Next Edition: November 7th

Hi everyone, just letting you know there's a new edition in the works and I'll be doing my paperboy delivery on Nov 7th! As mentioned briefly in the last edition, I've been out helping on a potato harvest and that's kept me out there for the last three weeks or so. That has finally wrapped up and so I'll get to work on things right away. Thanks for everyone's patience!

If you are a subscriber and also heading away to snowbird in fairer climes, please get in touch. I'll save a copy as a digital version and start having that available.

In sad town news, the Bassano Beavers had this to say on October 27th:

It is with deep regret that the Bassano Beavers USPHL Premier team, located in Bassano, Alberta, has officially ceased operations for the 2025/2026 season as of October 17th.

When we decided to bring the USPHL to Bassano, we set out to create a strong player development program that is in line with the USPHL mission. As we could not achieve our goal by the deadline imposed by the schedule, we felt it was better suited to suspend operations for the current season rather than put an incomplete product on the ice.

The community of Bassano has shown incredible support for us in the short amount of time we’ve spent trying to establish the Beavers, and it is truly heartbreaking that we could not give this community the program it deserves this season.

We feel that Bassano is the ideal location for a USPHL Premier team, and we look forward to the prospect of returning for the 2026 season.

On behalf of the Bassano Beavers ownership group, we thank the community of Bassano and the USPHL for your ongoing and unwavering support.

source: bassanobeavershockey.com

If you were a billet, involved in the creation of the team or have something to say about it, please get in touch- I'll work on a story regarding this decision.

If you are looking for something that another resident might have and be willing to part with- why not try and find it with a classified ad? The first 25 classified ads to be submitted will be absolutely free

As always, please get in touch via email mike@smalltownsquare.com

Thanks everyone, looking forward to putting this next edition out- with all eight pages again!