Kamsack Times

Of the five Kamsack Comprehensive Institute students who placed in the top 10 of their categories at the district cross-country competition on October 6, one qualified to advance to the provincial meet.

Members of the Canora Golf and Country Club were excited to plan a new tournament and clinic to introduce youth in the area to the sport of golfing.

Last month while on holiday in Scotland, a Norquay woman received a surprise marriage proposal at a location that is very special to her fiancé.

Teams of three youngsters each took turns getting to a wild pony in order to allow one onto its back, while another holds a tether restraining the animal in the wild pony rides that were an extra feature at the Kamsack indoor rodeo.

The Town of Kamsack was awarded “four Blooms” in the 2016 Saskatchewan Communities in Bloom competition. Entered in the category for communities with a population from 1,001 to 2,000, Kamsack, along with Shaunavon received four Blooms.

This outreach centre, where people suffering sickness can have a safe environment for counselling and healing, is a good start, Chief George Cote of Cote First Nation said October 3 during the ceremony held to mark the centre’s official opening.

Students of the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute began their month-long fundraiser on the weekend, selling magazine subscriptions to support student activities.

After spending 10 days in Europe performing and meeting with industry mavens, a former Kamsack resident thinks the experience will be good for his band.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter concerning the recent comments Premier Brad Wall has made and the actions of the Saskatchewan Environment Minister was sent on October 4 to Wall and the writer asks that it be included in the Times’ Letters to the

Saskatchewan suffers cold winters, and having protection from that cold is the purpose for a fundraiser announced by the Salvation Army in a recent release.