Robin Paradis’s father, Mark, was showing her how to apply a final coat of paint to the family’s dining room walls amid home renovations one night last summer. Suddenly, Mark staggered and fell to his hands and knees.

“He was making gurgling sounds like he couldn’t breathe at all,” says Robin, 31.

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

Prairie Mountain Health held its annual general meeting on Zoom Wednesday offering residents of the health region a look at the 2021-22 fiscal year.

Board chair Lon Cullen welcomed those attending the AGM and offered a Treaty Land Acknowledgement.

Find out more in this week’s Review.

The Russell & District Chamber of Commerce and the Assiniboine Valley Regional Community Development Corporation have teamed up to host a special event with Doug Griffiths, motivational speaker and author of 13 Ways to Kill Your Community.

The event takes place at the Asessippi Ski Area & Resort on Saturday, Nov. 5 starting at 10 a.m.

To find out more about Griffiths, check out this week’s Review.

A residential school survivor with roots in the area has taken her story to a new level and she is now featured in an Indigenous adult colouring book called Resilience, by Indigenous Manitoba artist, Jackie Traverse.

Geraldine Lee Shingoose’s story is a haunting one about the damage done to Indigenous children and families by residential schools all across Canada.

Details in this week’s issue.

In the morning of Oct. 19, Roblin RCMP and Animal Protection officers responded to a recently vacated residence where there were a crazy number of cats located inside. Some deceased and some alive, but not well.

Animal Protection continues to investigate.

Find out what has kept police busy over the past two weeks in this week’s issue.

Farm Credit Canada has contributed $3,000 to three projects in the Parkland region and employees recently visited Grandview and Roblin to hand out the cheques.

FCC is the country’s largest agriculture lender and it supports projects that benefit rural Canadian communities where its customers and employees live and work.

Find out who got what in this week's Review.

The Roblin Wolves will begin practices this Friday, Oct. 21.

This is a great program for youth in the community to be involved in the sport of hockey without the time commitment and dedication of a more structured hockey program.

To find out how to register, check out this week’s Rec Report.

Dan Mazier, Member of Parliament for Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa, has been appointed to the Official Opposition’s Shadow Cabinet by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

Mazier has been named Shadow Cabinet Minister of Rural Economic Development and Connectivity.

Details in this week’s issue.