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The most Canadian column I’ve ever written

This may in fact be the most Canadian column I have ever written. On July 1 our great nation will celebrate its 148th birthday. And...

No PST on feminine hygiene products starting July 1

The Government of Saskatchewan is removing the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) from feminine hygiene products, effective July 1, 2015. This follows the federal government’s recently-announced...

June 19, 2015

Inside this issue: - Play school shutting doors after 30 years - $125,000 given to Ochapowace for summer games - Youth from fire moved to Regina burn...

SIGA presents Ochap with $125,000 for summer games

The 2015 First Nation Summer Games that will be hosted by the Ochapowace Nation this August received a huge financial boost this week when...

Seven teams entered to play this Saturday

Seven teams and more than 60 ball players will be in Whitewood’s Larson Park this weekend to take part in a men’s fastball...

What to do when you have the extra time

Have you ever felt like there are some days that are longer than others? Well, on June 30 at 23:59 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),...

Fatal rollover on Highway 47

On June 18th at approximately 10:10 A.M., members from the Melville RCMP Detachment, along with Melville Fire Protection Services and EMS, attended to a...

June 12, 2015

Inside this issue: - Ochapowace looking for 1,500 volunteers for summer games - Emergency services not provided at health centre - Concert in the park music to...

Ochapowace looking for 1,500 volunteers for summer games

This August more than 5,000 athletes, coaches, officials and spectators will converge on the Ochapowace First Nation north of Whitewood to take part in...

Tough decisions are never easy to make

My father once told me that in the business of newspapers, if you don’t piss everyone off at least once during your lifetime, then...

Provincial News

SIRT investigates in-custody death near Kipling

On July 6, 2026, at 4:20 p.m., Broadview/Moosomin RCMP received a report of an impaired driver in the ditch of Grid Road 709 near...

2026 Grad Edition