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.
Just A Gal From Glidden: Twelve albums for a penny, and what could possibly go wrong?
Apparently, Columbia House is finally calling it quits. My first thought when I heard the news was, Columbia House is still around?
Pop 89: Under the protection of Mary
Most Franco-Saskatchewan villages began as Catholic parishes, my village, Val Marie, being one of them. Fr. Claude Passaplan was the first French missionary in this parched land…
Check It Out: Taxpayers foot the bill for unnecessary government travel
Here's a riddle for English teachers heading back to school. Q: How do you console a sad English teacher? A: "Their, there, they're!" As the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) continues…
Sunny Side Up: Journal your journey—it will teach you
Sometimes, when I sit to write, I have no clue what’s coming. I’ve done this weekly for a quarter of a century; you’d think words would come as naturally as scratching an itch.
Klippers win B Side as Drifters take A Side at 39th Oldtimers championship
The 39th annual Western Canadian Oldtimers Baseball Championship was held July 17, 18 and 19 at Berard Field, sponsored by the Red Lion Inn Liquor Store and Bar…
Capturing a rainbow!
Joan Wagner was excited to capture this photo taken at her farm near Liebenthal. She said she hasn’t seen a complete rainbow in years.
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…
Young sculptors display their talent
Six young sculptors had the opportunity to display their talent at the Luseland Library's fourth art class of the summer on Thursday afternoon.
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.
Team Saskatchewan brings home more than medals from national Summer Games
Team Saskatchewan wrapped up five days of competition at the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Medicine Hat on Saturday…
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.
Gloria Lowe reminisces about growing up at Loverna
Gloria Lowe will soon be celebrating her 96th birthday at her home at Caleb Village in Kindersley. Gloria (Warrington) Lowe was born in Loverna on August 20, 1930…
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.