Folks living on the 400, 500 and 600 blocks of Manchester Avenue are now residing on the newest street in the City of Selkirk and for the next 30 years or so, shouldn’t see construction activity as the view from their front windows. Construction began on Manchester in the summer of 2018 and wrapped up…
Many things have had to take a back seat to the COVID-19 pandemic this year. The Water Tower has also fallen to that trend. With the city officially hiring Carlson Commercial and Industrial Services to strip and repaint the water tower, they talked with industry professionals and decided that holding off the project until next…
The city had to get creative with its tradition of hosting an open house to kick off construction season and switched to a virtual model to align with COVID-19 social distancing restrictions. A web page was created so the public could see what projects were coming up and why and notices were hand delivered to…
The City of Selkirk received just shy of $150,000 through the Province of Manitoba’s 2020 Flood Preparedness Program to purchase equipment that will protect the city now and into the future during high water events. “We want to thank the province for this funding program that has allowed the City of Selkirk to be even…
It was World Water Day on March 22, and not surprisingly, it came and went without much attention paid to the star of the day. The obvious reason for this is that we’re all dealing with the new phrases in our lives – social distancing, self-isolation and Coronavirus, to name a few. Tipping our hats…