The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting the public of an increased risk of COVID-19 variants of concern (VOC) in multiple communities in the southwest/westcentral areas, including Outlook, Rosetown, Kindersley, Maple Creek, Swift Current, Davidson, and Moose Jaw and surrounding areas.

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Over the years, we have adopted many farm cats from several different sources. In spite of providing prime feline habitat, including a barn loft full of fresh straw bales, these cats never stuck around. That is, until Marmalade.

The joke goes like this ... “I was going to open a business renting out blow up bouncy castles, but I’ve heard that the federal government doesn’t like it when you inflate your assets.”

Kinley Hildebrandt and her mom Candis have been collecting toys for the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital for six years. “The toys are given to children who are admitted to the hospital. The toys are used to help pass the time, for therapy, and as prizes for bingo nights,” Candis explained.

The good news is we are getting a lot of vaccines in the arms of a lot of people and it is saving lives.

Field to Flask: Fundamentals of Small Batch Distilling is an arsenal of knowledge for anyone seeking to begin or perfect the art of distilling spirits.

On Thursday, April 15th, the staff at Veronica’s Sewing Supplies, located at 100 Main St., Kindersley, arranged two separate presentations of quilts throughout the day. These quilts’ origins began with a Block of the Month program, which started back in 2013.

Folks in Kerrobert and surrounding area are happy to have the added convenience of a flower shop in town now that Lori Knorr has expanded her business.

Congratulations to Joe Dirk of Dirk’s Family Pharmacy in Leader who was awarded the Patients’ Choice Award from the Pharmacy Association of Saskatchewan.

Tasha Orysiuk was the recent recipient of an award honouring her dedication and contribution to Canada’s Ukrainian Shumka Dancers in Edmonton. She is the Creative Director of the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers, the only professional Ukrainian dance company in Canada.

On April 25, 1981, the Kerrobert Kinsmen formed the K-40 and K-ette clubs. The following is a little bit of information about who and what a K-40 (for men) or K-ettes (for women) clubs are.

Leader & District Arts Council is hosting an exhibition of ten portraits painted by Madhu Kumar from Regina. The portraits will be on display at the Town of Leader Office weekdays until April 23.

In March 2020, many Eston residents might have stopped by the Prairie West Historical Society for a glimpse at a new gallery showing of Holly Wallace’s beautiful life-like art pieces.

The southern prairies see greater than 2,400 hours of sunshine annually, compared to between 1,200 and 2,000 hours in the rest of Canada. It may not seem like it at times, but the prairies typically see some sunshine about 320 days every year.

In public policy terms, it’s called “generals fighting the last war.” It’s the doomed—if entirely understandable—default tactic of using the same strategies and weapons that won previous battles in an entirely new setting against a new foe.

Between April 5th to April 11th, 2021, Kindersley RCMP responded to 43 calls for service*.

Town Council held their Regular Meeting on Monday, April 12, 2021. The following agenda items were resolved.

There’s very little in the Saskatchewan Party government’s 2021-22 budget for you not to like.

Toronto Blue Jays are going to score a ton of runs in 2021, and get huge TV ratings because of their explosive lineup, but rules of baseball insist that manager Charlie Montoyo put his team out in the field on defence for nine innings every day.