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Blush Studio had more than just a pop of colour in their day when CochraneNow and Cochrane McDonald’s showed up with a McCafé Coffee Break.

The crew swapped brushes for coffee cups, enjoying fresh brews and cookies to start their morning off in style.

They were nominated HERE, and this was attached to the nomination:

"They’re absolute magicians and actually make me love my hair. The whole team is full of energy and always makes the experience fun!"

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Justin Lansdall of the Hodgeville area is our August 26 winner of Farmer Appreciation – Harvest Edition!

Justin shares:

"We are a mixed family farm with a cattle and grain operation. We plant durum , wheat, mustard, peas and barley. All of us are community minded and love supporting small business to help keep it community thrive."

 

Christy Fabbri was a hairdresser before joining the CHVN team, which would lead to a very memorable moment for the entire Fabbri family.

Not knowing anything about radio, she was at work doing a CHVN employee's hair when she was encouraged to apply. "I had an acting background. I was doing someone's hair that worked here, and she's like, 'You have an acting background. You should come in and apply,'" Fabbri said. 

We have officially completed the 2025 Celebrate Summer Photo Contest!

Congratulations to Jodi Apps, the winner of our final week, with a photo that captures the spontaneity of summer!

A big thank you to everyone who entered photo's for this week's theme!

While the photo contest may be coming to an end, there is still much to celebrate! Check out our Meal in the Field and Classroom of the Month promotion's to keep the good memories coming, even as the air gets cooler.

Check out all of this week's entries below.

Meet Mackay and Bundaberg, two kittens with names as fun as their personalities. These five-month-old cuties are ready to find their forever homes.

“They came into the shelter not being socialized,” says Robyn Roy, communications coordinator with the Humane Society. “They were strays for the first chunk of their lives, but we’ve worked on their socialization and now they’re ready for adoption.”

La Broquerie Helping Hands has recently seen the need for hampers rise significantly in the communities they serve.

The organization was able to move into a new building last year, and since that time their list of recipients has doubled. Right now, they are experiencing a lull in donations, and have put out an ask to the community for the following items:

-Pasta sauce

-Rice

-Pancake mix

-Zoodles

-Sidekicks

-Canned tomatoes

-Canned fruit

-Almond milk 

The United Way Estevan is once again stepping up to support local schools as students head back to class this fall.

Executive Director Heidi Hesselink explained that one of the organization’s main focus areas is helping children reach their full potential, which includes funding several school-based initiatives. Programs currently supported in Estevan include the Hillcrest Breakfast Club, the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Student in Need lunch program, and Muffin Mornings at ECS.

It was another record-breaking year for “Brooke and Koda’s Iced Tea Stand,” the grassroots fundraiser started by two kids that has grown into one of the most inspiring community traditions in the southeast.

This summer, the stand raised a whopping $26,650 to help four-year-old Callie Augustine, who is currently battling B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL).

Are you the ULTIMATE KEITH URBAN fan? Can you spot the LIE in a web of TRUTHS?! We'll see about that...😏

Country 106.1 and Live Nation want to send you and a friend to see Keith Urban LIVE at SaskTel Centre for the High and Alive World Tour - September 15! We've got TWO PAIRS of tickets with hotel stays to give away this week. All you gotta do is play URBAN LEGENDS!

Since the mid-’90s, west-central Saskatchewan oilman Clarence Rye has been closely tuned in to what’s pumping in the patch

Using data from the Government of Saskatchewan, Rye digs into the local drilling numbers, so you don't have to.