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Residents are describing moments of terror as they experienced tornadoes hitting their properties today.

At 99 years of age, WWII Veteran and long-time Buff Point resident, Derrick Oliver, was very happy to attend an Anzac Day service again and lay a wreath

Article content Another local landmark is gone. The Groat farmstead northeast of Endiang, although abandoned for several years, has been levelled and buried. The big hip-roof barn and large farmhouse withstood many decades of harsh prairie weather and was a symbol of the hard work typical of many of the early pioneers who settled the land and built the country. Peter and Elizabeth Groat were both born in Scotland. Peter homesteaded at Endiang in about 1909-10. The pioneer couple built up an impressive farm and raised a family of seven – Mary, Isabel, Verna, Helen, Bob, Jack and Gordon. The ...

Submitting... “Everyone pushing for schools to re-open back to normal. “I’ve heard of lots of children testing positive for Covid but not showing any symptoms. This will be the same for university students who apart from parties will be going to pubs and clubs if they open. “Slowly slowly, we don’t want or need to rush headlong into normality, because if we get it wrong, it’ll be even worse next time.” Tracey Barker-Hall said: “It seems that what most people are hoping for is everything that happened before the worldwide pandemic struck, wouldn’t we all like that! Vaccinate ...