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During the late 1950s, the work began to replace the two aging public schools in Rosetown at the time: the Smith and Stewart Schools.
As we head into the graduation season, I want to share some of our school photos, of which we have plenty. In this photo, an unidentified teacher and nine students…
Photo by KERRI REDEKOP. Sponsored by Hidden Valley Farms – Rosetown Old Fashioned Bakehouse – “From dough to delight, every bite is a sweet moment.”
This photo of Rosetown, viewed from the southwest, was taken ca. 1958 and looks like it’s a photo of a completely different place!
Oscar Dolot (L) and Arvi Balatinsayo reach for the loose basketball during a pickup game at the tennis courts on Wednesday night.
Rosetown Angels 13U Cledgett baserunners Xavier Cadieux, background, and Graeden Craig, right, sprint up the lines during action against the Kindersley Royals last Wednesday in Kindersley.
A vignette from the Harris Ruby Rush Days plays out inside the rink due to poor weather in 1999. This scene takes place at the Commercial Hotel (now the Harris Hotel)…
A prehistoric being greeted people turning from Ridpath Road onto Sixth Street East early last week. It had melted before a lighter wave of snow began falling on Thursday evening.
Early Rosetown resident Linus Kunkel (right) and his brother-in-law George Long stand with their shotguns and their haul of geese and other fowl, hung up on racks, in either 1937 or 1938.
In July of 2000, Rosetown held a huge Homecoming celebration. There were sidewalk sales, a parade with live bands, pancake breakfast, dances, fireworks, plays…
"HORNED OWL” BY KERRI REDEKOP. SPONSORED BY PRAIRIELAND WINDOW COVERINGS “SHADE YOUR WORLD”.
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…
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…
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,”…
Eagle Creek Valley from East of Twin Towers. Photo by Stan Hingston, September 20, 2025.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Bison Rubbing Stone, Coal Mine Ravine near Hershel, SK. Photo by Stan Hingston, 16 August 2025.
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.
