Remember When: Rosetown Co-op Shopping Centre
This photo was taken during the grand re-opening of the Rosetown Co-op Shopping Centre in June 1999 after renovations were finished to the main level…
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Herschel Retreat House
Herschel Retreat House. By Stan Hingston, August 2017
Remember When: Spring runoff in 1974
Spring has (hopefully) sprung in the Rosetown area, bringing with it plenty of puddles around town. In this photo, spring runoff pools in the drainage ditch at the north end of Young Street…
Train plunge marks dramatic moment in Saskatoon history
On March 4, 1912, one of Saskatoon’s railway bridges collapsed while a train was crossing it. The Canadian Northern Railway bridge gave way beneath the CNR sleeper “Kipling,”…
Photo of the Week: Eagle Creek Valley
Eagle Creek Valley from East of Twin Towers. Photo by Stan Hingston, September 20, 2025.
Remember When: Twin Towers Ski Area
Gary Blanke (right) tracks the time for this skier and others during a timed race at the 25th anniversary celebrations of Twin Towers Ski Area in January 1999.
Remember When: Rosetown skating and curling rink in 1916
This photo of the Rosetown skating and curling rink was taken in the Spring of 1916, hence the flooding. Stewart School and Colwell House are visible in the background.
Remember When: Unknown Duck Hunters
Two unknown men and a hunting dog (a very good one, by the looks of it) sit on the ground on a grassy hillside in front of an antique car covered in ducks they successfully hunted, circa 1920.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Admiral’s Abandoned House of Worship
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Remember When: Williams Hardware
A small local tailor and shoe repair shop, Williams Hardware (originally the Torry Livery Barn) was located at 111 First Avenue West, the current site of the Rosetown & District Primary Care Centre.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Bunge Terminal
Bunge Terminal, east of Rosetown. Taken in the Fall of 2025.
SNOWLESS MAIN STREET
Warm weather last week melted the snow around the 300 block of Main Street on Friday afternoon. Forecasters predicted that daily high temperatures would hover just above freezing this week.
PUDDLE PLAY!
Livia (L) and Sena Pearce enjoyed playing on the ice and in the water on top of it as mother Danielle watched, in the 500 block of Main Street on Friday afternoon.
Remember When: John Deere sulky plow
Four women perched on a John Deere sulky plow in the 1910s. This photo is believed to have been taken behind C.E. Conlin’s shop on the 100 block of Main Street in Rosetown.
Photo of the Week: Bison Rubbing Stone
Bison Rubbing Stone, Coal Mine Ravine near Hershel, SK. Photo by Stan Hingston, 16 August 2025.
SLIP SLIDING AWAY!
Highway #7 was a skating rink on Saturday morning after freezing rain hit the area late Friday night. The photo was taken near the Anglia Road curve at McGee between Rosetown and Kindersley.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Old Red
Enjoy this old red tractor, sitting alone on the edge of a field.
Photo of the Week: Old Bones, New Wind
Enjoy the contrast of the old bones of a building with new wind turbines in the background.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Sparrows perch in a tree in the 500 block of Main Street on Friday afternoon as the temperature rose to minus 28.