In the Community

“I think people are reading more because they have a lot more time on their hands and limited opportunities for other activities,” said Branch Librarian, Lori Crighton. “People are saying they appreciate libraries more now.

A woman was cooking something in the oven when it caught fire and filled the house with smoke.

Luis Benuel wrote: “Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.” Now that’s encouraging. If you’re neither brie or an edam, age doesn’t matter that much. Having said that, numbers do.

Although I’ve always been an outgoing person, during this past year I’ve gone out of my way to encourage everyone I meet. Mask-wearing has made the adventure even more interesting since I’m never quite sure who I’m talking to.

There is one thing that has never changed in the 25 years that Pat Krauss has been running “Pat’s Posies”: “It’s always been a happy place,” she says. “It’s such a great atmosphere. People come in and see all the colours and they just feel so good.

The owner, I assume, of a plumbing company advertised the business by posting a sign on the side of his truck that read: “There is no place too deep, too dark or too dirty for us to handle.

My brother George likes to say he was named after King George VI of England. You see, King George was named first and my brother came after that. I have a definite affinity with the name George.

480,910 vaccines administered, 156 new cases, 265 recoveries, no new deaths

Submitted by Shai and Darlene Corman “There’s nothing like it in Assiniboia,” says Shai Corman, owner of First Ave Frosty Foods.

The Estevan Oilfield Technical Society’s (OTS) inaugural Top Gun trap shooting event Friday proved to be a hit with those who work in the oilpatch.