The importance of being an accessible community is underscored by the realization that one in four Manitobans is affected by a disability. Selkirk Chief Administrative Officer Duane Nicol says working to ensure the city is open and available to all of its citizens is crucial to its success, as well as its citizens’ success. …
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…
Selkirk played host to the June 18 Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) District Meeting where two city resolutions were passed and Councillor Kelly Cook was re-elected District Director for the Interlake Region. Mayor Larry Johannson, who is the Chair of AMM’s Cities Caucus, said resolutions passed at the district level move on to the annual…
When the excitement of the holiday season calms down and our lives begin to ease back into some sort of routine, the rear view mirror will show 2018 was a year of progress in the City of Selkirk. And that’s the kind of reflection that has been the norm of late, as mayor and council,…
Selkirk Coun. Kelly Cook was elected District Director for the Interlake Region at the 20th annual Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) Convention held Nov. 26-28 at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg. Directors serve two-year terms but due to one Interlake Director’s loss in the Oct. 24 municipal election and another’s decision to step down,…