Riverview Community Centre’s Blog
Welcome to RVCC’s blog page! Here you’ll find the latest news and notes from around the neighbourhood and beyond.
This blog 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 a note at gm@riverviewcc.ca.
We’d love to hear from you!
RVCC Update for Week of May 25
As the Province of Manitoba announced one Wednesday May 27 that Phase 2 of their Restoring Safe Services Plan is set to start on Monday, June 1, here are some updates and feedback about what that means for the Riverview Community Centre Though the Restoring Safe...
RVCC Update for Week of May 18
As the Province of Manitoba continues to ease some restrictions, here are some updates about what’s happening here at the RVCC: Though the province is increasing the limit on indoor gathering group size to 25 starting Friday May 22, the RVCC remains closed to the...
Scavenger Hunts Take Over Riverview
Some of you may have noticed some strange things popping up on sign posts, light posts, trees and in windows around the neighbourhood lately. That is thanks to a few scavenger hunts that have been organized by some friendly residents looking to keep our neighbours...
Mural of Hope Pops Up in Riverview
While out walking the neighbourhood, some of you may have noticed a new mural that's popped up by the club here. The 30 foot graffiti piece has turned many heads - including ours - so we thought we'd reach out to the artist, Pat Lazo, (distantly social of course) to...
Riverview CC Update Week of May 4
Beautiful image captioned by Lisa Bayliss Here's Your Weekly Update About the RVCC With the Province of Manitoba starting to ease some restrictions, we thought it would be a good time to provide some updates about what's happening here at the RVCC: The RVCC remains...
Churchill Drive to Become Active Transportation Route
As some of you may have heard already, Churchill Drive is set to become an active transportation route on May 5. The route will be in effect from where Churchill Drive meets Jubilee all the way to Hay St at Churchill High/College Churchill. It is a temporary route and...
The Riverview Community Centre Enters the Blogosphere!
As many of you view the RVCC’s main function as a place to bring the community together, it’s been difficult to conceptualize how to play that role when physical distancing measures are in place. It’s been over a month since the RVCC closed its doors to the public...
Ways to Encourage Independent Reading and Writing at Home
Many of the ideas below came from lists provided by Gail Boushey, co-author of the book The Daily 5. This book and the website associated with it are directed more at teachers than parents, however there is still a lot of very useful information in them for parents,...
RVCC Closure as of March 16, 2020
Dear Riverview & South Osborne Community, We hope that this note finds you all safe and healthy in this uncertain time. Saturday morning, the City of Winnipeg issued a statement that all City owned & operated facilities are to close indefinitely as of March...
The Importance of Growing Meadows in Riverview
I think most Riverview residents would agree that we live in the best neighbourhood in Winnipeg. It has interesting and diverse homes. It is close to shops, restaurants and services, schools, bus routes, extensive park land and it has easy access to downtown. Being a...
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