The Roblin Children’s Center has received $25,000 in funding from Fusion Credit Union through its fall Full Circle Fund intake.
Fusion has funded 12 projects in nine communities for a total of $65,500. The $65,500 from the fall intake, combined with the $67,000 from the spring intake, results in a combined distribution of $132,500 in funding to communities in 2025.
Find out more in this week’s Review.

Local wordsmith Christie Chase has published her first work and is hopeful there will be more to come.
Green Ink is a collection of poems about people and experiences – both real and imagined – and Chase says the subjects are as random as the coffee mugs in her cupboard.
Pick up a copy of this week’s paper for the rest of the story.

Roblin’s first bonspiel of the season played out at the Roblin Curling Club Jan. 22 to 24 – during the coldest days of the year so far – with 12 rinks battling it out in three events.
The finals took place Saturday evening, following another terrific feast prepared by Marta Orlowska.
Want details? Want to see photos of the winning rink? Pick up a copy of this week’s Review

Adult bullying rarely looks like playground taunts.
It tends to show up as public humiliation, selective exclusion or misuse of authority, often justified as motivation, honesty or “toughening people up.”
Check out Faith Wood’s column in this week’s paper.

A look at the 2025 year-end report from Roblin Fire & Rescue was one of the items on the agenda at the regular Dec. 30 meeting of the council of the Municipality of Roblin.
The department responded to a total of 68 calls from Dec. 12, 2024 to Dec. 17, 2025.
Find out more in this week’s Review.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba are renewing their financial support for the mental health and wellness of Manitoba’s agricultural community with a two-year, $300,000 extension to the Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program.
The program is designed specifically for the agriculture community and provides counselling services delivered by professionals with agricultural literacy.
Pick up a copy of this week’s paper to find out more.

Around supper time on Jan. 19, RCMP received a call about a dog not being cared for properly.
The caller was given the number to the Manitoba Animal Care Line. (1-888-945-8001)
Want to know more? Read this week’s RCMP Report for more.

Clayton Troxler of Roblin Welding joined the hundreds of exhibitors at this year’s Ag Days in Brandon.
Roblin Welding’s booth was featured in the show’s “Innovation Showcase” for its custommade rock picker.
Check out the picture in this week’s paper.

When you spend time with ecologists, biologists, and other “ologists,” you run across regular axioms.
While most have to do with the complexity of nature, one of my favorites is that cats are cats are cats.
Interested? Read Moments in Riding Mountain by Ken Kingdon in this week's issue.

Russell clinical psychologist Dr. Amy Wendell has made a major investment in her practice to continue to help as many people as she can.
Wendell, originally from Louisville, Kentucky, established Parkland Psychology and Wellness in offices in the Smellie Block in 2019 offering counselling services with a special emphasis on adults dealing with trauma.
Read the rest of the story in this week’s Review.