Killarney Guide

After just one year, a local school is enjoying nearly double their classroom space, and new high school elective options for students.

What started out as a friendly wager between Steffany Peters and her grandpa has grown into a 194-pound pumpkin.

SMOKED OUT – A trailer full of kids crawled through the haze in the Killarney-Turtle Mountain Fire Department’s smoking trailer demonstration at the fire hall this fall. Firefighters explained to the kids how they have to keep low to avoid smoke, heat and flame in the event of an actual structure fire that they need … Fall Fire Hall and Smoke Trailer Tour

A lively evening is planned – with everything from a free, ‘fun’ casino and vintage photo booth, to live music and dancing – at next month’s Christmas Speakeasy, coming up at the Shamrock Centre.

A new kind of park, created in tribute to a fine man, has officially opened.

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.