The Manitoba government has announced a three-year West-Central Immigration Initiative pilot project that would see the government partner with seven rural municipalities and Gambler First Nation to support west-central Manitoba employers.

It is estimated the region will need 240 to 300 people to address labour shortages within the next three years.

Find out more in this week’s issue.

Goose Lake High’s JV Raiders have come home with a provincial volleyball championship.

The Raiders, ranked #1 going in to the tournament in Winnipeg, went undefeated over the weekend to capture gold.

Details in this week’s Review.

Roblin RCMP were called out in the evening of Nov. 9 to assist Manitoba Conservation Officers who had a quad run from them. Quad was ditched and the suspects were on foot. RCMP had the drone operator attend.

While searching, a vehicle attended the area and attempts were made to pull the vehicle over. The vehicle attempted to hit police. The spike belt was deployed and was successful. The vehicle continued to drive further then was ditched.

Find out what happened in this weeks’ RCMP Report

If you’re thinking of working at a daycare, Brandon’s Assiniboine College is offering an accelerated Early Childhood Education (ECE) diploma program starting on Jan. 7, 2025.

Through the college’s ECE Accelerated Mentorship program, students attend classes two days per week while gaining hands-on experience working at an early learning centre three days per week.

Interested? Check out this week’s paper to find out more.

By the time this article goes to press, the temperatures should be consistently below zero, and I may even be waxing my skis for the first outings of the season. I will also, with any luck, be able to take down our electric fence.

It was a summer of interesting bear behavior around our house. I say “interesting”, but I really mean bad bear behavior. Not that I am blaming the bears though (more on this later).

Read all about in this week’s Moments in Riding Mountain.

The Manitoba government has unveiled its new public safety strategy, creating a roadmap for a safer Manitoba across all regions.

“Manitobans know that to see real change we must address crime and the causes of crime,” said justice minister Matt Wiebe of the “Safer Neighbourhoods, Safer Downtowns”  public safety strategy.

Interested? Check out this week’s paper to find out more.

The awards for Roblin’s own Ryan Keown just keep on coming.

Already a Manitoba Country Music Association multi-award winner, Keown picked up two more at this year’s award show held Nov. 10 at Club Regent in Winnipeg.

Find out what awards he won this time around.

Officials with Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) were in town Wednesday to offer some reassurance to the Municipality of Roblin (MOR), local healthcare workers, and members of the community’s clinic and doctor recruitment boards as the community faces life with only one doctor.

While staffing shortages and emergency department closures have become the norm here for the better part of five years – Roblin was also down to one physician back in 2020 when a massive “Save Our Health Care” rally drew Premier Wab Kinew, as Opposition leader, to town – meeting goers wanted to find out what the health authority was planning to do when Dr. Osuorah, who was booked off this past week, takes some well-deserved holidays in December and January.

Read all about it in this week’s Review.

After having to cancel the Life and Art Centre (LAC) Christmas Chorus concert earlier this fall, the LAC committee is very pleased to announce the show will go on. But in a slightly different format.

“We got a lot of feedback from area residents that were disappointed by the news,” noted the LAC’s Ellen Arnott.

Read all about it in this week’s Review.

A new nation-wide study has found exposure to radon is on the rise and continues to be a critical public health concern.

The study, released Oct. 23, is the first update on radon exposure in Canada since 2012.

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