This week’s roundup covers local crime updates, new business milestones, infrastructure notices, and a full slate of spring events across the southwest — plus your weekend weather outlook. Updates include items from Apr 19–25, along with recent developments of ongoing public interest. Regional News Break & Enter Reported at Gull Lake Esso Swift Current Rural RCMP are investigating a break and enter at the Gull Lake Esso in the early hours of Apr 10. An unknown individual forc

Photo courtesy of the Village of Hazlet (Facebook) Hazlet’s annual Showcase once again showed how strongly this community shows up for one another. More than 160 people filled the hall on Friday night for an evening of generosity, good food, and shared purpose—all aimed at supporting projects that keep Hazlet moving forward. An organizer noted how often items were bought and then donated back to be auctioned again, a gesture that set the tone for the night. Early estimates pl

Image: SPCA Swift Current (Facebook) Gull Lake was represented in a big way this weekend as Blended Souls Coffee participated in the Swift Current SPCA’s “Jail & Bail” fundraiser—a one‑day event that brought in $10,910 to support shelter operations and animal care. Hosted at the Swift Current Mall, the fundraiser invited community members to be “jailed” and raise donations to earn their release. According to the SPCA, the event not only reached its fundraising goal but also

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

Don’t forget—the Ultimate Perogy Feast & Sausage Contest, Carmichael’s annual fundraiser, is happening this weekend at the Tompkins Community Centre. This year, the event reflects Carmichael’s determination to restore their hall, with the support of neighbors in Tompkins and beyond. An Annual Tradition with a New Purpose The Perogy Feast and Sausage Contest has long been a much-anticipated annual event, but this year, it carries special significance. All proceeds from Saturda

Highway improvements, Christmas hampers, and insurance topped the agenda at Council’s November 26 meeting. Attendance All but one Councillor attended the meeting, ensuring a quorum and full discussion. Present: Mayor Nasser Zanidean; Councillors Karen Turton, Brandon Wessner, Steven Haithwaite, Terry Stevenson, Neal Boutin; Administrator Emella Waiser Absent: Councillor Tyson Migneault Reports Water Plant (October 2025 report, D. Vold) : Plain‑language: Tracks Gull Lake’s wat