Local News

A reporter and videographer from CBC Saskatchewan in Regina were in Kamsack last week acquiring information to follow up statements made on March 14 by the chiefs of Cote, Keeseekoose and The Key First Nations.

Crowstand lease rates, the town’s old reservoir and putting more teeth into a bylaw prohibiting dogs in front yards were among items that town council dealt with during its regular meeting on March 14.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder following an incident at Cote First Nation on March 12. At approximately 11:36 p.m.

The 44 skaters who are members of the revived Norquay Figure Skating Club were on the ice on February 28 for their year-end carnival.

The Canada Post program which provided a share of $56,000 to the Kamsack Skate Park committee last year, wants groups to apply for a portion of the $1.1 million the program will distribute this year.

The two-person teams of Jim Beauchamp and Ernie Welykholowa and Isabel Ritchie and Bernice Kropodra won the snooker and whist tournaments respectively played Friday at the Kamsack Seniors’ Centre.

Three Kamsack residents took home the top three prizes at the 32 nd annual Tolstoi Poker Derby held by the Kamsack Sno-Drifters snowmobile club. Held March 12, the derby attracted 70 riders, said Gary Clark, club president.