It’s a quiet Monday morning on the Main Street of Milestone. But it’s not long until cars pull up to the auto-body shop and the Harvard Western Insurance. The doors at the newly renovated Co-op grocery store are also open and ready for customers. Community […]
“Saskatchewan’s most active community” in 2021 is being rewarded for its efforts. The town of Milestone is constructing a new community sport court that will be free for public use. The court will be used for various sports, including basketball, tennis, pickleball and volleyball. It […]
Residents of Milestone may not know it, but their livelihoods are protected from fires by their firefighting team and protocols to prevent tragedies like one that struck a farm near Milestone in 1919. Bertha Schaale lived a normal upbringing for girls on the prairies in […]
The District of Cactus is a bit behind schedule, but Dan Cole’s plan to turn Kennedy Sask. into an old western town is still moving along The slow progress does not bother Dan Cole on his quest. In fact, progress is the antagonist in this […]
The small town of Kennedy Saskatchewan is undergoing a renaissance, digging into its roots and slowly reverting back to an old western town. Dan Cole is the Manager/Director for the “District of Cactus,” which is the idea of an 1800’s western town, with horses and […]
The Kronau Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery is more than just a heritage site to Mona and Wilf Leippi. To them, it is where many of their ancestors have been laid to rest in the last century. When the Leippis began the restoration project of the overgrown […]
Volunteer firefighters Paul Fisher (right) and Lance Resch (left) stand in front of a fire truck in Kronau Fire Hall. Photo by Gillian Massie. Kronau volunteer firefighters have been dousing fires without any fire hydrants for the last century. “Our access to water is limited […]
It took Dan Yates six months to convince his wife Louise Yates to sell their Regina house and move into a mobile home in Kronau, where they run K-Lane Kennels and do beekeeping as a hobby. “I boarded our little dog, Daisy, here for a […]
Kronau’s Saar School beside the Heritage Museum. Photo by Jenelle Lippai. Saar School, in operation from 1935 to 2007, provided a meaningful classroom environment for the local children to learn and make memories in. When it officially closed its doors in 2008, a sense of […]
