Klipper goaltender awarded SWHL MVP
By Phil Heilman
The Sask West Hockey League announced its award winner for the 2024-2025 season on Wednesday.
The League MVP was awarded to Kindersley’s Logan Drackett. The Klippers backstop posted a 7-1 record in 8 games, with a 1.49 GAA and a .962 Save % and 1 shutout.
Top Defenseman was once again given to Wilkie’s Derek Keller. One of the marquee defensemen in the league, he led all rearguards in points with 20 (1-19) in 11 games.
The Most Gentlemanly player was awarded to Jeremy Boyer of the Hafford Hawks for the second year in a row, while the Best Defensive Forward was given to Ryne Keller of the Wilkie Outlaws. That marks the first time since 2015 that a Macklin Mohawk has not won the award.
Rookie of the Year was handed to Edam 3 Stars’ forward Owen Latendresse. He posted 2 points (0-2) in 7 games in his first campaign with his home town team.
Coach of the Year was given to Hafford Hawks bench boss Greg Gryzbowski, which is well deserved.
The 1st Team All Stars went as follows: Goal, Logan Drackett (KIN). Defense, Daniel Hilsendager (UNI) and Derek Keller (WIL). Forward, Brock Harrison (WIL), Brandon Lesko (HAF) and Keegan Tiringer (EDM).
The 2nd Team All Stars were picked as well: Goal, Joel Gryzbowski (HAF). Defense, Brody Ryberg (KIN) and Tyler Baier (MM). Forward, Brett Boehm (WIL), Shayne Neigum (KIN) and Jonathan Redlick (BIG),
The Harvey Somerville Memorial Award, given to a deserving individual in recognition of years of service to senior hockey and the SWHL), was awarded to Reid McBride of Kindersley. Reid has worked many years behind the scenes with the Klippers organization, running the behind-the-scenes things to keep a senior team going.
Dakota Buttar takes the lead at Red Deer
By Joan Janzen
EATONIA - Eatonia’s Dakota Buttar pulled off a first place performance at Red Deer, Alberta’s sold out event on Saturday evening. PBR Canada reported Dakota took an early lead in the Canadian National Standings at the PBR Canada Cup Series.
The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) season launch event kicked off on February 1st at the Peavey Mart Centrium. It was an exciting time for Dakota as he won the Red Deer Classic, overtaking the number 1 placing in the race for the 2025 PBR Canada Championship.
In Round 1 he secured the second best score riding Pay Day (Skori Bucking Bulls)
for 86 points. On his second ride with More or Less (from Thompson Rodeo Livestock) he reached the whistle with 87 points to attain the win, with a total of 173 points.
Finishing with 126 national points, he is now 43 points ahead of No. 2 Jordan Hansen from Amisk, Alberta. PBR Canada speculated that if Dakota were to win the 2025 PBR Canada Championship, he would tie with Aaron Roy from Yellow Grass, Sask. for most national titles won by one rider with three.
You can stay tuned and follow the tour at PBRCanada.com for the latest results and stats.
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KINDERSLEY – This summer, famed local rider Dakota Buttar will bring his namesake PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada Touring Pro Division back to Kindersley, featuring an amplified experience for both attendees and competitors.
After unprecedented demand for the inaugural event, the Energy Dodge Dakota Buttar Invitational, presented by Longhorn and Big Rack Vac, will move from mid-week to the weekend, and expand to two days in 2025, taking over West Central Events Center Sept. 5-6, all the while awarding a Touring Pro Division best $30,000.
“Kindersley’s response to our inaugural event last year was nothing shy of spectacular,” two-time PBR Canada Champion Buttar said. “Adding a day and moving the event to the weekend allows our production team and bull riders to connect and engage with Kindersley at a higher level. I look forward to some good times in my hometown with my PBR family.”
“What took place last year in Kindersley was magical, a small town that emphatically told us that the PBR belongs in their town,” said PBR Canada Live Event Director Peter Gebraad who will again join Buttar to produce the event in 2025. “The corporate and fan support for the PBR in Kindersley rivals cities 10 times their size. They deserve a bigger event, so we are set to deliver. In its second year, Kindersley has catapulted to become the richest PBR Touring Pro Division event in the country. This is not a step forward for the Kindersley PBR, it’s a leap.”
