Gravelbourg & District Tribune

Welcome back to the pages of the only locally owned weekly newspaper in southwest Saskatchewan and south of the Trans Canada highway. Yes this is the humble Gravelbourg Tribune.

 

In order to get any kind of vacation I have to shut down the newspaper for several weeks. My wife and I can then do some camping and although the air quality wasn’t the greatest this summer it was still great to get away.

 

Activities in Gravelbourg have been intense starting this spring. Langman Construction of Lafleche was awarded the $2.2 million insurance claim for town buildings damaged in the hail storm last year. The fire hall, town shop and Palestre had to have the roofs and some of the walls replaced. The museum board got insurance money to replace the shingles on the roof of the 1915 elevator.

 

The cathedral was also a hive of activity since they had to repaint the steeples.

 

This year July was a good month for rain. It will be a better harvest than expected - maybe!

 

We are always interested in letters to the editor on any subjects. Do you have a story you want to share or a comment on world affairs?