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Gardener's Notebook - Plants that connect to Halloween

Gardener's Notebook - Plants that connect to Halloween

Let’s take a walk down a spooky garden path, gardeners, and find out which mystical, magical plants are connected to Halloween.

Busy week for the Kamsack Volunteer Fire Department

The Kamsack Volunteer Fire Department (KVFD) was called out three times in a one-week span. In a release provided by Ken Thompson, acting fire chief of the KVFD, it was said the department responded to two out-of-town fires and one in town.
History Corner - Halloween Folklore and the Black Cat Connection

History Corner - Halloween Folklore and the Black Cat Connection

In books of old time Halloween folklore, one can find images of a large room with two black cats alongside witches, a mouse or two in the kitchen’s corner, cauldrons boiling away over the hearth’s fire, cinders on the floor, logs in a box, coal in pa
Raider Gridders repeat as league champs

Raider Gridders repeat as league champs

The Yorkton Regional Raider Gridders are league champs for the second year in a row.
Cardinals need help to stay afloat

Cardinals need help to stay afloat

The Yorkton Cardinals are in dire financial straits. New team director Mike Stackhouse told Yorkton This Week Friday the team’s debt sits at $96,000. The league wants that to change.

Remembering the War Amps founders

Dear Editor, As Remembrance Day approaches, I would like to pay tribute to the amputee veterans who founded The War Amps, which marks its 100th anniversary this year.
Editorial - Throne speech underwhelming

Editorial - Throne speech underwhelming

The Saskatchewan government delivered its 2018 Throne Speech last week, but don’t feel too bad if you missed it since the document didn’t exactly unveil anything surprising, or even new for that matter.
Editorial Cartoon - October 31, 2018

Editorial Cartoon - October 31, 2018

Have a drink of jazz with Tim Tamashiro

Have a drink of jazz with Tim Tamashiro

Frank. Dean. Sammy. On their own, just names, relatively common ones at that. Together, they bring to mind a group of people who achieved legendary status in their career.

Kamsack Players Drama Club preparing for Theatre Sask competition

The Kamsack Players Drama Club has partnered with the Yorkton Paper Bag Players to bring two one-act, competition plays to the stage in Kamsack. The plays will be performed at the Kamsack Playhouse Theatre on October 27.
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