Kamsack Times

Students at the Norquay School received certificates on March 1 for their Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day contest entries in the categories of coloured posters, black-and-white posters, poems and essays.

Despite an unusually mild winter and lack of an abundance of snow in many parts of Saskatchewan, the Duck Mountain Loppet was dealt a “winning hand” by Mother Nature with enough snow and acceptable temperatures.

Two Kamsack students, who are members of the Kamsack Track and Field Club, competed at the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Indoor Championships in Saskatoon on the weekend.

A team of Joyce Maclean and Vince Broda topped the Kamsack Club 55’s 16-team two-person stick bonspiel played March 2. This was the six annual stick person bonspiel that the club has sponsored, said Lloyd Thomas, club president.

The new CT scanner for the Yorkton Regional Health Centre has been ordered and is expected to arrive in late March. In preparation of the new scanner arrival, the current CT scanner is being removed from YRHC starting on March 7.

Ann Popoff of Saskatoon was among the many participants of the 37 th annual Duck Mountain Loppet held on Saturday.

The overarching sentiment expressed at Saturday’s wildlife banquet in Kamsack had to do with the branch’s success in attracting one of the largest crowds for the banquet in recent memory. “This is an awesome turnout.

A Kamsack resident spent five days this month stepping in to relieve first responders in the Keewatin Yatthé Health Region, which includes the communities of La Loche and Buffalo Narrows, located nearby.

Town council plans to visit all of the town-owned properties on Saturday and Mayor Rod Gardner is inviting residents to offer suggestions as to what use can be made of the properties that are currently unused.

A 33-year-old Cote First Nation man has been charged in connection to the death of a 22-year-old Cote man. The RCMP have arrested and charged Chester Whitehawk, 33, in relation to the death of Chad COTE, 20, said a release from the RCMP.