Submitted by: Lynn Williamson | Picture of Sylvia’s Angels giving a cheque for $5,782.30 for the Chemo Unit at the Swan Valley Hospital from our talent show on April 9, 2011.  We want to thank all the people in the valley from the bottom of our hearts who sponsored us, volunteered and participated in this wonderful […]

Submitted by:  Lynn Williamson | The Kenville Hall Board would like to thank everyone who had a table for our fundraiser and to the people who came out and supported us. We nearly sold out of our Kenville burgers so know they must be famous. What a great Valley we live in — Thank-you, Thank-you!

Submitted by: Holly Urban & Melissa Johnson | The Swan Valley Sport Fishing Enhancement Annual Banquet was a tremendous success with 600 people attending this year for the 25th Anniversary. The evening included Displays, Games of Chance, Exhibits, Fish Races, Bid Auctions, Silent Auctions, Door Prizes, Project Updates, Boat Draws, Fishing Stories, Good Times and […]

Submitted by: Jennifer Simpson | The Mother’s Day Walk was very successful, the money raised was far beyond our expectations!! Even though it was a drizzly day we had 195 walkers out and raised approximately $10,000! Emily Simpson and Coral Zamzow, faces painted and ready to go! We were overwhelmed with the support we received […]

Submitted by:  Chris Chmelowski | The Swan Valley Fine Arts Festival Association held thier Awards Festival at the Veteran’s Community Hall on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.  The Awards Festival recognizes the personal achievement and excellence of many Fine Arts Festival participants. Carter Kooistra receiving the Home & School Trophy for senior band solo, as well […]

ValleyBiz Story | With the weather warming up, many people are taking the opportunity to catch up on some yardwork and maintenance.  Spring cleaning took on a larger scale this week in Swan River.  Bucket trucks made quick work of trimming trees. Street cleaners swept away a winter’s worth of sand and grime. Crews were out […]

Submitted by:  Minitonas Early Years School | The School was buzzing with excitement as students, staff, and parents celebrated Education Week, April 11th—15th. On Monday morning, the students enjoyed Trustee, Lynne Wenzel reading to each of the classrooms. The students and staff enjoyed the stories. On Tuesday morning, Mrs. Shirley Todosichuk brought her collection of […]

Submitted by: Karla Weir | Birch River held an Easter Brunch this Saturday to fundraise for it’s upcoming 2011 Homecoming this summer. It was a great day to catch up with friends and family from here in the valley, but also with those who were home for the Easter weekend. Brady Burghart, Ethan Weir, and […]

Submitted by: Chris Chmelowski | The Swan Valley Fine Arts Festival Association held their Music Festival on April 18-21 at the Temple Baptist Church in Swan River.  The Festival featured Piano, Vocal, Recorder and Speech performances. Keara Pierrepont on piano. Students from Heyes, Taylor & ESRSS Students from Heyes & ESRSS Spoken Poetry Trio: Tyler […]

Submitted by:  Jennifer Simpson | The Dolyna Ukrainian Dancers presented their Year End Dessert Concert at the Swan Valley Regional Secondary School on Saturday, April 16.  It was an evening of Ukrainian Dance and delicious desserts.  Emily Simpson

ValleyBiz Story |  We enjoyed meeting many of our loyal viewers at our booth and very much appreciated your words of encouragement and appreciation.  It was a great opportunity to let more people know about ValleyBiz and we welcome those new users to our site.  Marilyn Johnston took this picure of our booth when she stopped by to visit […]

Submitted by: Carolle Cowan | Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Soloists take part in Fiddlin’ Festival, Swan Valley Fine Arts Festival, April 12 and 13 at Temple Baptist Church.  Pictured to the left is Leo Chartrand. SVFAFA appreciates executive, committees and the many volunteer helpers that help organize successful Festivals. Mini workshops were conducted by Adjudicator […]

Pictures by ValleyBiz | Sandbagging continued this weekend in preparation for the potential flooding.  As the spring thaw continues and the river begins to break up, ditches have overflowed, covering some roads.

Submitted by: Lynn Huff | Sylvia’s Angels 3rd Annual Talent Show was held on Apr 09/11 with 22 individuals providing talent to the Swan River Valley at the Elks hall as well as broadcast on CJSB 104.5 with sound provided by Freedom Sound Inc. The event was well attended with all proceeds going to the […]

Valley Biz story | An official signing ceremony was held Thursday, April 7, 2011 at the Veterans Community Hall making it official that the Swan River Valley will be host to the 2012 Power Smart Manitoba Summer Games.  Pictured here is Swan River MLA Rosann Wowchuk  overseeing the signing of the Multi-Party Agreement by Sport Manitoba […]

Submitted by:  Donna Burghart | Thursday, March 31 | The BAM Jam Music Camp hosted an Old Time Concert featuring the 2011 camp instructors.  Pictured here are Glen Westburg, Kim deLaforest, Desmond Lagace, Alex Lamoureux, Patti Lamoureux, J.J. Guy and Daniel Koulack.  These top notch instrumentalists put on a crowd pleasing performance for the jam […]

Submitted by: Jennifer Simpson | Celebrating the Seasons with the Swan River Skating Club – an evening in pictures. Hockey Night in Canada with the Canskaters

Submitted by:  Micheline Carstairs | Swan Valley Fine Arts Festival held their Dance Festival on Thursday March 10th and Friday March 11th.        This group from the Swan School of Dance started the show off with some props (the chairs) and did a Jazz dance to the song “Swing With Me”. Logan Church, who […]

Submitted by:  Donna Burghart | Maclyn Burghart, age 10, who also skates with the Bowsman Fire Flies (Novice III level), played Oh Canada on the fiddle to open the “Star Crazy” carnival on Saturday, March 5.  A special performance by the Bowsman Fire Flies Novice I, Novice III and Proficiency groups, along with coach Alison […]

Submitted by: Shauna Klekta | The stars were shining in Minitonas on Friday evening when the Minitonas Figure Skating Club presented Skating with the Stars.  The kids did a great job showing off all of the hard work they did with this year’s instructor, Michelle Windsor. The program featured many numbers from beginners to well seasoned skaters.  […]