For two nights only, fans will witness exhilarating 8-second rides and wrecks throughout the unpredictable, action-packed event as the PBR’s courageous bull-riding athletes face off against their 2,000-pound opponents born to buck.
The Energy Dodge Dakota Buttar Invitational, presented by Longhorn and Big Rack Vac, will feature 30 of Canada’s best riders alongside some of the PBR’s top international athletes, squaring off against the rankest bucking bulls from across Canada.
Last season, fans watched on as 2017 PBR Canada Rookie of the Year Coy Robbins went a perfect 2-for-2 to win the inaugural event title in Kindersley. Buttar and Robbins are both expected to return for the 2025 event, expected to be joined by the likes of fellow multi-time PBR Canada Champions including Aaron Roy, Cody Coverchuk and Nick Tetz.
All 30 competing bull riders will get on one bull each in Round 1 on Friday, September 5 and Round 2 on Saturday, September 6. The riders’ individual two-round scores will be totaled with the Top 10 advancing to the championship round on Saturday evening for one more out and a chance at the event title.
On Friday, eventgoers will also have the chance to watch the sport’s next generation, as the Energy Dodge Dakota Buttar Invitational will feature a special junior steer riding exhibition, showcasing several of the region’s youth who Buttar has helped during their burgeoning career.
“I’m excited to allow the future superstars of our sport to take the big stage, in particular, there are some young riders from Kindersley that I’ve had the opportunity to help,” Buttar said of the added event. “Allowing them to ride on this stage will be an amazing opportunity in their development.”
Buttar announces his namesake event just days after winning the 2025 Cup Series season-launch event in Red Deer, Alberta, and vaulting to the No. 1 rank in the race for this season’s PBR Canada Championship and accompanying $100,000 bonus.
The reserved Saskatchewan man is chasing history this season, attempting to tie Roy for most PBR Canada Championships won by one rider with three.
The bull riding action for 2025 Energy Dodge Dakota Buttar Invitational, presented by Longhorn and Big Rack Vac, begins at 7:00 p.m. CST on both Friday, September 5 and Saturday, September 6. Tickets for the event will go onsale June 18 exclusively at Castle Building Centre in Kindersley.
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Bronwyn Eyre: The Great Federal Stand-Down: How Chaos Theory (aka Donald Trump) is Changing Everything
Saskatchewan should never have adhered to Harper’s mandate to phase out coal—with its devastating impact on at least 1,000 jobs in our southeast communities
“We may not go ahead with the consumer carbon price,” Steven Guilbeault suddenly announced last week, as he endorsed Mark Carney. He admitted that the federal carbon tax, which was set to rise on April 1 by another fifth (to 21 cents per gas litre) is “very unpopular.”
Guilbeault’s comments went largely unreported. (Such an admission doesn’t suit the media narrative that the carbon tax is a Good Thing). Nevertheless, his announcement signalled—not with a bang, but a whimper—the beginning of the great federal stand-down.
Net zero by 2030. 2035. 2050. The UN Paris Accord. The Glasgow Accord. UN “Conference of the Parties” in Dubai. In Baku. Who could ever keep track? Now, with Trump, the endless targets and doomsday scenarios seem to verge on irrelevant.
Guilbeault blames Pierre Poilièvre for “lying to and manipulating Canadians” on the carbon tax. Talk about pot and kettle. Who will ever forget the un-ceasing, un-costed, bait-and-switch climate pitches from Guilbeault and his sidekick Jonathan Wilkinson about the “new green industrial revolution” and the “thousands of jobs” it would “create”?
This destructive duo is now tacitly acknowledging what a sham it’s all been—and what their own departments, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, and millions of affordability-challenged Canadians have known for years: that the carbon tax and other irrational federal climate policies are harming our economy in real time.
Why the sudden unravelling?
“Axe the tax” Poilièvre and plummeting Liberal polls notwithstanding, the real zeitgeist shaker is Donald Trump, Mr. Chaos Theory personified. His Inauguration Day executive orders—signa-
tured with his black Sharpie—changed dynamic after dynamic. Declare an energy emergency in the U.S. Unleash Alaska’s energy potential. Pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Pull out of the World Health Organization. Re-establish two genders. Deconstruct DEI. And on and on.
In Canada, meanwhile, nothing shakes the zeitgeist quite like “51st state” mind games and the spectre of a 25 per cent US tariff. In response, and in just a few short weeks, the federal government has radically altered its immigration and border policy, signalled a massive uptake in NATO spending, and discovered the importance of energy security.
