By: Jordan Twiss Despite the positively frigid temperatures to start the new year, a dozen or so guests came out to welcome 2024 with open arms at the Shellbrook Seniors Association’s Welcome 2024 Tea on Friday, Jan. 12.

By: Bevra Fee & Jordan Twiss For the 28th year running, a group of community volunteers and the Sacred Heart Parish worked to canvass for donations toward Christmas hampers for the less fortunate.

By: Jordan Twiss Though it didn’t walk away from Provincials with gold medals or a championship banner, WP Sandin High School’s senior girl’s volleyball team has perhaps won something that is just as important.

By: Jordan Twiss The holiday season is a time of good fellowship, good food, and good fun. And all this — and much more — was on offer, when Christmas arrived early at WP Sandin High School and Shellbrook Elementary School.

By: Jordan Twiss An audience of about 100 Shellbrook residents let their opposition to proposed water rate increases be heard loud and clear on Thursday, Dec. 7, when the Town of Shellbrook hosted a public meeting about the issue at the Shellbrook Theatre.

By: Jordan Twiss Shellbrook became a Christmas village out of a Hallmark movie on Saturday, Dec. 2, as the Shellbrook Kinettes, the Town of Shellbrook, and the local business community held events throughout the day, and well into the evening, to get everyone into the holiday spirit.

By: Jordan Twiss When Tasha Cyr arrived at the Shellbrook Community Hall for the Shellbrook Kinettes’ monthly meeting, she was expecting to discuss the club’s regular business and take part in a fun murder mystery party with her fellow club members.

By: Jordan Twiss When she first started her lifestyle blog and podcast five years ago, after reading an article about blogging, Norma Galambos had no actual experience as a writer, and didn’t know what to expect.

By: Jordan Twiss Courage and sacrifice were honoured in Shellbrook on Nov. 10 and 11, as members of the Shellbrook Legion, local schools, and the entire community, found ways to come together to observe Remembrance Day.

By: Bevra Fee Those accustomed to doing their in-person banking at the Scotiabank branch in Spiritwood will soon have to travel much further to conduct their business.