This January, during Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, the Alzheimer Society is creating awareness about the many resources available to help support families as they face the challenges of living with dementia.

With more than 18,400 Manitobans living with dementia today, a number expected to reach 39,100 by 2050, the Society continues to enhance support for families impacted by dementia and meet their needs early in, and throughout, their journey.

Check out the feature page in this week’s issue.

Roblin RCMP received a 911 call about 10 to three in the afternoon on Boxing Day from a male that said he needed police, but then hung up. Call taker indicated the male sounded intoxicated.

No location given other than in Roblin. Members attended and patrolled, but no one flagged them down.

Find out what has kept police busy in this week’s RCMP report.

The new year has brought a new doctor to the Roblin Health Centre and the W.E. Nash Clinic. Dr. Donatus Osuorah, also known as Donald, joined the staff and began seeing patients at the clinic on Jan. 3.

“It’s going well,” he said in an interview Friday.

Find out more about Dr. Osuorah in this week’s Review.

Council has given first reading to a bylaw to “maintain property and to establish minimum standards of maintenance for dwellings, structures, properties, and unused vehicles”.

The bylaw covers a range of issues from storing old appliances, vehicles and fire wood to snow clearing, semi tractor parking and how high you can let your grass grow.

More in this week’s MOR council briefs.

There’s a new solution to some of the long patient wait times in rural Manitoba hospitals, but it’s not coming in the form of more physicians.

A new virtual service called Q-Doc recently launched in Manitoba and it’s providing people the opportunity to connect with a physician 24/7. The goal of Q-Doc is to eliminate long patient wait times and unneeded emergency room visits.

Check out one local woman’s virtual visit to a Q-Doc in this week’s issue.

Roblin’s Parkland Bakery and Pastry Shop is playing a key role in the return of the much-loved KUB bread to the marketplace.

Winnipeg’s iconic KUB Bakery closed its doors this past November after almost 100 years in business due to a combination of factors including the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine driving up grain prices which increased the price of flour, and major equipment breakdowns.

Find out how it came about it in this week’s Review.

The common cold is synonymous with times of year when temperatures dip. When people spend more time indoors, they’re more vulnerable to contagious cold viruses.

But the common cold is not the only health issue that presents itself most often when the mercury drops.

Read the rest of the story in this week’s Review.

The province is investing some $1.7 million as part of its plan to revitalize the Manitoba Conservation Officer Service.

“As part of our government’s commitment to revitalizing the Manitoba Conservation Officer Service, these investments will provide better equipment and technology so our officers can effectively and safely work in rural and remote areas of the province,” said Riding Mountain MLA Greg Nesbitt, the minister responsible for the service.

Find out more in this week’s issue.

The Municipality of Riding Mountain West and G & G Western Development are working together to bring a much needed senior housing, with better conditions for country living.

This would meet the demand for quality retirement offer accommodation, to meet the same type of accommodations offered in the city at half the price.

Check out G & G’s advertorial in this issue.