The new executive director of the Roblin & District Chamber of Commerce is looking forward to helping the community in a different way.
Since relocating to Roblin from Winnipeg about five years ago, Suzanne McSkimming has tried really hard to be community-minded and has been “volunteering for absolutely everything”.
Read all about it in this week’s Review.

Residents of the Cottage Cove housing development at the Asessippi Ski Resort are raising concerns about a proposed gravel pit in their backyard.
Cottage Cove sits directly south of the pit proposed in a Conditional Use application to the RM of Riding Mountain – dated August 23, 2025 – by Russell Redi-Mix.
Want to know more? Check out this week’s paper.

This is the second part of an article by former area resident and artist Michael Yakimishyn of Winnipeg that tells the story of the one-room Gleneden School he attended.
Part two begins in 1943 in includes his memories of his school years.
Pick up a copy of this week’s Review for more.

The countdown is on! In less than a month, the Roblin Pool will officially open for another unforgettable summer season!
From public swimming and swimming lessons to aqua fitness, senior swims, adult swims, and exciting special events – we are ready to make Summer 2026 our best season yet!
Read all about it in this week’s Rec Report.

The Municipality of Roblin has launched a new “Rooted in Roblin” home grounds beautification award program.
The initiative is open to all residents of the municipality – rural and in town – and offers prizes for the top three winners in eight categories.
Read all about it in this week’s Review.

In February of 2021 the area was shocked at the sudden passing of Karen Fingas, a mother of four young children and much loved LPN at the Russell Personal Care Home, just eight days after her diagnosis of stomach cancer.
Now, after hearing Terry Fox’s older brother Fred talk at Major Pratt, earlier this month, Craig and Karen Fingas’ eldest daughter Elizabeth, is organizing and hosting ‘A Run For You’ in her honor and in aid of the Manitoba Cancer Care Unit in Russell.
Find out more in this week’s issue.

Like the iconic prairie grain elevator, the rural elementary school has vanished from the Western Canadian landscape. It has been almost 55 years since rural municipal by-laws in Manitoba were executed to legally declare the rural elementary school a non-entity.
In 1967 this legal process to dissolve rural elementary school districts occurred in more than 2,000 rural school districts across Manitoba. The historical sequence of the critical by-laws pertaining to the creation and dissolution of Gleneden School District # 1465 is outlined here.
Want to know more? Check out this week’s paper.

Patrick LaMontagne, an editorial cartoonist whose work appears in the Roblin Review and in newspapers across Canada, has been awarded third place in the 26th World Press Freedom Canada International Editorial Cartoon Contest.
The contest is organized by World Press Freedom Canada, a national organization that advocates for press freedom.
More in this week’s issue.

There have been a few people call the office with regards to a text message they received from Justice Manitoba with regards to paying an outstanding ticket with a link. This is a fraud! Please do not click the link.
Check out this week’s RCMP Report for more.

The Bield Community Centre – or the Bield Hall as it’s more often and lovingly referred to – will be turning 50 years old this June and the Bield Ladies Club is planning a big party to celebrate.
Completed in June, 1976, the hall was built by the community, for the community, after the original facility (once Bield School) was destroyed by fire in 1973.
Read all about it in this week’s Review.