Fire Prevention Week: Meet Your Firefighters!
Meet the firefighters in the West Central region. It’s Fire Prevention Week 2025! Meet the people who are part of the fire departments and fire brigades in our West Central Saskatchewan region.
5 tips for safe home heating
As winter sets in, you must use various heating appliances to stay warm. However, with heat comes the risk of fire. Follow these five tips to keep yourself and your loved ones safe…
How to prevent fires caused by cigarettes and e-cigarettes
Every year, cigarettes that aren’t properly extinguished and issues with ecigarettes lead to numerous preventable fires. You can avoid these incidents by following some simple preventive measures.
House fires: are you aware of the dangers of electricity?
Fire Prevention Week runs from October 5 to 11, 2025. This year highlights the importance of electrical safety in the home. Did you know that half of all residential fires are caused by human error?
Fields nearly cleared as drought hits west-central Sask
Continuing hot, dry conditions allowed west-central Saskatchewan farmers “to make impressive harvest progress” during the week ending on Sept. 29.
Mid Plains celebrates 35th anniversary, expands services
Mid Plains Diesel celebrated its 35th anniversary by hosting a Customer Appreciation Lunch at its shop in Kindersley on Thursday, Oct. 2.
Soaring into National Newspaper Week
The Rosetown Eagle has a new owner. Kate Winquist, of Your Southwest Media Group, has taken the helm. She also publishes papers in Kindersley, Kerrobert, and Oyen…
Judge set to deliver verdict in Rosetown man’s Christmas Eve confrontation
A judge is to give his verdict today (Tuesday) in Kindersley in a trial involving Derek Skene, 49, of Rosetown.
JUST A GAL FROM GLIDDEN: Ink-stained and hooked: Confessions of a newspaper addict
Some people collect figurines. Others cram their basements with antiques or hockey cards. Me? I collect newspapers. And not in the “line the cupboard shelves with them” way.
Penton: NHL’s hot topics waiting for answers
Fringe players in the National Hockey League will have special reason to enjoy the 2025-26 season, which gets under way this week, thanks to a nearly three-week break…
Join author Naomi Hansen for recipes and stories at Write Out Loud
SWIFT CURRENT – Write Out Loud invites the public to an evening of food and stories on Wednesday, Oct. 15, when author Naomi Hansen presents her book Only in Saskatchewan.
Growing Through Grief: Curiosity
I lost my husband to colon cancer. We were married for 35 years. What can one say when your whole world has been turned upside down? Not a lot.
Pop 89: Take and Re-Read
I’ve known for quite some time now that I own far too many books, and I will never be able to read them all before my time is up.
Check It Out: It’s very rare, but you’re hearing it now
Rare occurrences are described in many ways: “once in a blue moon,” “don’t hold your breath,” “like finding a needle in a haystack,” and “when pigs fly” are just a few examples.
Letter to the Editor: Impressive!
A huge compliment to everyone who had anything to do with raising the $86,000 in the Dakota Buttar evening to raise money to buy a new anaesthetic apparatus for the Kindersley Hospital!
Book: Dentists Are No Big Deal
Dentists Are No Big Deal is the newest title in Ashley Vercammen’s No Big Deal children’s series, co-written with Viceroy author Debbie Kesslering.
RCMP reports highlight theft, fires, and traffic incidents in Unity, Wilkie, and Macklin
The Unity RCMP detachment responded to a variety of incidents last week, including vehicle thefts, fires, and traffic complaints.
ROSETOWN / KYLE RCMP: Mischief, traffic and well-being checks keep officers on the move
From vehicle mischief to child custody disputes, Rosetown and Kyle RCMP had a busy week responding to a range of incidents across the region.