At 10 a.m. on Sept. 28, the sirens will sound, the fire trucks will leave the fire hall and what can best be described as a five-alarm situation will ensue. But fear not citizens of Selkirk city, there is no need to panic – it is simply the celebration befitting of the grand opening of…
The City of Selkirk cracked Maclean’s magazine’s Top 100 list of fastest growing communities in Canada, a reality that’s not lost on Mayor Larry Johannson. “It’s nice to see Selkirk on that list, I’m proud of that, but it’s something that the people who live here know without having to see a list,” Johannson said.…
The electoral landscape is about to change in the City of Selkirk in a very obvious way – candidate signs will no longer be allowed to be placed on boulevards and left there for the duration of the campaign. Selkirk Chief Administrative Officer Duane Nicol said previous councils looked at both by-laws and interpreted the…
Selkirk’s Communities in Bloom (CiB) committee members credit teamwork for the 5 Bloom Bronze Award, with a Special Mention for its Water Tower Community Garden, it earned at the annual awards conference held Sept. 6 in Morden. Committee member Michelle Balharry said the collaborative efforts of the City of Selkirk, sponsors Home Hardware, The Flower…
Selkirk’s purchase of 326.5 acres of land for $3.2 million in the city’s west end is a testament to council’s commitment to the sustainable development of the city and a nod to community leaders from 100-plus years ago who used land acquisition to ensure Selkirk’s future. It was 1912 and a group of movers and…
