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Whether it’s become tradition to attend every year or it’s your very first time, all are welcome to attend Blue Sky Opportunities’ 43rd Annual Fundraising Dinner, coming up in early November.

Ryan Potter, Executive Director at Blue Sky Opportunities, has spent the last few months organizing the event with his team, and is looking forward to providing their community with an evening of wild laughter, delicious dishes, and cool prizes.

Save your canned goods for now, and bring out the cash! While they do appreciate all donations, South East Helping Hands in Steinbach is currently looking for financial support for the coming months.  

“We’re asking for cash this time, because we need to pay for other stuff,” operations manager Ken Dyck explains. 

Show your support by attending their upcoming Barbecue Fundraiser, Wednesday, September 25th from 11:00am to 3:00pm.  

Escape room enthusiasts know they’ll always receive a one-of-a-kind experience at Saskatoon’s Breakout Escape Rooms & Board Game Lounge. And the reason is simple.

“Every one of our games is built, designed and written right here, by us,” explains Roberta Alton. “We have seven escape rooms to choose from, ranging from family-friendly to super scary.”

Think of it as an “aging-in” place, or a home with as much care as you need – even none at all.

He started as a harvest truck driver for a six-week stint. From there, his career progressed year over year as he gradually took on different roles and more responsibility.

Sixteen years later, Richard Klassen is the Director of Table Potato Production at Kroeker Farms.

Klassen says when he started with the company, there were approximately 100 employees at that time.

Would you rather spend your volunteer hours helping your community… or searching for that one invoice from 2014 that your treasurer, Craig, swears is necessary for the upcoming dance season? 

Kevin and Scott get it.  

Owners Kevin Brown and Scott Dillabough designed and built OMyBoard for their fellow volunteers. This volunteer board management web application aims at helping volunteer boards centralize tasks and documents, and is ideal for small groups that undergo changes regularly such as sports teams and community clubs.  

“It was all new for us – new country, we had come with no plans. We were like whatever life throws at us, we’re going to accept it and we’re going to move forward. And then everything shut down into panic mode.”

This from Mrinmoy and Niby Moulick, the husband-and-wife team behind Cleaning Service 7.

The couple did not move here to start a cleaning business. Back in India, Niby had been a teacher, and Mrinmoy a real estate agent. They arrived in Canada in 2019, just before the pandemic struck.

25 years ago, several small farming communities in Southwest Saskatchewan joined together to keep their communities connected – by purchasing rail lines.  

Those rail lines, now operated by Great Western Railway, continue to be essential to farmers across the Southwest for selling and transporting their grain. 

Female participation in youth hockey in Steinbach has experienced some growth over last year’s fall registration. In particular, the game is being taken up by girls in the younger age groups, and Steinbach Minor Hockey hopes to build on that momentum with a free on-ice event later this month. 

Hill's Drug Store & Hill's Clinic Pharmacy in Portage have always been committed to caring for their community… but what does that really look like?

For pharmacist and co-owner, Michelle Leslie, there are three main commitments they make to provide their patients with the best possible care.

“Patient education is one of the most important aspects of our job,” she said. “Giving patients knowledge about their prescriptions to the best of our ability, so they have better autonomy over their health and wellness.”