SMB – Quad Town Forum

Mon. May 29th, 2023

Balgonie water rate changes sent for provincial approval

Balgonie’s council has given third reading and assent to a bylaw proposing an increase in local water and sewer rates for some ratepayers and decreases for others. Those changes,…

SMB sets hearing dates on White City’s annexation bid

A lengthy dispute between the Town of White City and RM of Edenwold over the town’s proposed annexation of RM lands is, at long last, heading for a resolution. Six days of public hearings on the matter have been scheduled by the Saskatchewan Municipal Board, beginning with oral submissions the morning of Nov. 23. The…

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November 3, 2022November 2, 2022

Gillies resigns as Sedley administrator after 15 years

For the first time in over 15 years, Sedley ratepayers will soon see a new face at the village administrator’s desk. Samantha Gillies, who started in what was then called the position of village clerk on Oct. 1, 2007, resigned from her role as chief administrative officer effective end of day Monday. At the time…

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November 2, 2022

Flag football coming to Sedley?

Krissy Hofer wants to see kids in the Quad Town area playing flag football in the Regina Youth Flag Football organization’s fall league next year. Hofer is planning to have teams practice once or twice each week in Sedley at the village’s old football field near the school before their weekend games, as long as…

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November 2, 2022November 2, 2022

EDITORIAL: ‘Living’ with COVID not quite what it seems

It’s amazing what people can get used to. For the first time in months, we reported last week on Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 numbers. What we found, via the province’s own data, was that COVID is now killing about half as many Saskatchewan residents per day compared with the worst three-month stretches of the pandemic. That’s the…

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November 2, 2022

From The Vault: Larger catastrophe barked back as Francis fire destroys two homes

[This story was originally published in the May 21, 2015 edition of the Quad Town Forum.] Man’s best friend is being credited with preventing a local disaster from ending up any worse, after a fire completely destroyed two homes in Francis last week.

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March 12, 2022March 11, 2022

The Balgonie Bobcats Fundraising Committee is nearing the end of its fundraising campaign for a ninja obstacle course on the Balgonie Elementary School grounds.

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March 6, 2022March 5, 2022

Southeast Regional Library hosts Aboriginal storytelling event

Southeast Regional Library (SRL) offered residents from communities throughout the region a chance to learn cooking basics from Sioux chef Dickie Yuzicapi during a live virtual event held Feb. 22.

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March 6, 2022March 5, 2022

Past year’s success story, upcoming events, rebranding discussed at Kronau museum AGM

Kronau Heritage Museum reported an increase in program revenue, ideas for future fundraising events, and updates on facility upgrades at its Feb. 26 annual general meeting, which was held online.

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March 5, 2022