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A Kamsack business that has been owned and operated on Main Street by a man who has called Kamsack “home” for his entire life, has recently changed ownership.

A special community volunteer acknowledgement, recognizing volunteers in the area for their hard work and dedication was hosted during National Volunteer Week on April 17 at the Preeceville Club 60.

Recently, CAA Saskatchewan announced the dates of the 2019 CAA Worst Roads Campaign which are April 17 to May 8.

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Yorkton held a Spring Tea & Quilt Sale Saturday. The event highlighted the works of the Happy Hearts Quilting Club which has been creating quilts for more than 50 years.

The #17 Yorkton Air Cadet Squadron hosted the Zone Level competition of the National Air Cadet Effective Speaking program recently.

RCMP’s Under Water Recovery Team is currently on scene attempting to locate a 30 year old male who drowned in Kamsack on Tuesday. The RCMP indicated to Yorkton This Week Friday morning that as of time of writing, the male has not yet been recovered.

A pair of Parkland College students welded their way to the top spots in a provincial skills competition in Saskatoon on April 12.

A musician with ties to Canora has released a new recording. Ron Kalmakoff who was born in Canora and lived there with his family until age 24, has several recordings to his name, the latest is Come To Me .

For Dennis Tarr birds of prey have always drawn his interest. “As a kid, just always seeing these birds, seeing them circling in the sky, they always kind of fascinated me,” he said.

St. Paul’s School recently held its oratory competition.