Blanket presentation - Parade organizer Pam Desnomie presents retiring RCMP staff Sgt. Larry Kurtenbach with a star blanket. Kurtenbach, who is leaving for a position in Regina, said he is a believer in truth and reconciliation but that it has to work both ways. (Alan Hustak/Grasslands News)

The spirit of the old west was alive and thriving in Fort Qu’Appelle on the weekend as thousands gathered for the 39th annual Treaty 4 powwow and street parade. “Some people think we are a wild west show, and there is some truth to that,” announcer Chris Scribe told the crowds that had gathered in […]

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