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Still time to register
The Roblin Wolves will begin practices this Friday, Oct. 21.
This is a great program for youth in the community to be involved in the sport of hockey without the time commitment and dedication of a more structured hockey program.
To find out how to register, check out this week’s Rec Report.
MP named to Shadow Cabinet
Dan Mazier, Member of Parliament for Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa, has been appointed to the Official Opposition’s Shadow Cabinet by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.
Mazier has been named Shadow Cabinet Minister of Rural Economic Development and Connectivity.
Details in this week’s issue.
Smirnovs move on
LEARN Coordinator Arla Livingston has submitted an article telling us ow Roblin Forest Products and the community got involved with helping refugees from the war in Ukraine come to Canada.
One of the families we were expecting chose to remain in Poland while the Smirnov family moved on to Vernon, BC.
Read all about it in this week’s Review.
Chamber hosts election forum
While there wasn’t much disagreement among the candidates at Thursday evening’s forum at the Community Centre, there were differences when it came to answering some specific questions.
The forum, moderated by Randy Moffit, was sponsored by the Roblin District Chamber of Commerce and featured a series of pre-selected questions for each of the candidates – two for head-of-council and seven for the six council seats.
Find out what the candidates had to say in this week’s issue.
Province's finances shaping up
Despite the challenges and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic and its continuing impact on economies around the world, Manitoba’s finances actually improved over earlier projections.
“Last year showed a strong economic recovery, with a low unemployment rate and markedly improved consumer demand,” noted finance minister Cameron Friesen in releasing the 2021-22 year end financial results.
Find out more in this week’s Review.
PMH AGM set for Oct. 26
Prairie Mountain Health is inviting the public to take part in its online, interactive annual general meeting coming up this month.
The Zoom meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 12 noon until 1 p.m.
Details in this week’s issue.
Suspicious peeping people reported
RCMP in Roblin received a report on Sept. 24 of suspicious people looking in shop windows. Members attended immediately and viewed the surveillance, patrols were made with no luck.
Caller called back the next day to let police know that it was his neighbours talking to the shop cat.
For more on what kept police busy over the past two weeks, check out this week’s Cop Shop Talk.
It's Fire Prevention Week
Roblin Fire & Rescue has teamed up with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 9 to 15).
This year’s FPW campaign, “Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape”, works to educate everyone about simple but important actions they can take to keep themselves and those around them safe from home fires.
Check out this week’s Review for more and to find out who’s the Firefighter of the Year.
Fierce Female Hockey Camps win top FCU prize
Fierce Female Hockey Camps (FFHC) just launched in the summer 2022 and held its first sold out and all female hockey camp in Brandon this past June.
On Tuesday (Oct. 4), the venture was named the winner of Fusion Credit Union’s second annual Community Infusion competition – the finals of which were held in Russell in front of an impressive audience of close to 80 people.
Read all about it in this week’s issue.
New condensor installed
Big news to report this week! The new condenser unit for the Roblin Curling Rink is up and in place in anticipation of a fun, full, and successful curling season.
Without a condenser we don’t have ice, so this was a necessary upgrade to our community curling rink and we are happy to be able to share the news. \
Check out this week's Recreation Report for more.