News releases issued by the City of Selkirk
August 3, 2018 Selkirk played host this Thursday to the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, who visited the city to learn more about Selkirk’s innovative approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and integrating a concern for the environment into its everyday practices. Mayor Larry Johannson said it was a huge…
It might feel like we’ve been living in the dog days of summer for more than a month now but the legitimate D.O.G Days of Summer are about to begin in earnest next week. Selkirk’s weekly Waterfront festival kicks of Aug. 1 and features entertainment, food vendors and fresh veggies, canned goods and more for…
If there ever was a summer to get outside, it’s the summer of 2018, and the City of Selkirk is proud to provide youth an opportunity for high quality sport and recreation, along with some socializing, through a new free program called Play on the Move. Play on the move is open to school-aged children…
The city’s Rock the Waterfront event on July 21 now has some more rock, some bounce and it’ll even turn back time for a little bit. The Saturday event, originally scheduled to run from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and feature tributes to The Tragically Hip and Guns and Roses, will now begin at 4…
Pictured L-R Russel Goossen, Laryassa Kurjewicz, Tracy Master A citizen’s urgent desire to take an environmental stand and a vision that leads the City of Selkirk to decisions that protect our natural surroundings has turned a former eye-sore into a pollinator park that will benefit people as well as the birds and the bees and the…