Local Arts

The Ministry of Environment would like to remind people that ice fishing season in Saskatchewan closed on March 31 in the province’s southern and central fisheries management zones. The season closes on Wednesday, April 15, in the northern zone.

The Great Saskatchewan Bacon Festival has been announced as the most recently added Preferred Qualifier for the Canadian Food Championships.

Westview United Church didn’t have a traditional service this Maundy Thursday, April 2. Called Maundy for the mandate Jesus gave to ‘love one another’, the day remembers the act of service.

For the last two weeks I have been writing about crokinole, and this week I want to end my look at this great Canadian game by discussing it with reigning world champion Brian Cook.

Saskatchewan is now providing coverage for two new lifesaving drugs for treating hepatitis C.

New wildfire management legislation has arrived in time for the province’s wildfire season, which typically runs from April 1 to October 31.

Northern forest company Meadow Lake OSB Limited Partnership has been fined $4,900 in Prince Albert provincial court after being found guilty of two charges under The Forest Resources Management Act and The Litter Control Act.

Nothing is more fun to read than a graphic novel with amazing art and a great storyline. Which brings us to the upcoming books ‘Tribes of Kai’, which has found financing support on Kickstarter.

In the midst of a Saskatchewan winter what is better to get through an evening with than a book about hockey? A good choice to fight the long winter nights is The Goaltenders’ Union by Greg Oliver and Richard Kamchen.