By: Jordan Twiss In Shellbrook, there are few names more synonymous with local sports than Jim Willoughby. From hockey, to baseball, to golf, to soccer, there’s almost nothing Jim wasn’t involved with, either as a coach mentoring young athletes, a volunteer, or a board member.

By: Bevra Fee To wrap up their season, the Spiritwood Skating Club staged a high-quality show of stars on the ice of the Spiritwood Arena.

By: Jordan Twiss The dancers of Studio 747 took over the Shellbrook Theatre for their annual Mini Showcase on Saturday, March 8, giving their family and friends, and the community, a sneak peek at the hard work they’ve been putting into the 2024-2025 dance season so far.

By: Bevra Fee The blue sky and sunshine brought an extra large crowd of hearty fishers to the 2025 hard-water ice fishing derby competition on Memorial Lake on March 1.

By: Jordan Twiss Relatively few people can say they’ve been awarded a medal by one of Canada’s reigning monarchs.

By: Bevra Fee Continuing the tradition of the annual Grade 5/6 Curling Bonspiel, Rivier Elementary School invited students from Medstead Central School, Leoville Central School, and Hartley Clark Elementary School to a learning opportunity for the sport of curling.

By: Jordan Twiss Artists of all ages recently gathered in the Great Hall at Parkland Integrated Health Centre (PIHC) to take part in an intergenerational paint nite led by local artist Tammy Smart.

By: Jordan Twiss For those who were born before the internet age, falling in love with a sport was a matter of seeing or trying it in-person, or perhaps inheriting the passion from family.

By: Jordan Twiss Sometimes we choose our own direction in life. Other times, life chooses for us.For Elder Bente Huntley, it was perhaps a little bit of both.

By: Bevra Fee It was a bitterly cold night on Saturday, Jan. 18, but not a single ticketholder missed out on seeing Saskatchewan’s own Quick Dick McDick as he brought his comedic take on daily life in our province.