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[19 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 133 views]

Whether it’s going to be God, the devil or Elvis re-incarnate himself, someone’s got to pull Pat Robertson off the picture tube.

Agriculture, Community »

[19 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 128 views]

By Sheri Monk
It was at the end of 1995 when Great Sandhills Terminal (GST) was incorporated. Yet at that time, the incorporation was a technical move, the facility and the future promise it offered was still merely a vision of what was yet to come.

Featured »

[19 Jan 2010 | 8 Comments | 403 views]
Bylaw officer says dog was never welcome in town

By Sheri Monk
Maple Creek bylaw enforcement officer Richard Drockner says he doesn’t personally have anything against rottweilers, but he has never permitted the breed within town limits, in accordance with the town’s bylaw.

Featured, Sports »

[19 Jan 2010 | One Comment | 123 views]
Someone roars “Smitty scores!” at the good ole hockey game

By Sheri Monk
Saturday Night means Hockey Night in Canada, an honoured tradition upheld for generations.

Community, Featured, Health, News »

[19 Jan 2010 | 2 Comments | 267 views]
Council chambers packed with public

By Sheri Monk
The lobby was full and a line up outside Maple Creek town hall as residents waited to for the public session of the Jan. 12 council meeting to begin.

Community, Featured »

[19 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 96 views]
Leader church hosting Haiti supper

By Sheri Monk
This Saturday, residents of the Southwest will have the opportunity to help Haiti – just by eating supper.

Community, Headline, News »

[19 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 113 views]
Consul pastor desperate for flight to Haiti

UPDATE: David Manley informed The Badger just after press time that he had secured a flight to the caribbean and would be at the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Jan. 20. The Badger will stay in contact with Manley and his wife Vicki, who remains in Consul. Good luck David and stay safe!
Since Consul’s David Manley first heard about Haiti’s devastating earthquake one week ago today, he’s been glued to the television, the telephone and the computer. The horror is more than human empathy – David and …

Featured, Sports »

[12 Jan 2010 | 3 Comments | 200 views]
Zack Smith answers NHL’s call to duty, gets lost en route

By Sheri Monk
The call came late at night, after the Ottawa Senator’s 5-2 loss to the Capitals in Washington Jan. 7, which saw the team’s leading goal scorer, Milan Michalek injured and out with a possible concussion.

Community »

[12 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 124 views]

By Sheri Monk
In the early-morning hours of Dec. 31, Erika and Jeff Pederson ushered their three sons to safety after breaking through a bedroom window to escape the burning inferno which used to be their home.

Sports »

[12 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 61 views]

By Sheri Monk
Colin Patterson may be a Stanley Cup-winning hockey player, but when he was in college, all he really wanted was his degree.