The council of the Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West has a passed a resolution allowing GIP (Russell Redi-Mix) to go ahead with plans for a gravel pit north of the Asessippi Ski Resort and south of its current quarry alongPTH #83.
In a recorded vote, the resolution passed four to two with Councillors Wes Anderson and Judy Snitynsky casting the dissenting votes.
More in this week’s paper.

Staff at the Roblin Health Centre gathered Thursday, Aug. 27 to bid a fond farewell to one of their own.
After 20 years as an RN and 17 years as a Nurse practitioner, Sheila Kringle has called it a career.
Details in this week’s issue.

Additional charges have been laid against former MP Inky Mark of Dauphin as part of a months-long investigation into firearms trafficking.
Mark, 78, was re-arrested on Aug. 12 and charged with 26 new offences, bringing the overall number of charges to 38.
Read the rest of the story in this week’s Review.

Winnipeg artist and local historian Michael P. Yakimishyn’s painting entitled “Hillside, My Sister and I,” a 30” × 24” acrylic on canvas, was painted from a photograph taken by his mother, Ann Yakimishyn, during the summer of 1946.
The photograph captures his sister, Alice, and the artists standing in front of their parents’ store, the famous Hillside Store.
Read all about this unique piece of local history in this issue.

Days after the collapse of trade talks with the Trump administration, the Liberal government rolled out $7.5 billion to help workers and businesses weather the new 50 per cent tariffs being imposed on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods by the U.S. president.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and other ministers announced on Tuesday that alongside the supports for businesses, starting Sept. 8 the government will match the U.S. levies dollar for dollar by tariffing $27.6 billion of comparable U.S. goods.
More in this week’s Review.

Hugh Skinner thinks it may be time for area residents to make more noise about the closure of the bridge over the Shell River on PTH #83.
The bridge was closed indefinitely back in June after flood waters undermined its supports and raised concerns about its structural integrity.
Find out what he told the minister of highways in this week’s issue.

The Manitoba government has announced it has added 4,725 net new health-care workers across the province since October 2023, adding capacity to a health-care system experiencing significant pressure as hospitals and ERs care for more patients with increasingly complex needs.
Details in this week’s Review.

Roblin’s Keystone Pioneers Museum held its annual Show Day August 15.
The day offered a number of activities including a pancake breakfast and the vintage equipment parade.
Check out photos of the day in this week’s issue.

With harvest on the horizon, let’s remember that farm equipment may be on the main roads a little more this year due to the flooded out side roads. So please be patient, especially east of Roblin where it is often a double solid line.
More in this week’s RCMP Report.

Manitoba Hydro’s long-term energy plan is before the Public Utilities Board for public hearings. Debate is healthy, but not when critics ignore the facts.
Our Integrated Resource Plan would add more than 1,700 megawatts of new capacity to our energy system.
Read the commentary from COO Hal tuner in this week’s paper.