‘Thank you very much’
Posted on April 14, 2022[caption id="attachment_6289" align="alignleft" width="300"] Linemen enjoy dinner at Cobble Creek Lodge[/caption] The man who spearheaded the Town of Maple Creek’s response to the April 5… Read More »
Coyotes nearly had Fried Englishman for supper
Posted on April 12, 2022For those who say my job isn’t dangerous, keep reading. Most people will be aware that The Salvation Army fed hundreds during the snowstorm: soup… Read More »
‘The most important thing is nobody was hurt’
Posted on April 12, 2022Norm Fiss surveys the partially cleared mess outside Binkley’s Funeral Service and slowly shakes his head. It is Friday afternoon, four days after two spruces… Read More »
‘Our community has rallied behind us’
Posted on April 12, 2022Half-closed empty pizza boxes lying on a table. Another box with three remaining glazed doughnuts. A steaming coffee dispenser. Styrofoam cups. The mundane sights greeting… Read More »
Haven during a crisis
Posted on April 12, 2022Wednesday, 6.08pm: it is the second day of the civic emergency in Maple Creek and supper has been served at The Salvation Army. A team… Read More »
Linemen work from sunrise to sundown
Posted on April 12, 2022Maple Creek continues to recover from Tuesday’s spring snowstorm that wreaked havoc to power lines throughout the region, causing widespread outages. By today (Tuesday) all… Read More »
Yemen: A crisis deserving attention
Posted on March 31, 2022It is home to one of the greatest humanitarian crises in the world. Yet Yemen doesn’t attract a lot of global attention, despite being torn… Read More »