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When I was growing up on a small mixed farm a half century ago summerfallow was the norm when it came to crop planning. Farmers just naturally left one-third to one-half of their cropable land fallow each year.

With every change in season, I try to take a new bunch of silk flowers to my mother’s grave. Like so many others who do the same for their loved ones, bringing flowers is a way to honour her memory.

and of overhearing words between her and Prince Philip

Darryl Binkley and Glen Sterzer of Kamsack once again won the men’s division of the Canora Seniors’ Golf Tournament. The pair shot a 76 during the competition which was played on Friday.

On September 10, the Western Conservation Law Enforcement Academy was launched for the first time in Saskatchewan with 26 new conservation officer recruits taking part in a 16-week training program.

The flooding in the Quill Lakes area is no longer just the problem of a few farmers, it is soon to become everyone’s problem. Every taxpayer has a stake in this.

On August 31, the provincial finance minister, Kevin Doherty, released the 2015- 16 first quarter financial report, which shows that forest fires and the decline in oil prices have put the province’s finances into a deficit position after the first q

Once again we have propaganda about how the federal Tories help western Canada. Let the record show just how helpful they are to agriculture. First of all, the Tories are for big business – people who thrive on tax concessions but do not pay taxes.

Board members, other volunteers and members of the families of deceased workers of Kamsack’s Power House Museum were honoured during the museum’s 30th anniversary celebration on September 6.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Samantha Karikas (nee Routley) was born in Winnipeg and moved to Kamsack just shy of her ninth birthday. She grew up in Kamsack and graduated from the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute in 2003.