Kamsack Times

By William Koreluik Returning home after visiting in Montreal over the Christmas holiday, I had to spend a few hours in the Toronto airport waiting for a connecting flight and was impressed with a phrase that was prominently featured on a wall in a b

A number of groups and organizations from this area are among the more than 700 that recently shared in approximately $1.3 million from the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA)’s charitable gaming grant program.

Margaret Waselenko of Pelly submitted an old photograph of a hockey team saying the newspaper might be interested in seeing it, but she knows little else about the picture.

The Parkland Lions, a team that is a member of the Midget AA Division of the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League (SSFHL), hosted the Notre Dame Hounds January 9 and 10 in Springside.

By Doug Elasasser Canora’s Bob Kolodziejski, standing in as skip for the vacationing Terry Dennis, defeated two Kamsack teams on January 5 to capture top place in the Duck Mountain Super League (DMSL) of men’s curling.

Nature Saskatchewan’s annual Christmas bird and mammal count was completed in the Togo locality on January 5, which was “a fine sunny day with low winds and daytime temperatures near minus 12 degrees Celsius.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article includes highlights of some of the events which were reported in the Kamsack Times during the course of 2015. Dates listed refer to publication dates and not necessarily to the dates of the events.

Accreditation Canada has advised Sunrise Health Region that the region is accredited under the Qmentum accreditation program.

Norquay, Pelly and district residents were pleased to discover that in spite of the retirement of Norquay’s only pharmacist, the district still has a full-service pharmacy in the community.