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.

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…

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.

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?

Continuing hot, dry conditions allowed west-central Saskatchewan farmers “to make impressive harvest progress” during the week ending on Sept. 29.

Mid Plains Diesel celebrated its 35th anniversary by hosting a Customer Appreciation Lunch at its shop in Kindersley on Thursday, Oct. 2.

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…

A judge is to give his verdict today (Tuesday) in Kindersley in a trial involving Derek Skene, 49, of Rosetown.

Enjoy this week’s editorial cartoon.

Enjoy this week’s comic strips and have a laugh!

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

The Unity RCMP detachment responded to a variety of incidents last week, including vehicle thefts, fires, and traffic complaints.

From vehicle mischief to child custody disputes, Rosetown and Kyle RCMP had a busy week responding to a range of incidents across the region.