Kindersley council voices concern about dog attacks
By Stu Salkeld
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Your West Central Voice
KINDERSLEY – The Town of Kindersley council voiced concern about two recent dog attacks in the area. The topic was discussed at the beginning of the public portion of the Sept. 14 regular meeting.
After the public portion was opened at 7 p.m., Mayor Ken Francis stated council wanted to discuss two recent dog attacks in the region, the first being a serious attack by two dogs against farm animals in the R.M. of Kindersley. Francis noted this attack wasn't inside town, but was on the fringe.
The Sept. 14, 2026, regular meeting of Town of Kindersley council via YouTube. Screenshot
Francis related that the attacks on the farm animals, two horses specifically, were being investigated by the RCMP and since they didn't occur in town, there was little the town could do about it.
The second incident that Francis mentioned involved a dog attack inside the Town of Kindersley that involved one dog attacking and killing another dog. The mayor stated the owner of the offending dog had that animal put down.
Francis stated that town council was aware the community is concerned about incidents like these, everyone wants safety first and that the Town of Kindersley takes these concerns seriously. Francis noted the town placed an official statement about these incidents on the municipal website for the public to read.
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Marty Baroni presented to councillors the accounts receivable for the dates Aug. 21 to Sept. 10; the CAO noted that there was a discrepancy in the report.
Baroni stated that E.K. Water Administration Board was listed on the accounts as having a prepaid expenses amount of $382,291.78 but it was noted an overpayment was missed in the audit.
Hence, the E.K. amount was updated to $42,000.
Councillors also discussed the amount of $4,929.75 listed as "admin-tax collection costs" to Little Valley Towing. Staff noted part of this stemmed from cleanup costs linked to a nuisance property order while the rest of the costs involved the towing of a vehicle to Saskatoon for repair at a dealership. Councillors unanimously accepted the accounts as amended.
Included in the council package were the minutes of the Aug. 20 Chamber of Commerce board meeting; in the minutes it was noted Chamber staff were seeking to have representatives of Wiegers Financial and Benefits either come to Kindersley to provide a presentation on employee benefit packages or an online presentation.
The minutes of the Aug. 11 Kindersley and District Plains Museum were also included; under the "Thrashing Committee" heading it was noted there would be no steam engine at the harvest event this year.
Submitted for council was an August report from the Kindersley RCMP detachment. In the report was listed all of the calls responded to that month by the local RCMP, with the report noting police investigated 13 instances of court-ordered conditions violated, 13 Mental Health Act calls and five traffic collisions, among many others.