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…
When the city’s new $39.5 million wastewater treatment plant breaks ground this summer, it signals not only Selkirk’s commitment to the environment but a focus on improved capital asset management that will benefit the people of Selkirk for years to come. Selkirk received a $750,000 grant, along with a $5 million loan, from the Green…
A new 30-foot Vicinity shuttle bus has rolled into Selkirk, providing transit users another comfy ride around city streets or to various destinations as part of Selkirk Transit Authority’s charter service. Charlene Dunning, Manager of Transportation Services, said the new bus was purchased from Grande West Transportation; the same company the city purchased its last…
The City of Selkirk held an official ground breaking ceremony June 12 to signal the start of construction on its fire hall expansion. The $3.9 million expansion includes a three-storey building that will be attached to the west side of the current fire hall on Eaton Avenue. The new building will include a truck bay…
In Selkirk, the name R.S. ‘Bud’ Oliver is synonymous with municipal politics. In the international community, the name is closely aligned with what is now known as the Red River Basin Commission. In January of this year, the man who was Selkirk’s mayor from 1984 to 2002 stepped down from his position on the RRBC’s…