On the climate side:
Compliance deadlines for the blatantly unconstitutional Clean Electricity Regulations have been extended by over a decade.
The Clean Fuel Standard (“Carbon Tax #2”) is now “in jeopardy.” (After years of head-inthe-sand denial over the dubious economics of the CFS, Federated Co-op finally cited “regulatory and political uncertainty, potential shifts in low-carbon public policy, and escalating costs” for the cancellation of its Regina canola-crushing facility).
$100 billion electric vehicle projects, along with federal EV regulations, are now “in doubt”—after Trump announced a re-write of EV mandates to protect America’s auto workers.
New enslavement?
As provinces blink into the light and throw off some of these federal shackles, they must nevertheless remain vigilant about new enslavement in other areas—particularly under the guise of “cooperation” and “Team Canada” boosterism.
Take the feds’ recent intimation that, to improve federal border security, they want to use already strained provincial jail spaces to hold violent criminals entering Canada. At the same time, they’re proposing a new “incentive:” asking provinces to “shoulder the burden” and accept
more asylum seekers, in exchange for cutting in half the number of skilled immigrants whom the provinces actually want. Uhm…so, where’s the incentive?
On the border, Trump’s key bargaining chip, we’ve been assured for months that Canada-produced fentanyl is not a significant security threat—despite the feds’ disastrous decriminalization of “small quantities” of drugs, including fentanyl and cocaine. We’re now learning that the RCMP recently broke up 44 fentanyl labs across the country—including one in B.C., which alone produced 93 million doses. And that’s just one bust!
No wonder we have trust issues.
Similarly, on climate policies, we’re far from out of the woods. Both Guilbeault and Carney have hinted that they would replace the carbon tax with “something else…that’s equally effective.” Heaven forbid, the Liberals could also be re-elected.
In other words, we don’t have much time. Provinces should take advantage of the current federal power vacuum, demand the feds stay in their constitutional lane, and try to make up for a decade of destruction.
Coal: “the great back-up”
Coal is a great place to start—and once again, Trump is poised to be a catalyst.
Beamed into Davos, Switzerland last week, the President said: “Nothing can destroy coal: not the weather, not a bomb. It’s a great back-up.”
His comments came amid increased talk of the U.S.’ “tapped-out” power grid and need for a lot more juice—especially for future, power-gobbling AI data centres. Here in Canada, of course, the feds’ hamstringing of provincial power generation has set back Canada’s grid growth by at least a decade.
Saskatchewan should never have adhered to then-Prime Minister Harper’s 2015 mandate to phase out coal—with its devastating impact on at least 1,000 jobs in our southeast communities. Under section 92(a) of the Constitution, provinces have exclusive jurisdiction over natural resources and power generation. Consequently, we should have told Harper and PM Trudeau, who further tightened compliance deadlines, that if they wanted to shut down coal, they’d have to come to Saskatchewan and fire every coal worker personally.
It is significant that, last spring, Premier Scott Moe announced that Saskatchewan reserved the right to run coal fleets beyond federal targets to the end of their operational lives. Now, the province has signalled that it will “closely consider” renovating or rejuvenating existing plants.
The community of Estevan, where the Shand and Boundary Dam power stations are located, is said to be “delighted.” That was according to a recent CBC story, which paraphrased their delight, but failed to interview a single member of the community—focusing instead on two anti-coal University of Regina economy professors who didn’t once reference the economy.
I’d like to ask them about the economic impact of the coal phase-out in the southeast, the looming power demands of AI data centers—or the lessons of Germany, which turned off nuclear power after Fukushima, hedged 40 per cent of its natural gas imports on Putin’s Russia, relied largely on wind (despite long, documented “uniquely windless” periods), and had to re-fire up coal.
Such power vulnerability (see also Texas 2021 and Alberta’s grid-strained black-outs) is simply not an option, particularly in our frigid winter climate. As we bridge to potential nuclear power with natural gas (along with some wind and solar), of course we can’t abandon coal, which provides stable, safe, affordable power.
So let’s give ’er.
Art of the deal
If the last few chaotic weeks of Trump tariff talk have taught us anything, surely it’s that we must move beyond mere jingoism (“Team Canada”) and silly hats (“Canada’s not for sale”) and start to actually analyze the issues facing us— from drugs and the border to the reality of energy dependence and existential importance of our exports.
