Since the Kraft Hockeyville promotion started in 2006, many Saskatchewan communities like Ituna, Wilcox, Wilkie and Lafleche have tried to win the honour but have failed. Pense will try to end the drought this year. During Sunday’s Stanley Cup qualifying game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Toronto Maple Leafs, it was announced the community, […]
The “Golden Sheaf” awards from this years Yorkton Film Festival are being shipped out to the winners. Festival executive director Randy Goulden says there was a change this year in where the awards were made. “For the first time in 73 years, the ‘Golden Sheaf’ awards — which symbolizes a wheat sheaf — are made […]
A 19-year-old man is dead after a vehicle rollover early Monday morning southeast of Pense. Around 4:30 a.m. a pick-up traveling on a grid road rolled multiple times. RCMP say they believe a second vehicle may have been involved, and ask anyone with more information to call the White Butte detachment at 306-781-5050. The 19-year-old, […]
The town of Pense, just west of Regina, is hoping they can become the first Saskatchewan centre since the Kraft Hockeyville contest started in 2006 to be named the winner. The community is hoping getting the distinction and the $250,000 first place prize that goes with it would basically pay off current fundraising efforts to […]
Boxing Day in parts of west Regina and areas west of the city like Pense and Grand Coulee has likely been a headache for some as they don’t have power. SaskPower says a blown transformer is to blame and that power should be restored to the area around 4. 1:44 PM: Crews are working to […]
An unfortunate incident over the weekend has left the Pense and Grand Coulee Minor Hockey Association searching for help. The organization ran a bottle drive, and the night before the recycling was to be turned in to SARCAN, the trailer was stolen with the recycling inside. Board member Leah Bernard said those donations go a […]
