MBCI students demonstrate skills at the Skills Manitoba Competition

Every year, students across Manitoba have the opportunity to demonstrate employability-related skills in a competition, with the winners in each category advancing to compete on a national level. This year, a group of Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute…
April 28, 2026 Jennifer Laviolette
Opasquia Times News
MBCI students demonstrate skills at the Skills Manitoba Competition

How to protect your home from wildfire

With winter behind us, it’s time to start thinking about warmer temperatures and what that all brings. Wildfires have become a constant concern for the north and the tri-community has been diligent about doing what it can to prevent another summer like the…
April 28, 2026 Jennifer Laviolette
Opasquia Times News
How to protect your home from wildfire

Ice breaks, river flows

The Swan River ice broke loose recently and with snow melt coming in fast and furious,…
Apr 28, 2026
Ice breaks, river flows

Two Recitals Held

The Roblin Dance Club held two separate year- end dance recitals at Roblin Elementary…
Apr 28, 2026
Two Recitals Held

School rugby programs a first in Manitoba

April 28, 2026 Dauphin Herald Sports Doug Zywina
The Parkland Pirates rugby program has partnered with Rugby Canada to bring rugby into local schools for students in Grades 4 and 5. Codi Harrigan has been running clinics in the five elementary schools in Dauphin, as well as in Grandview, after receiving a…

A cosmetics company gets its start in the Valley

April 28, 2026 Swan Valley Star and Times Community Jennifer Laviolette
A new cosmetics and beauty company has started here in the Valley and its reach is growing to international levels. Newcomer Jossy Nelson and her family came to Canada and fell in love with Swan River during a visit. This led to them finding employment, a…

A new youth basketball team takes the court

April 28, 2026 Roblin Review Sports Travis
BY: JENNIFER LAVIOLETTE A new youth sports team has been established in Roblin, giving youth a chance to play basketball. The Roblin Raptors is a club basketball team started by head coach Ryan Wiesner. Assistant coaches are Danny Andres and Brandin Beasley,…

Road washouts and floating culverts

April 28, 2026 Russell Banner News Travis
At about 6:30 pm on Tuesday April 21st, Scott Gregor, the CFO of Riding Mountain West was checking out the water flowing under the municipal road off of Hwy 83 to the entrance to the Asessippi Beach & Campground.“I had driven down the road over the Bear Creek…

MBCI students demonstrate skills at the Skills Manitoba Competition

April 28, 2026 Opasquia Times News Jennifer Laviolette
Every year, students across Manitoba have the opportunity to demonstrate employability-related skills in a competition, with the winners in each category advancing to compete on a national level. This year, a group of Margaret Barbour Collegiate Institute…