Hidden behind a canvas teepee in Wanuskewin Heritage Park's main exhibit room, a 100-gallon plastic tub catches a steady drip through the ceiling.

Colour Photo: Richard Marjan, The StarPhoenix / DROPPING BY FOR A BITE: A flock of sandhill cranes feeds Monday in a farmer's field south of the city off Highway 219. ;

Colour Photo: Gord Waldner, The StarPhoenix / ADVANCE POLLS BUSY: An elections officer at the Sutherland Elementary School advance polls said the polling station was kept busy over the last three days during advance voting, with 500 voters showing up each day to cast ballots in the upcoming federal election set for Oct. 14. ;

REGINA (SNN) -- Saskatchewan residents should keep an eye out for a possible e-mail scam making its way to their inbox.

Classes are cancelled again today at L'Ecole River Heights school as the cleanup continues from a weekend fire.

Reports of an attempted child luring in Cumberland House on the weekend have set the small northeastern community on edge.

City Police responded to one local bar 300 times last year.

A conflict between a Prince Albert resident and the city over a property tax penalty is building toward a climax for next week's city council meeting.

REGINA - Sask atchewan's conflict-of-interest commissioner has released his report into the actions of a former NDP cabinet minister and his role in an alleged fraud in the party's caucus office.

HALIFAX - The federal government's independent safety agency has put the release of a report into the high-seas death of Laura Gainey on hold because the Prime Minister's Office ordered an election campaign “blackout,” an agency spokeswoman said Monday.

By Sheri Monk On Oct. 23, the Town of Maple Creek will find out if the price is right for 31 lots being offered for sale by lottery. Ranging in price between $45,000 and $79,000, the lots are being developed at the east side of town, nestled between Fifth Avenue and the Maple Creek Golf Course.

By Sheri Monk Maple Creek is one step closer to preserving a piece of history forever in the skyscape of downtown.

By Kaylie Blair The World Harmony Run (WHR) stopped off at Maple Creek Composite High School (MCCHS) and the town hall Oct. 1. According to the group’s website, the WHR “is a global relay that seeks to promote international friendship and understanding.

By Sheri Monk The second phase of Creekside Estates is moving forward. “We’ve talked to architects,” said Mayor Anne Weisgerber, who is also on the Creekside Estates committee. Preliminary drawings of building placements have been completed.

By Kaylie Blair Maple Creek’s nurse practitioner, Dawn Kalinowski, has been working at the Primary Health Care Centre–formerly the Pacific Avenue Clinic–since mid-August.

At the hands of Colton Sceviour and the host Lethbridge Hurricanes the Swift Current Broncos perfect 6-0 start to the season came to an end with a 5-2 loss in front of 3,210 fans at the Enmax Centre.

With a little help from an unlikely source the Swift Current Broncos defeated the host Kootenay Ice 3-2 in a shootout to remain the Western Hockey League's lone undefeated team at 6-0.

The Swift Current Broncos announced on Tuesday that they will rotate captains on a monthly basis beginning with defenseman Derek Claffey for the month of October.

The Swift Current Broncos will enter the weekend as one of the top teams in the Western Hockey League after jumping out to a 4-0-0-0 start to the season.

Justin Dowling scored the game winner with 3:14 left in regulation to complete a Swift Current Broncos come-from-behind 3-2 win over the visiting Red Deer Rebels.

A voter in La Ronge, Sask., is concerned that a member of the RCMP was seen helping out a local political campaign.

The Saskatchewan MP who was caught on tape 17 years ago making anti-gay slurs has declined to participate in an all-candidates' forum Monday night in his riding hosted by the gay community.

A 16-year-old case of money stolen from the legislature offices of the provincial NDP that evolved into a heated scandal years later is little more than a "sad little tale," Saskatchewan's conflict of interest commissioner says.

Alone in first place when they awoke Friday, the Calgary Stampeders found themselves in a three-way tie for top spot in the CFL's West Division a few hours later after falling 37-34 to the hometown Saskatchewan Roughriders.

A potential strike at Loblaws-owned grocery stores in Saskatchewan has been averted, while people who work at ones in Edmonton and Calgary seem destined to be on picket lines as early as next week.

Sixteen years after first learning of a $5,900 theft from caucus funds and eight months after being exonerated of wrong-doing by the RCMP, former Moose Jaw North NDP MLA Glenn Hagel is back in the spotlight.

In total, Moose Jaw’s Larry Hunt submitted 4,280 signatures during Monday’s council meeting at city hall.

Stephen Harper is sticking with his stand-pat prescription for weathering the economic maelstrom, despite warnings that Canada is heading for a recession and polls suggesting his message is falling flat with anxious voters.

Moose Jaw is one step closer to putting the proverbial hot irons to the proverbial hide on its branding initiative.

At 11:11 p.m. on Saturday, in the 1000 block of 12th Avenue Southwest, a male was assaulted by four other males in a park.

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“Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt." ~ Jose Ortega Y Gasset A deep breath can be a wonderful experience. From the loamy scent after a summer rain, to the frosted chill of a clean winter wind, and to the aroma of good food, all of these pleasures are brought to us in breaths.

“Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt." ~ Jose Ortega Y Gasset A recent incident in the halls of G.F. Kells in Carlyle regarding bandanas sparked a bit of controversy between staff and students when the students were instructed to remove the bandanas, as wearing one to school was against the school’s dress code.

by Helen Solmes It has been tough medicine to swallow for local educators and community leaders to see the results of a recent survey of young people who were asked to assess how supportive their families, schools and community have been in helping them to learn the developmental assets, that is personal skills, that they will need to be healthy, effective adults.