What is Grasslands News (grasslandsnews.ca)?

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Grasslands News is the online home of a group of community newspapers serving east-central Saskatchewan, Canada. If you are looking for local coverage of Yorkton, Fort Qu'Appelle, Melville, Indian Head, Wolseley, Kipling, Whitewood, Grenfell, or the surrounding rural municipalities, this site is the shared publishing hub for those titles. It carries local and provincial news, obituaries, classifieds, and advertising information, and it sells both online and printed-edition subscriptions.

Which newspapers are published under Grasslands News?

The site lists the following publications:

  • Fort Qu'Appelle Times
  • Indian Head / Wolseley News
  • Kipling Clipper
  • Melville Advance
  • Quad Town Forum
  • Whitewood / Grenfell Herald Sun
  • Yorkton This Week
  • Yorkton Marketplace

The masthead also references a Grenfell & Broadview Sun Express and Whitewood Herald, so the exact name shown for a given paper can vary between the site header and the publications list. If you are trying to identify a specific print product, check the publications menu rather than the banner text.

What can you find on the site?

Section What it covers
Latest News Recent local stories, often with a byline and date
Provincial News Saskatchewan-wide items, including RCMP and government reports
Obituaries Death notices for the communities served
Marketplace / Classifieds Classified advertising
Rates / Services Advertising rates, classified rates, and print services
Subscribe Online and printed-edition subscription signup

Recent headlines give a sense of the coverage mix: a Good Spirit School Division board election, a St. Paul Lutheran Home centennial, a Co-op opening in Yorkton, RCMP collision and in-custody investigations, and municipal items such as facade improvement grants and division boundary changes.

How do you subscribe?

Three subscription paths appear on the site:

  • Online subscription — https://grasslandsnews.ca/subscribe/online-subscriptions/
  • General subscribe page — https://grasslandsnews.ca/subscribe/
  • Printed edition signup — https://grasslandsnews.ca/subscribe/print-newspaper-subscription/

The site also shows a "Subscribe or Renew Now" prompt and a Login link, which suggests subscriber accounts exist for online access. Prices, delivery terms, and whether any content is metered or free are not stated in the material available here, so check the subscribe pages directly before assuming a cost or a free tier.

Who is this site for?

  • Local residents who want news about their town, school division, RM, or health facility.
  • Former residents and family members outside the region who follow obituaries and community events.
  • Advertisers and businesses who want rates for print or classified placement, or print services.
  • Researchers looking for a citable local outlet for east-central Saskatchewan.

If your interest is national or international news, this is not that kind of outlet — its value is in the hyperlocal and provincial reporting that larger outlets tend not to cover.