Reschny sporting "A" for Team Canada at U18 World Championship

One week ago, Macklin's Cole Reschny and the Victoria Royals were getting ready for a Game 7 showdown against the Spokane Chiefs. The Royals lost a double OT heartbreaker 5-4, but Reschny's season didn't end there, as fast forward one week and the local star is in Allen, Texas playing for Team Canada at the U18 World Hockey Championship.

Team Canada finished the group stage 4-0, their last victory coming 8-1 over Team Norway on Monday. After a day off Tuesday, the quarter-final round begins on Wednesday with Reschny and Canada set to face Czechia. 

Falk secures another term, vows to be strong voice for the region

Rosemarie Falk was the winning candidate out of the Battlefords-Lloydminster-Meadow Lake riding in the 2025 Canadian federal election. In office since 2017, Falk was re-elected with over 75 per cent of the vote.

Falk's campaign released the following statement from the re-elected MP on Tuesday morning:

Ingram happy with Liberal inroads in newly drawn riding

Liberal candidate Larry Ingram gathered with a small group Monday night to watch the election results come in — celebrating as the Liberals secured a national victory.

While the candidate for Battlefords-Lloydminster-Meadow Lake didn't win the race, Ingram still finished second place behind the eventual winner in incumbent Conservative Rosemarie Falk. Ingram picked up 5,943 votes, good enough for over 17 per cent of the voting share, though only 90 per cent of polls were reporting at the time of writing.

Saskatchewan expands support for seniors in personal care homes

The Government of Saskatchewan is doing their best to make life more affordable for seniors living in a personal care home.

They announced that a $10 million investment included in the 2025-26 Provincial Budget will be starting this month to increase Personal Care Home Benefit by up to $1,000 per month. This also includes another $120 per month towards residents under Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (SAID).

April Classroom of the Month-Westberry Kindergarten

April’s Classroom of the Month took us to Westberry School, where Mrs. Dimitroff’s energetic kindergarten class was treated to a lunch full of fun, food, and sunshine! The Country 104 crew brought the party with games, pizza, bubbles, and sidewalk chalk—turning the schoolyard into a colourful celebration.

A big thanks to our amazing sponsors for making it all happen: Edge Realty, Rocky Mountain Equipment, Good to Go Trucking, Good to Go Rentals, GPE Fluids Management, CJV The Carpet People, Luk Plumbing Heating and Electric, and Kindersley Castle Building Centre!

Key agriculture voices returning to Parliament

The Liberals have won their fourth mandate this time under the leadership of leader Mark Carney.

When Mark Carney formed government as Canada's 24th Prime Minister on March 14, 2025, he selected 34-year-old Kody Blois from the Kings-Hants riding in Nova Scotia as the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Rural Economic Development.

Blois is heading back to Parliament after winning his riding last night. Expectations are that Carney could keep him in that role, but that will be determined when he announces his new cabinet in the days ahead.

Local rodeo star sentenced for sexual assault

A southwest man well-known in rodeo circles across western Canada will be spending the next three and a half years behind bars after his recent sentencing on sexual assault charges.

Maple Creek's Cody Robert Lane appeared in Red Deer Court of King's Bench on Thursday, April 17, where he received a guilty verdict and a 45-month sentence. 

The 29-year-old had been in and out of court since the incident took place on June 20, 2020. 

He was required to register on the sex offender registry and was ordered to provide a DNA sample. 

Poilievre loses his long-held seat in Ottawa

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will not have a seat in the next Parliament, after a stunning upset by Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy in the riding of Carleton. 

Poilievre's loss raises a host of questions about his ability to continue with the Conservative party leadership, and the role he will play as the House of Commons reconvenes. 

In his concession speech on election night, Poilievre pledged that Conservatives will "do our constitutional duty of holding government to account and proposing better alternatives." 

Provincial archive group uses volunteers to capture Unity 'then and now'

A fun volunteer led project involving Unity was highlighted by the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan on Sunday, for the start of National Volunteer Week around the country, running April 27-May 3.

The archival group is leading a project titled "Saskatchewan Then & Now" where volunteers are given an archived photograph and then asked to recreate it with a modern-day version.