It’s something we all knew was coming. While there’s a sadness about it ending, it’s perhaps outweighed by the excitement of the birth of a new era and the promise of what’s to come. We’re talking of course, about the Selkirk Arena – better known as The Barn – and Memorial Hall, both Selkirk institutions…
At the start of a new year it’s nice to begin with good news and in the City of Selkirk, there’s plenty of that. The City of Selkirk has once again completed its budget for 2020 before the end of 2019 and in December council approved a tax increase of 1.95 per cent, or about…
It’s the time of year when people look back and reflect on the year that’s passed. If we cast that backwards glance at the City of Selkirk for 2019, we might look at the city as a teenager who went through one heck of a growth spurt. In fact, growth might be the word best…
The leaves may be showing their fall colours now, but before they turned, a steady flow of rainfall put an emphasis on all things green, effectively turning up the colour volume on the city’s urban canopy. It was a stunning visual reminder of their beauty and it came on the heals of the City of…
Len Bacon regularly partakes in the City of Selkirk’s Walk and Jog program at the Rec Complex, and though the 78-year-old is hesitant to say he goes everyday, when the snow flies and the wind picks up, it often blows Len inside to get his heart pumping. “It’s good exercise and you’re not going to…