An auction and 50/50 raffle raised over $4,000 for the Killarney-Turtle Mountain Arts Council at the Blarney Stone Pub and Restaurant’s wine sampling event.

Not every birthday party involves curling rocks, cake, and two truckloads of toys.

But for Coraline Urquhart, who turned six on Wednesday, September 28, making other kids happy, plus her mom and dad, is what made her big day extra-special.

A local mom continues to struggle with transport costs since her daughter’s kidneys failed earlier this year.

Holly Chambers needs to travel to Brandon three times a week with her sick daughter, Tasha Chambers, for dialysis treatment, and it’s more than the single-mom’s budget can bear.

When a local hairdresser discovered to her horror that she had lost a precious wedding ring, she was devastated.

That’s because it was nearly four years earlier that Brenda Shiels lost her much-loved husband, Malcolm Shiels, who had worn the golden, somewhat battered ring until his final days.

After 16 years as refugees, two women from Liberia have been welcomed with open arms into this small community.

Zoe Dickson and Felicia Joh, along with Dickson’s son, seven-year-old William Mensah, say that the relief of finally having a home and feeling safe is beyond measure.

It was quite a sight on Saturday morning to witness around 80 colourful Volkswagens – of various vintage, model, and décor – gathered festively under the trees at Erin Park.

Where do you find a boat with a link to mobsters, JFK, World War II, and the dazzle of the 1950s highlife?

On Killarney Lake, it appears.

Members of Killarney’s Turtle Mountain Flywheel Club are heading to Austin, Manitoba in a couple of weeks, hoping for a record-breaking event.

And they’re taking their threshing machines with them.