A simple welcome means a lot to newcomers
As a Welcome Wagon representative, Mariska Van Loggerenberg has firsthand experience of what it is like to arrive in a new country where everyone and everything is unknown.
Kindersley Fire Department joins national battery safety push
The Kindersley Fire Department is partnering with Call2Recycle, Canada's leading battery collection and recycling organization, to raise awareness about battery safety…
Fleeing driver, garage break-in among weekly RCMP files
Officers with the Unity, Wilkie and Macklin RCMP detachments responded to a range of complaints between Aug. 11 and 17.
Everything has its time
ESTON —In the mid-90s, as publisher of the former Eston Press, I spent a lot of time watching elevator demolitions at area points between Lacadena and Snipe Lake.
Denzil Community Days: Keeping Our Community Alive
Denzil Community Days ran Saturday and Sunday, August 8 and 9. Floats gathered at the elevator and rolled through town on Sunday morning including Denzil Mayor Larry Reiniger…
Prominent landmark disappears from Eston's horizon
A prominent landmark has disappeared from the town of Eston's horizon. Demolition of the Eston elevator took place early Thursday morning, August 13.
Hanging out with her peeps
Not every little girl in southwestern Saskatchewan is able to spend the summer months hanging out with 100 peeps in her own backyard.
Surviving a whirlwind year after losing her home in a wildfire
LEADER – Meri-Jo Friesen-Rowe has a heart filled with compassion for communities ravaged by wildfires. It brings back memories of losing her own home in the Denare Beach wildfire…
R.M. of Mariposa council discusses road restriction
KERROBERT – The R.M. of Mariposa council discussed a road restriction that was recently placed. The discussion was held at their Aug. 12 regular council meeting.
Mariska knows firsthand a simple welcome means a lot to newcomers
As a Welcome Wagon representative, Mariska Van Loggerenberg has firsthand experience of what it is like to arrive in a new country where everyone and everything is unknown.
Restaurant operators found guilty of human trafficking
Two restaurant operators are to be sentenced in October after Judge Miguel Martinez found them guilty of human trafficking.
Cemetery project preserves rural history
LIEBENTHAL – Many of our rural cemeteries are maintained thanks to dedicated volunteers who live nearby. The Liebenthal Sacred Heart Parish looks after the Liebenthal Cemetery…
Threats charges laid in Unity and Wilkie in early August
Unity, Wilkie and Macklin RCMP detachments have released their report for the week of Aug. 4 to 10, 2026.
Delicious lunch served at Kerrobert Market Day
It was market day at Kerrobert on Thursday, August 6th when the seniors served a delicious perogy and sausage lunch for their customers.
Young Burrowing Owl takes flight
A young Burrowing Owl takes flight over Saskatchewan grasslands. From mid-July through August, fledgling owls are learning to fly and hunt, often foraging near roads where insects and rodents gather.
Carol Peters receives Eatonia's achievement award
The Eatonia Heritage Board honoured this year's recipient of the Senior Citizen Achievement Award at a recent summer celebration.
Subscribers turn refunds into community support
Kate Winquist, left, publisher of Your Southwest Media Group, presents a cheque for $2,340 to Viv Kalmer, administrator of the Kindersley & District Health & Wellness Foundation Inc., on Aug. 7.
Town of Burstall's dog park very close to opening
BURSTALL —Dogs in the Town of Burstall very soon will have something to wag their tails about. Oh, and their owners may be happy too.
He courted her with a song: Fran Paul recalls a Meadow Lake childhood with nine siblings
Summertime and sunshine bring back fond memories of when life was lived with family. Like many people from the Baby Boomer era, Fran Paul grew up in a family of ten children.
Krista Finley Education Award
The Kindersley & District Health & Wellness Foundation recently awarded Krista Finley a $1,000 Continuing Education Award and the $1,000 Rod Perkins Memorial Scholarship.