There are more important things to think about than how you will pay your utility bill during this time, and the city is giving you more time to make that payment. If you don’t see your utility bill in the mail this month, you weren’t forgotten or missed. At a special meeting called to address…
When the City of Selkirk began down the road of improved asset management practices five years ago the goals were many – better data, more informed decisions and an extended lifespan for the city’s capital assets, including roads, among them. The city has adopted the same road construction standards as the City of Winnipeg and…
After over 70 years of service, the Selkirk Arena (The Barn) and Memorial Hall are both looking to retire. With the retirement of these two facilities, the city is looking to its citizen to find out what sort of services they would like a replacement facility to provide. On Wednesday, March 18 from 5 –…
The City of Selkirk is borrowing a line from an iconic Canadian children’s show from the 1960s that implored viewers to ‘look up, look waaaaaay up,’ to see something special. In the TV show, it was the Friendly Giant you’d gaze upon; in Selkirk it’s the city’s water tower. Most know that if you take…
The world’s a big place and when you get accepted into a group that’s limited to 150 globally conscious citizens under the age of 35, well, you might have to pinch yourself to make sure it’s really happening. Megan Jakilazek, Asset Management/GIS Technician for the City of Selkirk, found herself in that pinch position in…