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Niverville gets first group home, will service disabled adults
6 minute read 10:25 PM CDTThe Town of Niverville will be getting its first group home after council approved the application during a council meeting last Tuesday.
Simaril, a Winnipeg non-profit that houses people with physical and intellectual disabilities and addiction issues, was approved to house up to four people with severe physical disabilities to live in a home located at 225 Third Street North.
“From a council perspective, we have the logo, Where you belong, and we really want everyone to feel that they can belong here. That’s our goal. So, whether they are, however they are, from their physical means to their neurodivergent means to their emotional and mental means, we understand that as the community grows, we’re looking to provide additional services so that all people can believe that this is a place where they also belong,” said Mayor Myron Dyck during the public hearing on the matter.
The meeting had about six residents who live on the street come to voice their concern that the home will be used to house those recovering from addictions.
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Steinbach, province sign MOU to transfer Manning Canal responsibility to city
2 minute read 9:55 PM CDTSteinbach will maintain a waterway that previously was under provincial responsibility, after both levels of government agreed to transfer its jurisdiction.
Steinbach city council voted unanimously on April 21 to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Manitoba government to bring the section of the Manning Canal that ran through the city under Steinbach’s control. The city was in negotiations with the province since 2022 about taking over the only provincially-maintained drain running through the municipality.
Mayor Earl Funk said having the Manning Canal under city responsibility will allow improvements to happen faster as more developments are built in Steinbach.
“I think this will help everyone downstream manage their water better, as we can slowly develop it. It’s not going to happen overnight. It’s going to take years, and as development happens along, it will keep improving,” he told reporters after the council meeting.
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