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As a telegraph operator on the CNR over the years, some of our night shifts left us alone and sometimes strange things happened. I recall working at a block office (Chappell)…
As another school year begins, we'll take a look at two of the many country schools standing as heritage sites on the prairie landscape.
A caboose is something we rarely see attached to the back end of a train. In my days of railroading, from the 1940s until the mid-1980s, they were very necessary.
Congratulations were extended to four Ursuline Sisters of Prelate who celebrated milestone anniversaries on August 15th. Sister Rose Anne Engel celebrated 75 years…
Roughrider’s first Labour Day Classic. The first Labour Day Classic took place in 1949. Saskatchewan Roughriders Pat Santucci, Dean Bandiera, Roy Wright, Johnny Bell…
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…
It's road construction season on the prairies, with signs posted and traffic slowing down as the work continues. However today's road construction can't compare to road construction that took place in the early 1900s.
Two farmers harvest grain in 1937 using a McCormick-Deering W-30 tractor pulling a McCormick-Deering 31-T pull-type combine equipped with a pickup attachment.
A fascinating 1947 aerial postcard offers a glimpse of Kindersley during its railway heyday, when the Canadian National Railway station was the heart of the community.
Harvest looked much different in 1947, as this photograph from the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan illustrates.A Massey-Harris combine unloads grain into a grain truck…
When times were tough during the Dirty Thirties, many farmers removed the engines from their automobiles and replaced them with the most reliable source of power they had: a horse.
The RCMP Musical Ride visited Eston more than 30 years ago, in the summer of 1994. Every four years, it travels to each province, raising funds for local charities and non-profit groups.
Regina's Royal Canadian Legion Branch 001 is marking the RCL's 100th anniversary by taking more than 2,000 pieces of Saskatchewan military history online.
Kindersley's July 1 celebrations have been bringing the community together for generations, and photographs preserved through the years offer a glimpse into how local businesses…
A document issued by the Saskatchewan Government Motor License Division in 1939 offered motorists a list of "Good Safety Rules to Observe."
This graduation memory is from 1967. My oldest sister, Blanche, was graduating from St. Angela's Academy in Prelate, while I was just beginning my school years in Liebenthal.
The Kerrobert Legion Branch No. 88 celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Legion on June 16 with an afternoon of community activities…
CLAYDON—This photo is sure to bring back memories for anyone who remembers baling hay the old-fashioned way in Saskatchewan.
A routine day in the field turned into a frightening ordeal for a southwest Saskatchewan farmer when his tractor suddenly dropped into a sinkhole…
This month high schools are celebrating their graduates who are stepping into the next phase of their lives and looking at their career options.
A remarkable family milestone was captured in this 1929 photograph from the Waldheim area, where three Friesen brothers married three Janzen sisters in a triple wedding ceremony.
KINDERSLEY—Christa Breitkreutz-Erker was born in November, 1938 in West Germany, a year before WWII began. "You realize how God provided and it's not just luck," she said…
In 1951 Coleville was a hamlet with a population of 80 people. That all changed when oil was discovered nearby and the population grew to 430 by 1954 and Coleville became a village.
Shortly after a photo of this vintage telephone was posted, comments poured in describing how it worked. It was reported to be a 300 series manual wall phone…
This $10 bill from the Bank of Saskatchewan is extremely rare. In 1913 the Bank of Saskatchewan was a proposed commercial bank based out of Moose Jaw that failed before it ever began…
Back in the day not many people used valuable film to photograph an outhouse. However, this lopsided structure was captured on film in the 1940s.
After seeing last week's photo of the roundhouse from the steam era in Kindersley, Laura Wyman submitted a photo of this drill press, which is in storage at the Wyman farm.
Former Kindersley resident Ron Lamont recalled the town's roundhouse was a very busy place when he came to Kindersley in 1949. The roundhouse had at least nine stalls.
Newspaper archives from 1982 revealed a local resident's blast from the past. As a hot air balloon pilot, Kindersley resident Laura Wyman was familiar with the loud hot blast of flame…
