Tag Archives: Community
Local charities to benefit from Tim Hortons smile cookie campaign
The Tim Hortons smile cookie campaign gets underway across the country on Monday. Each restaurant owner chooses a charity, hospital, or program to benefit from cookie sales each year.The full $1 from ...
Sep 13, 2020
Melfort Multi-K moves to virtual event for 2020
On a typical year, hundreds of runners would be in their last week of training for the Melfort Multi-K event.With the cancellation of the 10th annual event due to the pandemic, organizer Allison Roger...
Sep 12, 2020
'I cried': Melfort mom and son take ownership of third Habitat for Humanity home
Jamie Gagnon and her son Jace moved into their Melfort house on July 1, but it still hasn't sunk in that they can call it their home.The Gagnon's house on the 400 block of Burrows Avenue W. is the thi...
Sep 11, 2020
Meals in the Fields gives back to farming community this fall
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - A North Battleford area beef producer is one of the latest winners in the Meals in the Fields contest. Connie Walker said it was a thrill to receive free Domino’s Pizza...
Sep 11, 2020
A COVID lookback during National Trucking Week
COVID-19 has done a lot to change things on the work front, with many setting up offices at home and learning how to hold virtual meetings.But for truckers, who were quickly classed as essential servi...
Sep 11, 2020
Supreme Court of Canada to hear Sask. challenge of carbon tax this month
Saskatchewan's challenge of the federal government's carbon tax is to be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada starting on Sept. 22.The country's top court issued its agenda for the month Friday and th...
Sep 11, 2020
Weeping Willow Family Tree installed on RJ's Urban Garden patio in Melfort
The Weeping Willow Family Tree is the latest sculpture to be completed by Melfort's Rob Jung in his Weeping Willow series.The tree was installed this week on the patio at RJ's Urban Garden Cafe in Mel...
Sep 11, 2020
Prairie North Coop Agro Team gain training in emergency response
STRASBOURG, Sask. - Five members of the Prairie North Coop Agro team attended emergency response training for anhydrous ammonia last week in Strasbourg. Agro Division Manager Larry Kohl told northeast...
Sep 11, 2020
Prairie North Coop Agro Team gain training in emergency response
Five members of the Prairie North Coop Agro team attended emergency response training for anhydrous ammonia last week in Strasbourg.Agro Division Manager Larry Kohl told northeastNOW it is important t...
Sep 11, 2020
Project WILD Virtual Introductory Workshop
Looking for practical tools for teaching out on the land?SaskOutdoors is hosting a fun, interactive, and practical training session aimed at introducing educators to the interdisciplinary Project WILD...
Sep 11, 2020