If we don’t, the “art of the deal” will continue to elude us.
There’s method in Trump’s perceived madness. As the Globe and Mail’s Konrad Yakabuski recently wrote: “[US Treasury Secretary Scott] Bessent and [tariff czar, Stephen] Miran have dismissed widespread suggestions that tariffs would raise prices for U.S. consumers. They argue that the U.S. dollar would appreciate after the application of tariffs. That would partly offset their cost by lowering the price of foreign goods in U.S dollars. Further, they suggest foreign trading partners would lower the price of their exports to preserve U.S. market share, leaving U.S consumers no worse off than before.”
So folks, we’re in for a hell of a ride—much of it of our own, ill-prepared making.
—Bronwyn Eyre was Saskatchewan’s former Minister of Energy and of Justice and Attorney General
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Slice peppers into six 1/3-inch-thick rounds, keeping the cut edges smooth and even. Remove seeds and core pieces.
Melt some butter on a flat skillet. Cook the pepper slices on medium heat on one side for about 1 minute, then flip.
Carefully crack an egg into the center of each ring. Immediately press down on the ring with a spatula if egg white seeps through. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until yolks are firm. (Place a lid on the pan for the last minute, if you wish.)
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Made with colorful slices of sweet red pepper in shapes that resemble snowflakes, the whimsy adds fun to the start of the day. The curvy rings frame an egg as it fries into deliciousness for about 5 minutes. Top with a dusting of Parmesan or feta cheese and serve with toast or an English muffin and fruit juice.
For a special weekend breakfast, let the snowflakes land on servings of hash brown potatoes, bacon, or sausage. Let’s get crackin’
SNOWFLAKES SUNNY-SIDE UP
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— 6 medium eggs
— Salt and pepper
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Avid readers, do you find yourselves in a pickle when you lose your place in a book? All right, maybe that’s a little labored. Still, a brightly colored pickle-shaped bookmark can get your attention no matter what you say about it. And that’s exactly what the Heinz brand counted on with advertising premiums like these die-cut cardstock bookmarks.
This set of nine was sold by Morford’s Antique Advertising Auctions for $130. On one side, you have a bright green cucumber with a smiling child or chef holding a Heinz product. On the reverse, there’s a reminder of how “Pure, Clean, Good” Heinz products are, along with a list of a few of their “57 Good Things for the Table,” like (of course) pickles, baked beans, tomato soup and various relishes and sauces.
Heinz introduced the “57 Varieties” slogan in 1892. It wasn’t exactly truth in advertising; by that time, the company had over 60 products. There are a few different stories about why the number 57 was chosen: because 5 and 7 are lucky numbers, or because it makes a memorable slogan. Considering that the company has been in business for over 150 years, with the slogan still easy to recognize, either one may be true.
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Dollhouse, diorama, living room, 19th-century style furnishings, desk, secretary, two chairs, prints on wall, rug on floor, cat figurine, demilune display case, lights, 10 x 15 x 9 inches, $170. Advertising, sign, Providence Washington Insurance Company, George Washington portrait, Gothic lettering, tin, frame, early 1900s, 26 1/2 x 20 inches, $250.
Cowan Pottery, paperweight, elephant, on square base, red glaze, Margaret Postgate, c. 1930, 4 1/2 inches, $830.
Silver-American, mug, reeded bands, textured border, applied handle, scrolled, engraved, chased, coin, marked, “A.E. Warner, Baltimore, Mar.,” 1820s, 3 3/4 x 3 inches, $925.
Rug, Feraghan Sarouk, dark blue medallion, vines and leaves, white field, red spandrels, dark blue border, leafy vines, palmettes, mid-20th century, 11 feet, 11 inches x 8 feet, 8 inches, $2,460.
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Q:Who is Selena Gomez’s fiancé? Is he an actor? I hope she’s finally found happiness. I’ve always liked her. — K.I.
A:Selena Gomez (“Only Murders in the Building”) announced her engagement to music producer/songwriter Benny Blanco in December of last year, shortly before they attended the Golden Globes together where Gomez was nominated. Blanco has worked with two of Gomez’s famous exes, Justin Bieber and The Weeknd, and even co-wrote and produced two of his future fiancée’s songs on her 2015 album “Revival.”
