langan Lake fishing derby held March 9. The event drew about 150 anglers Find out who won the top prize in this week’s issue.
Friday, 15 March 2024 10:06
School division hosts budget forum
Ratepayers living within the boundaries of Mountain View School Division (MVSD) are preparing for an increase in the education portion of their property taxes. At the division’s 2024-25 public budget forum, Mar. 7, secretary-treasurer Lori Slepicka indicated the mill rate for the special levy will rise to 13.87 in the…
Sunday, 10 March 2024 13:39
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.
Sunday, 10 March 2024 13:40
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…
Monday, 04 March 2024 09:45
Grandview's Morran wins again
Grandview’s Lindsey Morran went to his first ever Trappers’ Festival in The Pas last year to compete and won first place for his chainsaw carving. He went again this year and took home the top prize in the Brody’s No Frills chainsaw carving competition again. Read all about it in…
Monday, 04 March 2024 09:46
Province hopes to bring nurses back
The Manitoba government is working with three nursing regulatory colleges to create a streamlined path for former nurses to return to work. The interim changes will ensure former licensed practical nurses, registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses who worked in Manitoba’s health-care system in the last five years and were…
Monday, 04 March 2024 09:47
Four decades of firefighting
The Roblin Fire & Rescue department is one of the few in Manitoba that can boast having members who have spent more than half of their lives dedicated to fire protection and emergency response in the area. Recently, RFR Captain Emil Roller celebrated 40 years of dedicated service and it…
Monday, 26 February 2024 09:10
Police deal with a lot of custody complaints
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…
Monday, 26 February 2024 09:12
Even longer wait times for BreastChecks
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…
Friday, 16 February 2024 10:23
Council approves new RFR rates
Municipality of Roblin council has approved new rates for fire protection and rescue services. The rates were adopted at its first regular council meeting of 2024 held Jan. 9. Find out more in this week’s MOR council briefs.
Friday, 16 February 2024 10:24
Popular Wawanesa eatery has local roots
For anyone who likes to tour across Manitoba, there are several small diners and drive-ins that provide excellent food and receive rave reviews online. Former San Clara resident Rick Larocque’s La Rocque Dining in Wawanesa has definitely received some praise and attention for their food and has been appearing on…
Friday, 16 February 2024 10:25
PMH finds new CEO within
The board of directors of Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) is pleased to announce that Treena Slate has accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Slate will assume the role from Brian Schoonbaert, who will retire effective April 5, 2024. Read all about it in this week’s issue.
Sunday, 11 February 2024 11:20
ICE sees drastic rise
We’ve somehow made it normal to allow kids to use smart devices and have access to social media, and now it’s catching up to us. The Manitoba RCMP Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit has seen a drastic increase in the number of investigations involving youth and social media. The apps…
Sunday, 11 February 2024 11:22
Impaired driver charged
About 8 p.m. on January 29, the Roblin RCMP detachment received a report of a vehicle in the ditch. Members attended and the driver tried to hide his identity and was obviously intoxicated. He was arrested, blew one sample into the instrument, then refused after that. He was remanded into…