Crime stats drop in Fort from COVID
The overall crime rate in Fort Qu’Appelle was down by about 20 percent last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But traffic offenses in...
Fort San split over new addictions centre
The Resort Village of Fort San has tabled an application until March that would have allowed the old Prairie Christian Training Centre to be...
Houston’s marks 25-years feeding Fort Qu’Appelle
A teenager’s venture has survived even a pandemic
Darwin Scrimbit was 18 years old and playing guitar with a band called the Want Ads in...
KOTYLAK – Orest Isaac
We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 at the age of...
Rexentre to close due to fiscal strain
Facility losing about $20,000 a month due to pandemic
The Rexentre in Fort Qu’Appelle will close for the season next week, about six weeks ahead...
Fire strikes family four times in just six weeks
Two other area families also lose homes in separate fires in mid-January.
Bad luck seems to have come in threes for an Ituna family who...
Power outage forces families to hunker-down
“I’m such a city boy. I thought a lot about the pioneers during the black-out and how they had to rough it in their...
RIPPERT – Konrad Jr.
It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of Kon Rippert – beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, mentor...
Communities in Bloom has optimistic goals for beautifying Fort Qu’Appelle
It was -10C on a bright January morning, but Marie Bill, the live-wire behind Communities in Bloom in Fort Qu’Appelle, already had thoughts of...
HERSHMILLER – Donald
It’s with heavy hearts that his family announce his sudden passing at the Balcarres Integrated Care Center where he lived. Don was born to...
Provincial News
Bill passed to provide farmers relief from Carbon Tax
Today, the House of Commons passed at second reading a Conservative bill that would exempt farmers from paying the Liberal Carbon Tax on natural...