The two first met when Gomez recorded songs for Disney while starring in her hit show “The Wizards of Waverly Place.” Blanco was already a successful producer, working with pop superstars like Katy Perry and Britney Spears. However, they were just friends and professional collaborators and didn’t start dating until mid-2023.
The two also share a love of cooking. Gomez hosts “Selena + Chef” on Max, and Blanco published his cookbook “Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends,” which became a New York Times bestseller. He even cooked Thanksgiving dinner for Gomez and a group of 50 people. Most of all, he makes her happy, and friends agree that no one else has treated her as well as him. ***
Q:Is it true that Billy Corgan and Bill Burr are brothers? Did they take a DNA test, or have they known all this time and just never went public with it? — D.E.
A:Despite having essentially the same first name, singer Billy Corgan and stand-up comedian Bill Burr might be half brothers. No 23andMe-like DNA test has been performed, but they both were recently bombarded into revealing their story on, of all places, a Howie Mandel podcast. Mandel invited both on his show without them knowing that it would be an unexpected family reunion.
A few months ago, Smashing Pumpkins lead vocalist Corgan was a guest on the podcast and revealed that his stepmother once told him that Burr “might be one of the children that [his] father sired in his days being a traveling musician.” While Burr knew about the theory, he wasn’t prepared to talk about it
on the podcast and scolded Mandel for forcing the public reunion. According to Entertainment Weekly, by the end of the episode, Burr was convinced that he and Corgan are indeed half-brothers.
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Q:Who is the Asian actress who played the doctor who wanted a baby in “No Good Deed” on Netflix? Was she in “Hacks,” too? — N.N.
A:Actress
Poppy Liu plays Dr. Sarah Weber on the new Netflix series “No Good Deed.” She is also part of the supporting cast of the Emmy-winning Max series “Hacks,” who earned a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2022.
Her breakout role was on the shortlived NBC sitcom “Sunnyside,” which eventually led to a recurring role for her on the “iCarly” reboot and the critically acclaimed series “Better Call Saul.” Next up for the very busy Liu is the comedy film “I Love Boosters” with recent Oscar nominee Demi Moore, as well as the upcoming Netflix series “His & Hers” with Tessa Thompson.
“Hacks” is expected to return for its fourth season this coming May.
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Actress/singer Selena Gomez
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BROCK
FEBRUARY 12-15
• Brock Annual Open Bonspiel. $200 entry per team. Great prizes! Call / Text Jill Speir 306460-9701 to enter. Come and enjoy home cooked meals and a fun time.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19
• Brock Cemetery Association AGM 7:00 PM at the Vesper Club. Everyone is invited to attend.
EATONIA
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7
• Valentine’s Dance for Grades 5-8 from 7:009:00 PM. Free to attend! Refreshments available to purchase. Eaton students may invite up to 2 guests from other schools. Guests must be in Grades 5-8.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14
• Eatonia Lions Club Valentine’s Day Prime Rib Supper. Entertainment by Kateryna Grace. Only 120 tickets available $70/per person. Tickets available at Eatonia Agencies or Town of Eatonia. Contact Darcy 306-4607434. Deadline to purchase tickets is February 7.
- Every Thursday from 11:30 AM -1:30 PM come to the Eatonia Library for puzzles, visiting and grab your books for the week!
- Check out our TOPS Chapter … it’s free to try! Every Wednesday. Weigh in: 5:45 PM. Meeting: 6:00 PM at the EOL Meeting Room. Contact Mila 306-480-2035.
ESTON
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8
• Tenors Galore Concert featuring Clayton Braybrook, Brian Shauf and Laurie Thompson. Doors open 5:30 PM. Dinner 6:30 PM. Concert 8:00 PM. Eston Legion Hall. Sponsored by Dr. David S Mulder Eston District Health Foundation.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28
• Prairie West Historical Society Heritage Event 2:00 - 4:00 PM at Hereitage Manor (Eston). Everyone is welcome!
- Eston Wheatland Centre Chase the AceDraws every Wednesday at the Centre. Ticket sales 4-7 PM. Draw at 7:30 PM. See our Facebook page for details. Lic#LR240086
- Wheatland Centre Potluck Supper fourth Friday of each month 6:00 PM. $5.00. Bring your own utensils. Coffee & tea provided.
- Wheatland Centre Bingo - 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month 7:00 PM. Regular Bingo plus Bonanza, 50/50 Draw. Must be 14 years of age. Call 306-962-7117 (ask for Linda) for more info.
