Katherine and Elizabeth Gagné run The Garden Club Cafe and Wine Bar in Wolseley. With being 1 of just a handful of restaurants in the small prairie town. It is much more than just a restaurant or cafe, it is a hub for the […]
Wolesley Saskatchewan has a building that’s over a century in regard to age, that holds information that may not be well known outside of its small town. This building was built in 1905, by Edwin Banbury, who is the founder of the Beaver Lumber Company, […]
Wolseley, a small town in Saskatchewan has a population of 852 residents and a hospital that operates on limited hours. With only 30 hospital staff, the town struggles to balance the emergency medical needs of its community with limited staffing and need for available […]
Wolseley, Saskatchewan, is a small town that relies on both its own community and the neighbouring towns for emergency services such as police, firefighters, EMS and medical first responders. While not every service is based in town with local volunteers, volunteers and emergency personnel from […]
In Wolseley, the golf course isn’t just a place for sport, but also a place to have a good time with friends. “Golf is sort of a supplementary activity to the social connection,” said Stephen Scriver, the town historian. The course opened in […]
When Andrew Tait bought his property in Wolseley, he never planned to turn his land into a dog park. He just wanted to make sure his mixed-breed dog, Charlie, was abiding by the town’s bylaws. The town’s animal control bylaw bans dogs from roaming off […]
Randy Quintyn, the current fire chief in Wolseley From wagon-pulling horses to a freight-liner truck valued at nearly $1 million, Wolseley’s fire department has evolved over the last century. Even in a town with under 1,000 people, significant fires happen. “Three years ago, we lost […]
The Wolseley Town Hall and Opera House has stood as a majestic symbol of optimism for over a century, even after narrowly avoiding demolition four decades ago. “For the size of our town, it is almost ostentatious. It could have been smaller,” said Wolseley archivist […]
The Wolseley Public Library is thriving compared to the quiet decline of rural libraries in recent years. As one of 46 branches under Southeast Regional Library, Wolseley sticks out, “We’re fortunate to have a physical branch,” said April Dahnke, the head librarian. “Not […]
In a small town in southern Saskatchewan, the Wolseley Sportsplex continues to run strong in the community, despite the ice plant being on year 47 of a 25 year plan. “Our ice plant desperately needs to be renewed,” said Vance Weber, a former arena […]
