Your grandpa took a wrong turn in Portage la Prairie
Morning from the junction — here's what's moving in Melfort.
You ever wonder how far you can get if you just keep driving? Turns out, if you're 93 years old and from Manitoba, you can make it all the way to Melfort. RCMP from Portage la Prairie put out a call Friday afternoon about a missing 93-year-old man who hadn't been seen since noon. By Saturday morning, he'd been located safe and sound, right here in Melfort. That's a good 700-kilometre drive, roughly the same distance as Melfort to Calgary, if you were headed west.
### What This Means for Melfort
It’s one of those stories that makes you shake your head and smile a bit. We're a junction city, right at the crossroads of Highways 3, 6, and 41. People pass through Melfort all the time, for work, for the lake, or heading to agricultural co-ops in Tisdale or Star City. But someone from Portage la Prairie ending up here without a clear plan, that's a new one.
* This gentleman drove a solid 7 hours, probably more given his age, to get from rural Manitoba to northeast Saskatchewan.
* He was found safe, which is the main thing. Good on whoever spotted him and made the call.
* It reminds you that Melfort, while not a metropolis, is a critical stop in a big trading area. We're on the map, even for those who might not intend to be.
It just goes to show you, sometimes the most interesting things happen when people least expect to find themselves near the Kerry Vickar Centre. We're a long way from the Red River here.
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