- Drop-In Basketball Thursdays 7:30-9:30 PM at ECS Gym. Minimum 12 years of age. No charge. Contact Jesse to be added to a group text for the program 306-583-9087.
KINDERSLEY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7
• Iron Horse Kindersley Klippers vs Humboldt Broncos 7:30 PM at the Inter Pipeline Arena.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8
• U15 Kindersley Full Tilt Klippers Provincial Team Round 1 Game 1 vs Hague. 6:00 PM puck drop at the Interpipeline Arena.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12
• Kindersley & District Arts Council presents “Rumour Mill” 7:30 PM at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
• Iron Horse Kindersley Klippers vs Battlefords Stars 7:30 PM at the Inter Pipeline Arena.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22
• Kindersley Screen Arts presents “Here” starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright 4:00 PM Sunset Theatre. $10 cash at the door.
TUESDAY, MARCH 11
• Kindersley & District Arts Council presents “Prairie Sons” 7:30 PM at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre.
SATURDAY, MARCH 15
• Iron Horse Kindersley Klippers vs Battlefords Stars 7:30 PM at the Inter Pipeline Arena.
• Kindersley Wildlife Federation Annual Banquet at the Kindersley Elks Hall. For tickets please contact Ray Varty at 306-831-9920 or Lori at 306-460-7638. Donations gladly accepted.
SATURDAY, MARCH 22
• Kindersley Screen Arts presents “Ghostlight” 4:00 PM at Sunset Theatre. $10 cash at the door.
SATURDAY, APRIL 26
• Kindersley Screen Arts presents “Goodrich” 4:00 PM at Sunset Theatre. $10 cash at the door.
THURSDAY, MAY 1
• Kindersley & District Arts Council presents “The Misery Mountain Boys” 7:30 PM at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre.
FRIDAY, JULY 25 - SUNDAY, JULY 27
• Kindersley Claybusters Registered Trap Shoot at the Kindersley Wildlife Federation Shooting Range starting at 1:00 PM on Friday. For info please contact Dan Kachmarski at 306-463-7207.
- Parkinson’s Support Group Meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month
1:30 PM at 401 - 4th Ave West (New Life Church). Everyone welcome! For more info call Nancy at 306-463-4514.
- Monday Night Jam Sessions at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre. Doors open at 6:30 to set-up, then the fun begins at 7-11 PM. Call Keith 306-460-8633.
- Interested in a support group for weight management? TOPS meetings; every Monday at 6:00 PM in the Kindersley Senior Centre OR contact Jill at 306-463-4210.
- PickleBall Indoor Season meets Sunday & Wednesday evenings 7:00-9:00 PM at Elizabeth Middle School gym. Cost is $50 for the season or $5 drop in. More info call Teresa Knight 306-460-7304.
- Fit Fighter Group Class. Helping individuals with Parkinson Disease, Fibromyalgia, MS, Arthritis and mobility issues. Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00 AM at Anytime Fitness. Call Karen 463-3607 for more info.
- The Prairie Crocus Quilt Guild meets on the second Tuesday of each month from September to May at 7:00 pm at the Kindersley Seniors Centre. All levels of quilters and quilt enthusiasts are welcome! If you are interested in joining the group or would like more information, please contact Regan Overand at 306-460-6467.
- 365 Kindersley Air Cadets meet Thursday evenings at the Kindersley Museum. No charge to be a member, youth ages 12-18, must be a Canadian resident. Contact Ian Kehrer via text at 306-460-0057 or Sheila Kehrer via text 306-604-9044. Come Fly With Us!
- Kindersley Library Lego Club will be held every Tuesday from 3:45-4:45 until February 11. For ages 8-14. Registration is limited to 15 children.
LEADER
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24
• Soup & Bun Lunch 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM at the Leader Friendship Centre. Cost is $8.00. Held the 4th Monday of the month.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
• Dabber Bingo at the Leader Friendship Centre. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Bingo at 7:00 PM. Held the 4th Wednesday of the month.
- Cards & Coffee. Come out and play cards! Every Tuesday afternoon 2:00-4:00 PM at the Leader Friendship Centre. No cost.
- Leader Curling Club Stick Curling Tuesdays at 2:00 PM.
- Family Curling Wednesdays at 7:00 PM.
- Open League Curling Thursdays at 7:00 & 9:00 PM.