By: Jordan Twiss For one day only, on Saturday, June 10, the population of Shellbrook doubled, as an estimated 1,500 people poured into the Shellbrook Sports Grounds for Ballapalooza 2023.

By: Jordan Twiss With summer all but officially here, a busy season of highway construction in the area is getting into full swing.

By: Jordan Twiss From picking out first clothes, to choosing a name, to coming home for the first time, the birth of a child is meant to be filled with excitement and joy, and provide a sense of purpose to prospective parents.

By: Jordan Twiss Growing up in Shellbrook, Ashton Fester learned early on in life what success at the hockey rink looks like by watching his dad, Drew, play for the Shellbrook Elks, and he knew almost immediately he wanted the same thing for himself.

By: Jordan Twiss After a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, community history will soon be alive and accessible once more in Spiritwood, when the Spiritwood & District Museum re-opens its doors to the public.

By: Jordan Twiss Parkside’s Joan Sommerfeld and Shellbrook’s Dave Bodvarson were in esteemed company, when Prince Albert MP Randy Hoback hosted a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal ceremony at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts.

By: Jordan Twiss Three months after it actually opened its doors to customers, Lake Country Co-op’s brand-new, state-of-the-art Agro Centre has officially been declared open.

By: Jordan Twiss It’s not every day you receive a phone call from the premier’s office.

By: Jordan Twiss Though he never actually played a day in the NHL, Derek Klein could soon be named the winner of one of the organization’s most prestigious community service-based awards.

By: Natasha Cabase Many long years without having easy dental access in Spiritwood have finally come to an end, as the town has welcomed the new Spiritwood Dental Clinic.