Boaters are once again looking forward to enjoying some time on the waters of Clear Lake in 2025 after Parks Canada announced it’s plans to permit watercraft on the lake, reversing a complete ban imposed last season.
The decision was made after the discovery of hundreds of live juvenile zebra mussels attached to docks and infrastructure near the east end of Clear Lake in the fall of 2024.
More in this week’s issue.

The Roblin Grandview Gilbert Plains Raiders high school hockey team is hosting a benefit for the Van Wingerden family later this month.
The Raiders will be taking on the Russell Trojans Tuesday, Feb. 25 at the Centennial Arena with all proceeds of the game going to the family. Game time is 1 p.m.
More in this week’s issue.

About two dozen members of the Roblin Agricultural Society gathered Jan. 24 at the Drop-In Centre to find out how their organization “faired” in 2024.
The evening began with a volunteer supper featuring brisket prepared by society president Dean Chescu – who did an excellent job of it, according to all reports.
Want to know more? Read all about it in this week’s Review.

Ever since Daymon Guillas arrived here in the early ‘80s as a 21-year-old new manager of the Russell Inn, he’s kept this town rockin’ and the rest of the province talking about the exciting happenings in Russell.
First, there was the Asessippi Ski Hill and Winter Resort, which took 10 years of negotiation to bring to fruition. Then came PADCOM – the first of its kind in Manitoba potash mine at Harrowby.
Pick up a copy of this week’s Review to find out what else is coming?

The Manitoba government has directed Prairie Mountain Health leadership to reduce for-profit nursing agency costs by 15 per cent by March 2026 as part of a systemwide effort to refocus funding on nurses in the public system.
“Prairie Mountain Health has consistently been dealt a bad hand,” said health minister Uzoma Asagwara.
Read all about it in this week’s issue.

Roblin’s first bonspiel of the season, the Farmers’, is in the books.
The mixed spiel played out Jan. 23 to 25 at the local curling rink with 12 rinks in the mix battling it out in three events.
Check out the winning rinks’ pics in this week’s issue.

Members of the Duck Mountain Cottage Owners Association (DMCOA) have been growing increasingly concerned with a seemingly new wildlands conservation policy known as Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCA).
The DMCOA had board members attend a meeting held by the Manitoba Wildlife Federation (MWF) in October, where they were informed that there was a plan to establish nine IPCAs in Manitoba.
Want to know more? Read all about it in this week’s Review.

Federal ag minister Lawrence MacAulay and his Manitoba counterpart Ron Kostyshyn announced Wednesday at Mantioba Ag Days in Brandon the details of the 2025 AgriInsurance program.
After a lower-than-average claim year in 2024, Manitoba farmers will benefit from lower premium rates for most insurable crops in 2025.
Pick up a copy of this week’s Review to find out more.

The Assiniboine West Watershed District has made the decision not to sign a contribution agreement with Parks Canada for a $1 million grant to deliver programming within the federal government’s Ecological Corridor program framework.
This ends a months-long, divisive battle between a rapidly expanding group of local agricultural producers, known as the Manitoba Land Stewards Inc. (MLS), and the Assiniboine West Watershed District (AWWD).
Read all about it in this week’s Op-Ed pages.

In the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 16, RCMP received a call from a person who was hit in the head with a bong and was heading to the hospital for treatment.
The victim want charges laid.
Check out this week’s RCMP report for more from the files.