A concept image showing the potential of a restored heritage building. Heritage Saskatchewan Webinar Featuring Gull Lake’s Property Development Cooperative 📅 Wednesday, March 25, 2026 ⏰ 12–1 PM 📍 Online Webinar 🎤 Presenter: Lindsay Alliban, Professional Community & Economic Developer Across Canada, many historic commercial buildings sit unused—even though people feel a deep connection to them. The challenge is finding new, sustainable uses that protect their heritage while

How Gull Lake Built a Town with a Well, 200 Trees, and a Lucky Census: 1910 If you could walk down Conrad Street in 1910, you wouldn’t see the sidewalks or hydrants we know today. You’d see a young prairie settlement still finding its footing — muddy streets, scattered buildings, and a council learning, meeting by meeting, how to turn a cluster of shacks into a community. But 1910 was the year something shifted. It was the year Gull Lake began to act like a town long before i

Sometimes it can feel like our communities are losing traction. But is that really the case, and where do we look for answers? Across the southwest, there’s been some talk lately about decline, disruption , and the idea that small towns need to be shaken up to survive. But when you look at what’s actually happening on the ground, a very different story emerges—one of adaptation, collaboration, and steady, community‑driven progress. The darkest period in my lifetime was the l

Coffee Row was buzzing that morning—the usual gathering spot where news travels faster than the percolator—and today the talk had turned to the people who keep Gull Lake running: the volunteers. And, of course, the young wrestler who just put our town on the provincial map. Edna had her For Posterity notebook open before the first refill. “I’ll tell you what really makes a town strong,” she said. “It’s the ones who straighten chairs, shovel driveways, and wheel the garbage bi

Most of what strengthens a small town isn’t grand or complicated. It’s the everyday things people do for each other that make the real impact. The Quiet Contributor You might be the person who volunteers to help our public spaces bloom, who straightens the chairs after a hall event, or who shovels a neighbour’s driveway—sometimes showing up with a quad to clear a long stretch of sidewalk. Maybe you’re the one who wheels a neighbour’s garbage bin back to its spot without sayin

November 3, 1951 – February 25, 2026 (age 74) Opening Line With heavy hearts but deep gratitude for her life, the family of Shelley Jane Bryant announces her unexpected passing on February 25, 2026, at the age of 74. Shelley was born on November 3, 1951, in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, the cherished daughter of Russell and Miriam Bryant. She grew up in the Carmichael area, attending school there before riding the bus into Gull Lake High School, where she graduated and formed frie