Kindersley & District Co-op is pleased to announce that all of our Cardlock locations have now been upgraded to offer more flexible payment options, making it easier than ever for customers to fuel up when and where they need to.
I spent a few days on "holidays" over the past couple of weeks. I put the word in quotes because, as a business owner with pretty severe ADHD, I can't ever seem to sit still.
While for many of us July 14 marks Bastille Day, the national holiday of France and the 1789 storming of the Bastille, a pivotal event in the French Revolution…
A panhandler approached a guy on the street and said, "Can I ask you a question?" The man responded, "You just did." It was the end of the conversation.
I happened on a child’s secret summer place one day. At the end of the lane where I walked, a small grove of small trees grew almost in a circle. Their limbs met overhead, forming a leafy umbrella.
Life can be a tricky space sometimes. A loss knocks us off balance and can put us in a place where safety and trust don’t come easily.
Since the start of the year, we’ve published 116 newspapers and 29 editions of The Weekly Bean. That's a lot of pages, a lot of deadlines and a lot of coffee.
I was awakened again this morning at 3:30 am. And, again, the words sprang to my lips: "Blessed are the birdies." An echo of the words attributed to Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount…
Someone who grew up in a large family once said getting a turn in the bathroom required a schedule more complicated than an airport departure.
Earlier this week, I received a press release from the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame announcing that Earl Berard had been named its new president.
A little while ago, I was channel surfing and happened upon the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, the quintessential yearly competition for purebred dogs in North America.
If you played a game of word association, you may respond to the word "addiction" with drugs, alcohol or pornography. However, there is a much more prevalent addiction…
I don't know about you, but I'm definitely not feeling 22. My middle child, Kalen, turned 22 on Saturday. Born on the Fourth of July, he has always had fireworks for a birthday.
Over the past few years, as I have immersed myself in understanding grief as a process, I've discovered several perspectives on it.
Do you know why mummies don’t go on summer vacation? They’re afraid to relax and unwind. It’s a silly joke; however, a doctor noted it might be the reason why so many people are struggling…
Happy Canada Day! Grab a burger and celebrate. Canada is known for our beef. We feed over 3 million cattle each year and produce over 3 billion pounds of beef every year.
Six years ago this July, Your West Central Voice rolled off the press for the first time. I was living in a furnished condo with our youngest child. The newspaper was running out of a tiny 10-by-10-foot office.
Winston Churchill once said, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." He experienced what we are now witnessing in our own country.
One early summer evening when I was very young, I accompanied my father on a trip to a local marina to drop off his chainsaw for repair.
I'm reminiscing about graduation this week, and a remarkable coincidence was recently brought to my attention by one of our subscribers.
My parody of the opening lines of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnet reads, “How does the government love taxpayers? Let us count the ways.”
