Dear editor,
Numerous citizens are fast losing faith in our elected officials in Saskatchewan. Various citizens in the southwestern part of the province have taken the time and energy to write the premier and the minister of health concerning the problems with the Cypress Health Region.

Dear editor,
The community of Southwest Saskatchewan has been given the opportunity by the Ministry of Health to achieve the highest standards of healthcare possible in rural Saskatchewan now and into the future.

Thanks to everyone who has nominated someone for The Great Exchange. This idea has been brewing at the back of my head for a long, long time.

By Sheri Monk
On Dec. 3, 2009, Jodi Stork welcomed a new member to her family – an insulin pump.

By Sheri Monk
The new Cypress Credit Union building under construction at Maple Creek will not feature brick as included in original designs, but will be entirely stucco.

By Sheri Monk
One minute he was on his way to feed the cows. The next, Randy Bohnet was trying to save an outbuilding from the flames which consumed it.
“I didn’t even get down to feed the cows,” said Bohnet, who spotted the blaze and called for assistance.
Bohnet and his wife Katherine live southwest of Maple Creek, just off Highway No. 271 which leads to Fort Walsh.
Bohnet used the outbuilding for welding and tool storage, shortly before leaving to do chores, he had finished his task and put away his welding …