Red Cross Creations boosts local health campaign with $1,000 donation
A local group raising money to help buy items needed at the hospital and Rose Villa got a boost to their annual fall campaign when Red Cross Creations gave it a cheque for $1,000 last week.
Big-game disease tests free
Hunters successful in taking deer, elk, and moose in Saskatchewan’s boreal transition zone should submit the animals’ heads for free disease testing.
Town approves UFA fuel cardlock station, construction expected in April
Construction on a new fuel cardlock station on the town’s southeast edge should start in April. That’s according to a development permit that councillors approved…
Masum denies assault, trafficking charges
Mohammad Masum testified and underwent cross-examination during three days last week in a provincial court trial at the Elks hall.
Recipe of the Week: The Best Pumpkin Pie
Place butter and shortening on a freezer-safe plate and freeze for at least 30 minutes, until firm, or for up to one day. Combine flour, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
Quotation and Meditation: Integrity Without Knowledge
“Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”
Orange Memories Musings: Thanksgiving Dinner
Greetings, friends. If this news column looks new to you — it is. It’s new to the residents of Orange Memories, too! This will be a monthly submission to let readers know…
TeleMiracle 50 to feature expanded show and all-star cast
The Kinsmen Foundation has announced the cast and new details for the 50th edition of TeleMiracle, which will air live beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026…
JUST A GAL FROM GLIDDEN: Honouring those who gave everything
For 16 years, I’ve had the privilege of curating a special edition dedicated to Canadians who served our country—past and present—especially those who paid the ultimate price.
Fantasy and reality collide in Victoria Koops’ debut novel
SWIFT CURRENT - Victoria Koops’ debut novel, Who We Are in Real Life (Groundwood Books, 2024), won the 2025 Saskatchewan Book Award for Young Adult Literature…
GROWING THROUGH GRIEF: Loving yourself through the tough times
There are times when I would rather be miserable. It’s like sometimes misery just feels right. lol! Yup I just wrote that.
Penton: So close, but no Series’ title, for Blue Jays
If this year's World Series could be narrowed down to a simple ‘Who killed the Toronto Blue Jays?’, let’s get right to the point and play a sports version of Clue.
REMEMBERING WHEN: The revenge of the vending machines
Even though we’ve all used them at one time or another, vending machines are the “Rodney Dangerfield” of the machine world — they get no respect.
Pop 89: Perfectly Natural Crap
I was on my way to lay some flowers on the graves of Val Marie’s ancestors last Sunday evening when out of the corner came a flashing light. And then, another.
Check It Out: Remembering a Canadian actor who served in WWII
There’s an old joke that claims it was disappointing to discover a universal remote control didn’t control the entire universe.
From Peacekeeping to NATO: A Family Tradition of Service
“Like father, like son,” the saying goes. But so far, that hasn’t meant also being in an accident with a chicken truck in Egypt, nor dodging polar bears. Still, serving in the military can be a family tradition.
Clifford R. MacDonald remembered for wartime service
Clifford R. MacDonald served five years in the Second World War with the 67th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, which was mobilized in Rosetown.
Rosetown cenotaph in the 1950s
The Rosetown cenotaph decorated with poppy wreaths and crosses on Remembrance Day in the 1950s.