Riverview Community News

Welcome to RVCC’s Community News page. Here you’ll find the latest news and stories from around the neighbourhood and beyond. This page will be shaped by the community so let us know what sort of content you’d like to see here. If you’ve got a story or an idea you’d like to see covered, send us an email at gm@riverviewcc.ca. We’d love to hear from you.

Annual General Meeting 2022

Annual General Meeting 2022

Mark your calendars for our Annual General Meeting on April 28th, 2022 at 6:30 pm at Riverview Community Centre.  This year we'll be voting on some proposed updates to our constitution and bylaws. Watch the video below by RVCC president Jason Oliver for a summary...

Riverview Neighbourhood Garage Sale 2022

Riverview Neighbourhood Garage Sale 2022

The Riverview Community Centre garage sales will be returning Saturday, May 28th, from 9 am to 3 pm. Final day for donations is Wednesday the 25th. With a difficult winter behind us, we are all looking forward to warm-weather activities. In the process of spring...

Bill Mason Mystery

Bill Mason Mystery

Bill Mason is probably one of the world's most well-known Riverviewers. He was an accomplished painter, filmmaker, author, two-time Academy Award nominee, a world-class canoeist, and the creator of a painting of the community centre in the 50s titled, “After the...

Age Friendly Researches Demographics

Age Friendly Researches Demographics

In the Fall, Age Friendly Riverview (AFR) was able to organize three excellent seminars for older adults and others in Riverview, called the CRISP lectures. The first was with Rod Kueneman from Lord Roberts in September on building soil health and using garden space...

State of the Urban Forest in Winnipeg

State of the Urban Forest in Winnipeg

In case you missed it, the City of Winnipeg released a State of the Urban Forest report in April 2021 that gave our city a “fair” grade.  Winnipeg’s canopy cover (the amount of the city covered by urban forest) is estimated at 17%, higher than other prairie...

Riverview Classic 4×4

Riverview Classic 4×4

Riverview’s 4×4 hockey tournament is returning this year on February 26th. Things are going to be run slightly differently this year, as we scale down the event in respect of public health. The tournament will be a one day event combining all divisions and the women’s...

Grey Hares Hockey Makes Strong Comeback

Grey Hares Hockey Makes Strong Comeback

Julie has been involved in helping organize Grey Hares from the very start, but before she joined, she’d never played hockey, and couldn’t skate backwards, never mind stop. For Julie Strong, and many other Riverview women like her, Grey Hares Hockey has been a way to...

Bulldog Sports Going Strong

Bulldog Sports Going Strong

By: Dan Sylvester There are some seasons certain school teams can dominate a sport although as I work on my second decade as a teacher and coach I believe this was a first; that the Collège Churchill High School Bulldogs won four volleyball championships this past...

New Funding for Trees Riverview

New Funding for Trees Riverview

New Funding and a Year in Review for Trees Riverview Just as the newly planted trees on Baltimore Road and Arnold Avenue are slowly putting down roots in our community, so too is Trees Riverview. In 2021, our first full year as a local community organization dedicated...

We Are Rougers Support Rinks

We Are Rougers Support Rinks

Six years ago at the Riverview Community Centre rinks, three friends met up to skate. That was the start of We Are Rougers. This fall, the group donated $3000 to help purchase much-needed new boards and paint to help repair the club’s outdoor rinks.  We Are...

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