Growing up in a family business is an experience all its own and for the family of Ephrem and Irma Carriere, it was so much more than a way of life, especially during the holiday season.

All of their 15 children have fond memories of their parent’s grocery store in San Clara, especially during Christmas, which they have relayed through their sister, Adrienne for this story.

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

The Roblin RCMP detachment received a call at 12:13 p.m. on Dec. 2 about a semi stuck on Highway 5 at Lake of the Prairies. Not sure what drivers want police to do about this when this happens. It was daylight, visibility was fine. Manitoba Highways were called.

Driver inched up the hill slowly and was on his way.

Check out this week’s RCMP report for more from the detachment’s files.

Council of the Municipality of Roblin held its inaugural meeting Nov. 7 and made its appointments to boards and commissions for a one-year term or until a successor is appointed.

Council also made its citizens appointments at a subsequent meeting.

Find out who’s where in this week’s Review.

Roblin MMF Local’s first ever Li Festival Di Michif that was held last summer was a success. When it came time to planning for next year’s event, it seemed like the festival would be a certainty.

However the Roblin MMF Local has decided to cancel the festival and plan for some different events instead.

Find out why in this week’s issue.

Manitoba Natural Resources and Northern Development advises two additional cases of deer infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been detected in Manitoba.

First detected in Manitoba in 2021, the two recent cases of CWD were identified from mandatory biological sampling submissions of animals harvested near the communities of Dropmore and Coulter where CWD was previously detected. Both cases occurred in male mule deer.

Find out more in this week's Review.

Many people have moved to Roblin and spent some time here before moving on. Most often when people do move to the community, they have family here already, however there are some who came here seeking new opportunities.

Jenny Wong and her family came to Roblin as part of a new opportunity and it’s a part of her life that’s been with her ever since.

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

The Windsor Hotel, Bar and Grill in Fleming (SK) is hosting a fundraiser to help Kennedy Langevin and her family.

On Dec. 20 from noon to 8 p.m., all of the proceeds made from the restaurant will be donated to Langevin’s family.

Want to know more? Check out this week’s paper.

Mountain View School Division hosted its 2023-24 pre-budget consultation with members of the general public Dec. 5 to discuss strategies for education and what the focus will be moving forward.

“Up until this year’s budget, the partnership has been between the provincial government and our local communities,” noted MVSD board chair Floyd Martens.

Find out more in this week’s issue.

Grade 1 teacher Sherri Kelbert is teaching her students about community and on Wednesday, the class took a walk to the “jewel”.

Then they talked about why they think Roblin is the Jewel of the Parkland.

Find out some of them had to say in this week’s Review.

With the snow, comes snowmobile time!! So, let’s review the snowmobile regulations.

Snowmobiles have to be registered unless you are only driving it on your own private property. Youth under 14 can only operate a snowmobile under direct supervision of an adult.

Read more in this week’s RCMP Report