By Sheri Monk
It’s official – the local funding is in place for a new integrated healthcare facility at Leader. As a result, the formal request, with the endorsement of the Cypress Health Region, has been prepared for submission to the province as a request for capital funding in the 2010 budget.

To all residents of Maple Creek and surrounding areas,
The Cypress Health Region has been invited to a number of municipal council meetings in the area to discuss issues of mutual concern, and to specifically address several targeted questions. The region has appreciated the invitations as it provides an opportunity to continue the working relationships with the municipal councils and provide specific answers to their questions.
In an attempt to increase the general awareness of current issues, provide a summary of the information being shared, and attempt to address some of …

By Sheri Monk
Leader town council voted to raise monthly water rates by $3.30, effective Jan. 1, 2010.

By Sheri Monk
“We’re very optimistic we’ll be making a major announcement soon,” said Shaunavon Mayor Sharon Dickie. “A doctor did visit our community last week and things are progressing from that meeting. But at this point, it’s all tentative.”

By Sheri Monk
The Oversight Committee, comprised of members representing funding partners for the new integrated healthcare facility at Maple Creek, met Dec. 2 and reaffirmed their support for the project.

By Sheri Monk
A new integrated facility at Leader is in the works, according to the RM of Happyland’s reeve, Tim Geiger.

By Sheri Monk
Cypress Health Region has suspended the privileges of a locum physician who served in the region, but officials are keeping mum on further details.

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 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.