Kindersley’s first luxury hotel
By Joan Janzen
December 1st, 1984 marked the date of the grand opening of Kindersley Inn, which was described as a “luxury hotel”. According to an article published a November issue of The Kindersley Clarion, the project was accomplished by seven local people.
At the time the hotel was among the community’s largest employers, with 70-80 people employed full-time and part-time. Expectations were that the number of employees would eventually climb to 120. Eighty percent of the employees were hired locally, and a chef was one employee who was hired from a larger centre.
Local investors in the hotel at that time included Martin Longtin, Garnet Hannon, Larry McGrath, Gord Benjaminson, Ron St. John, Jack Clark and Leonard Dahl.