Tag Archives: Community

Watrous residents looking for answers after parked semi trucks cause safety issues along Highway 2
Watrous is a thriving economic centre based upon agriculture, tourism, mining and industry, but that hustle has brought with it an unwelcome consequence. In recent years, more semi-trucks have been pa...
Jul 10, 2024

Who Are These Guys?
"The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of Pattison Media and this site." I think looking back at last that seeing the Rid...
Jul 10, 2024

Lifesaving Society urges caution after recent deaths on Sask. lakes
For the third time in less than a week, a life has been lost on a Saskatchewan lake.Most recently, a 61-year-old boater from Buffalo Narrows was found deceased after he went missing on Friday. Police ...
Jul 09, 2024

Poundmaker Powwow
The Poundmaker Powwow '24 will be July 9 - 11. See the poster for full information.
Jul 08, 2024

Sask. Highway Patrol Encourages Safe Driving Habits Through Operation Safe Driver Week
Operation Safe Driver Week is July 7-13, 2024, and the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol (SHP) is asking everyone to follow safe driving habits to help improve the safety of our roadways. Acknowledged annua...
Jul 08, 2024

Living history: grand opening of overnight experience at Doukhobor Dugout House offers visitors insight into ancestor's lives
Against the backdrop of the serenity that only a summer's bucolic environment can offer, the great-great-grandson of a man killed in a train explosion 100 years ago took to the podium to speak of peac...
Jul 07, 2024

Historic Moment: FDFN and Meadow Lake to co-host 2026 Saskatchewan Winter Games
An historic announcement was made in Flying Dust First Nation earlier Thursday. For the first time, a First Nation and a city will be joining forces to host the 2026 Saskatchewan Winter Games. "I thin...
Jul 05, 2024
90-year-old Sask. baseball historian makes Toronto Blue Jays wish
Jane Shury makes the drive to the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum five days a week.She parks her vehicle, unlocks the front door, and steps inside the bright green building that is home ...
Jul 05, 2024

Cumberland House Celebrates 250 Years
Cumberland House is celebrating 250 historic years on August 11-13.It is the oldest community in Saskatchewan, 116 years older, and 93 years older than Canada. We are situated in the heart of the Sask...
Jul 04, 2024

Minimum Wage Set to Increase October 1
On October 1, 2024, the minimum wage in Saskatchewan will increase to $15 an hour.In 2022 the Government of Saskatchewan indicated it would make incremental increases to minimum wage over a two year p...
Jul 04, 2024