STARS air ambulance only in operation for private profit
Dear Editor:
As reported in the Southwest Booster of Oct. 11, 2012 (Swift Current), the Cypress Regional hospital will be building a landing pad to...
Council needs to have vision to grow a community
Dear Editor:
I see in recent issues of The Herald the opinions of various people about the change needed or not needed in Whitewood. My...
New council has their work cut out for it
If there was ever a clear message delivered by the people of Whitewood, the one they gave last week was about as unmistakably clear...
Sawchuk, Jean
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Jenny Evelyn ‘Jean’ was the youngest child of Johan Alfred Franson and Pernilla Erika Anderson. When she was three months...
Arena to have busy year despite loss of Jets team
The Whitewood Community Centre is looking like it will be a busy place this winter, despite the loss of the Pipestone Valley Jets team,...
Voters opt for a change to council
In what was likely one of the highest voter turnouts in recent town history, Whitewood residents sent a clear message in the October 24...
Wrong way driver hits semi head on
A teenage driver was lucky to escape with his life after driving the wrong way down the Trans-Canada Highway and slamming head on into...
Morley Watson loses bid to become Chief of FSIN
Ochapowace First Nation member Morley Watson lost his bid to become official chief of the Federated Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN). Watson had been serving...
Town cuts ribbon for new water plant
The official opening to Whitewood’s Water Treatment Plant took place last week, two years after the facility was first put into operation.
An October 22...
Conservative changes punish the poor on E.I.
Dear Editor:
Last spring when the Conservative government announced changes to a program that allows people to work part-time while they are receiving Employment Insurance...
Provincial News
Missing stop signs returned after Whitewood issues public alert
A large-scale stop sign theft that left numerous Whitewood intersections without traffic controls Wednesday morning appears to have been short-lived after the missing signs...
