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Town wants to discuss school facilities

September 18, 2017 8:19 am

Moosomin town council is inviting the area’s representative on the school board to discuss how the school division plans to accommodate increasing enrolment at McNaughton High...

Rocanville Museum Day Saturday

September 14, 2017 8:55 am

Rocanville museum will be a busy place this Saturday when it invites the general public in for a walk back in time with its annual Museum Day. Museum Day is a long-time ann...

Moosomin producer car siding targeted for closure

September 13, 2017 11:05 am

The Agricultural Producers Association disagrees with the Canadian Pacific Railway’s decision to close at least 10 producer car loading sites in Saskatchewan, including one at...

Manitoba gov't has questions on pot legalization

September 13, 2017 7:55 am

Manitoba will continue to seek further clarity from the federal government on how it plans to support provinces in the implementation of The Cannabis Act, Bill C-45, while at ...

Burke arrested in Virden

September 12, 2017 5:35 pm

In the early morning hours of Monday, September 11, 2017, Westman RCMP officers conducted a court imposed compliance check on Cory Alexander Burke, a 31-year-old male from Vir...

More students in local classrooms this fall

September 11, 2017 8:33 am

There are more students in local schools this fall. At Moosomin’s McNaughton High School, enrolment is rising rapidly. Projected enrolment was 288 two years ago, 330 last y...

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Weekly Photo Gallery

Daemon Hunt from Moosomin in his first WHL action with the Moose Jaw Warriors on Tuesday August 29, 2017 in an exhibition game against the Swift Current Broncos.

Enbridge donates $10,000 to Moosomin Regional Park - From left are park manager Wayne Beckett, Enbridge Community Relations Specialist Les Scott, Lower Souris Watershed Committee board chair Theresa Walker, and Lower Souris Watershed Committee manager Tyler Fewings.

Danny O’Connor submitted this photo of the 2017 harvest as part of the World-Spectator’s harvest photo contest. See pages 10-11 of the September 4, 2017 World-Spectator for more harvest photos.

Western Canadian Softball Championships, August 17 - 20, 2017. The Moosomin Predators with their bronze medals.

This semi tipped on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Moosomin on the evening of Saturday, August 19, 2017, blocking traffic.

Souris-Moose Mountain MP Dr. Robert Kitchen has a blast on the bouncer set up for the 37th anniversary celebration at Celebration Ford on Thursday, August 24, 2017.

Spy Hill Sports Days & Rodeo, August 12 & 13, 2017: Racers thunder around the track in the chuckwagon races.

Thursday, August 17, 2017: Derek McGonigal memorial car show. The vehicles cruising down Broadway Avenue in Moosomin.

Niko Grose gets ready to rope a steer during the ranch rodeo at the McAuley Hoedown on Friday, August 11, 2017

Chariot Racing at Elkhorn Western Weekend, August 5 & 6 ,2017.

Chinese Lion Dance, August 6, 2017 at Living Skies Come Alive. Kevin Weedmark fed “chings” to the lions—heads of lettuce containing a monetary donation in a red envelope attached to them.

August 5 & 6, 2017. More than 12,500 people through the gates at Living Skies Come Alive at Moosomin Regional Park.

August 3, 2017: Local kids went to an Engineering Day Camp in Rocanville at the community hall where they learned how to make straw rockets, how to build skyscrapers, experimented with electronic snap circuits and built Lego robots!

August 7, 2017: Pipe being stacked. Work is beginning on the Enbridge Line 3 replacement, and work will reach southeast Saskatchewan next year. The Enbridge right-of-way extends through Langbank, Maryfield and Cromer.

Members of the Canadian and Chinese fireworks teams for Living Skies Come Alive stand in the stargate, a metal ring that shoots fireworks 180 degrees for over 200 feet, while setting up Friday, August 4, 2017.

July 31, 2017: Children took advantage of the hot weather last week to enjoy the new spray park in Elkhorn.

Sunday, July 23, 2017: People enjoying the music of the Dennis Fecor band on the lawn at Wapella Centennial Park.

Friday, July 21, 2017 - Tornado, hail causes damage near Wapella.

July 24, 2017: The P&H terminal just west of Moosomin, surrounded by fields of canola in full flower last week.

Quinn Glasser hitting for the Fleming Jets during Tuesday, July 18, 2017's game against Pipestone.

The 124th annual Elkhorn Ag Fair was held from July 14-16, 2017. Shown here is Carla McCallum, a member of a ranch rodeo team, cutting out a steer in one of the rodeo events.

July 8, 2017: The Flaman Group of Companies put together a Canada 150 train for the Moosomin Chamber of Commerce Parade.

2017 Multicultural Celebration, July 8, 2017: The crowd packed into the Armoury Hall watches the Filipino community perform a dance.

July 7 & 8, 2017: A competitor goes flying during the saddle bronc event at the 24th annual Moosomin Rodeo.

People got the chance to have photos taken dressed in period costume in some of the Elkhorn Auto Museum's old cars. Shown here are Joy and Jemma Johnson home to Elkhorn to visit family and celebrate Canada Day 2017.

Welwyn Lake Swimming Lessons: Thursday, July 6. Hannah and Ava Spies jumping off the dock into Welwyn Lake.

Young Hunter Flaman enjoyed visiting with local RCMP officers during Canada Day events at the Moosomin Armoury on July 1, 2017.

Songwriters concert on Friday, June 23. Anthony Kelly shares a story that gets a laugh out of Darlene Tuleta and Eli Barsi.

The New Zealand team doing the Haka on Friday, June 23, a traditional war dance from the Maori people of New Zealand, as a show of thanks to their competitors.

Grade five students leave MacLeod School in Moosomin for the last time on Wednesday, June 28, 2017—next fall they will start Grade 6 across the street at McNaughton. Students in younger grades lined up to congratulate the Grade 5 students on their last day at MacLeod School.

MacLeod Elementary School students marched down Main Street in their house teams on Friday, June 26, 2017 to kick off Fun in the Sun. Students chanted and cheered and showed their team spirit before heading back to the school where they were in for a day of swimming, games and a barbecue lunch put on by the PPP.