Local News

The town council of Outlook met for a scheduled meeting on Wednesday night, April 12.

Spring is here, which means it’s time to get primed for the upcoming Canora Supers baseball season.

A special service was held at the Kamsack Legion Hall on April 9, the centennial of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which has been said to have been the birth of Canada.

The Kamsack Comprehensive Institute senior drama club returned from the Region 4 Drama Festival held in Esterhazy April 6, 7 and 8 with the award for being the best overall production.

Town council is asking for about $126,000 more from Kamsack property owners this year than was received in 2016, but because of the recent reassessment, the tax rate has been reduced from 30 mills to eight mills for residential, agricultural and comm

No one is untouched by the attack on “our values as Saskatchewan people” that is the recent Saskatchewan government budget, said Linda Osachoff, moderator of the End of the Line town hall meeting held in Kamsack on April 13.

Someone with the right ticket will be $20,000 richer at the beginning of the summer. The Assiniboine Valley Health and Wellness Foundation has launched its Summer Solstice Lottery which has $20,000 as its top prize, and $5,000 as the second prize.

The RM of Cote council and staff are being aggravated by residents’ irresponsible use of the RM’s garbage receptacles which add unnecessary costs to refuse management.

The talents of students from across the area were showcased in piano, vocal, speech arts, band and solo instrumentals during the week-long Parkland Music Festival held between the communities of Preeceville and Sturgis from March 26 to April 2.

Since 1980 a total of 31 Kamsack and District residents have been recipients of the Garden of Saskatchewan Citizen Ring and this year the ring’s trust fund committee is challenging each of the municipalities involved to submit a nomination.