News releases issued by the City of Selkirk
Selkirk council’s commitment to downtown renewal took a significant step forward with council’s approval and adoption of the Downtown Selkirk Renewal Strategy 2016-2021 at Monday night’s meeting. The strategy – which looks at Manitoba Avenue East, along with the Waterfront and Water Tower, and the area from Rosser to Taylor avenues – was built with…
The City of Selkirk joined communities around the City of Winnipeg in raising a Peace Flag at 9 a.m. Sept. 9 to help launch the seventh annual Festival of Peace and Compassion, running in Winnipeg from Sept. 11 to 25. Peace Days began in 2010, inspired by Rotary World Peace Partners, and the City of…
The city will invest $180,000 into structural repairs at the Rec Complex in the coming months, the first of several repairs that will extend the sporting facility’s lifespan by about 30 years. Dan McDermid, the city’s Director of Operations, said the city will spend about $1 million over the next 10 years on structural work…
Labour Day signals the ending of summer, the nearing of fall and the return to classes for thousands of school-aged children in the Lord Selkirk School Division. And, since last year, it also signals the return of reduced speed zones of 30 km per hour around four Selkirk schools – Ecole Bonaventure, Robert Smith, Ruth…
Do you make an effort to conserve water? Do you think you could do more? Why is water conservation important to you? These are examples of the types of questions the City of Selkirk is asking on its Water Conservation Survey, available now at myselkirk.ca/watersurvey or at the front desk of the Civic Office at…