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The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) is five-year suite of programs that launched in 2023 and offers a variety of programs, including some for sheep producers.

SaskPower crews are doing work southwest of Kindersley today, creating a power outage for customers in Mantario and surrounding rurals for two hours.

The outage is expected from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM on May 1. Outages are also expected to reach areas north of Highway #7.

A youth has been identified in connection with a series of graffiti incidents that occurred over the weekend in Kindersley.

In its quarterly report, the Kindersley RCMP said the suspect was identified with the help of the public. The youth has been caught and will be dealt with under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The graffiti appeared in multiple locations across town between Friday and Sunday. Social media posts over the weekend documented the vandalism, which affected homes, buildings, driveways and vehicles.

Conservative candidates cruised to landslide victories across west central Saskatchewan in the federal election, with voters in Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley overwhelmingly backing incumbent Jeremy Patzer for another term.

Patzer secured 82 per cent of the vote, collecting 32,297 ballots. Liberal challenger William Caton finished a distant second with 11.2 per cent (4,420 votes), followed by the NDP's Alex McPhee at 5.7 per cent (2,261). Independent Maria Rose Lewans garnered 1.1 per cent (425 votes).

Team Saskatchewan A claimed the top spot at the Interprovincial 5 Pin Bowling Championship, taking home gold after a nail-biting series of playoff matches in Saskatoon this past weekend.

The national event, held April 23–27, brought together teams from across the country to compete in one of Canada’s most celebrated bowling championships. The winning Saskatchewan A team, representing the West Saskatchewan Zone, featured bowlers Bridget Berg (Rosetown), Yvonne Markewich (Biggar), Leonard Lapierre (Lashburn), Mat Harrabek (Biggar), and Coach Alvin Anderson (Lashburn).

There is still time to get your "purple pansies for pancreatic cancer" before local organizer Pam Kosolofski and company set off for another year of deliveries.

The annual fundraiser is in support of Pancreatic Cancer Canada, but more importantly to raise awareness. Kosolofski lost her husband to pancreatic cancer 10+ years ago now, something she admittedly used to not know anything about, now dedicating the springtime to shedding light on pancreatic cancer through the power of beautiful purple flowers.

Rosetown Muffler and Bearing is the “One Stop Shop” that more and more people are discovering, and when they do walk through the door, they’re impressed. Trent Alyward, owner, explains, “We often surprise a lot of people with how much inventory we have here, particularly people out of town. We really try to cater to the farmer, since Rosetown is an ag community. But we get construction people and regular people in as well.” Trent talks about some construction workers who discovered firsthand that Rosetown Muffler and Bearing really does have “a little bit of everything.

Communal grief following the ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people on the weekend will likely persist for months, mental health experts in British Columbia warn. 

"Traumatic events, grief, is not something that is resolved in a week or two weeks, or a couple of months," said Heather Mohan, a clinical counsellor and executive director of the charity Lumara Grief and Bereavement Care Society.

Some Conservative MPs are expressing support for party leader Pierre Poilievre after he lost both the federal election and his own seat on Monday.

In his concession speech early Tuesday morning, Poilievre indicated he would stay on as leader. The Conservative party did not respond when asked Wednesday whether he has officially decided to stay.

"My view is he's not going anywhere," said Kory Teneycke, Ontario Premier Doug Ford's former campaign manager and a former director of communications for former prime minister Stephen Harper.

Industry professionals, town representatives, and municipal employees gathered Wednesday morning at the Rosetown Elk’s Hall as the Saskatchewan Common Ground Alliance (SCGA) hosted its latest stop on the 2025 Dig Safe Awareness Breakfast Tour.

The annual event, held in conjunction with April’s designation as Dig Safe Month in Saskatchewan, drew participants from across west central Saskatchewan — including representatives from private industry, as well as staff from the Town of Rosetown and the Town of Biggar.