By Ryan Kiedrowski
After a mid-year look at the provincial books, the government will have to do some creative tinkering.

On Friday, my husband and I took an entire day off work to head to Regina, which in an instant, became the most magical place on Earth when Immigration Canada stamped his Swedish passport, officially declaring him a permanent resident.

By Sheri Monk
While the weather outside was frightful, road safety seems to have been delightful.
Both the Leader and Maple Creek RCMP detachments were incident-free over the weekend, despite the polished highways and poor visibility drivers would have encountered.
Many hockey games across the Southwest were cancelled this weekend as a result of the winter storm, which began shortly before midnight on Friday.
The Great Circle Airways flights of the 1957 DeHavilland Beaver were cancelled for both scheduled days of Dec. 5 and 6, but are rescheduled for Dec. 19 and 20.
Early on …

By Sheri Monk
A Cypress Health Region physician has stepped up to the Maple Creek plate to ensure the community’s hospital will be open for six days over the holidays.

By Ryan Kiedrowski
A voluntary recall affecting cribs announced recently had parents scrambling to see if their babies might be at risk. Stork Craft Manufacturing recalled over 2.1 million baby cribs sold throughout North America after four infants south of the border died.

By Sheri Monk
Under the leadership of Maple Creek’s Jason Pollock, the CEO of Agribition and a champion steer wrestler, the 2010 Canadian Western Agribition was another action-packed success.

By Sheri Monk
A dog recently found starving on the streets of Leader has been returned to its rightful home. An SPCA investigation was initiated – by request of the owners, who requested their names not be published.

By Sheri Monk
Tony Stiles played for the Calgary Flames in 1983-84 and the defenceman was on the ice with the celebrated team of the west for 30 games.

By Sheri Monk
Georgie Christmas has been at the back of local author Jessica Kiunga’s mind for a long, long time. And his character manifested itself in Kiunga’s first novel entitled Twelve.

Submitted by Amanda Collins
Shoot It! – Maple Creek’s photo contest has come to a close.