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Kachur’s Golf Club’s 18-hole course winds through 6,000 yards of fairways carved through groves of poplars and pines. The watery fingers of the Shell River snake through the emerald grounds, putting water in play on three holes and housing an underwater refuge for disillusioned golf carts. While hacking their way across the bucolic fairway chain, clubbers should keep their eyes open for wildlife, as deer, beavers, and foxes occasionally come into view. A beverage cart full of icy drinks slaloms the course at all times, deployed from the Club’s on-site restaurant, where duffers can unwind and curb appetites not spoiled from sampling the flavours of discarded tees.

Though Boh’s Cycle & Sporting Goods’ staff stocks racks with gear by The North Face, Thule, and Ripzone, their commitment to outdoor adventure extends beyond the shop’s walls. Certified paddling instructors lead introductory canoe and kayaking lessons down Moose Jaw river, imparting water-slicing basics and teaching the correct hand signals for pizza delivery by the local birdlife. Simple kayak and canoe rentals are also available for up to a full day’s worth of tranquil water traversal for the more confident. When embarking on land voyages, customers can peruse the shop’s selection of bikes and parts, or get adjustments from the shop’s mechanics, who can repair and fine-tune road-weary bikes or sharpen skates and repair skis in the winter. Besides bringing together lovers of the outdoors inside the shop, Boh’s crew also runs a running club that converges Tuesdays and Sundays before setting off for hill climbs and speed drills or distance runs.

Since its 1965 founding in Venice Beach, California, Gold's Gym has dotted the globe with more than 600 locations where professional athletes and exercise newbies gather under the umbrella of personal strength. Nearly 3.5 million Gold's members chart and aim for their fitness peaks, perspiring beneath the gaze of certified personal trainers or pedaling beside peers at cycling sessions. In a diverse lineup of group classes, patrons strengthen cores with Pilates, finger-paint pictures of ninjas in martial arts, and amp up heart rates along to the pulsating soundtracks of Les Mills routines. Many Gold's Gym locations stockpile futuristic amenities, such as cardio machines with individual iPod docks and televisions that help keep patrons motivated.

Philly’s Painting & Carpet Cleaning founder Phillip Price has always been fascinated by the way a room is transformed by a thorough cleaning. The allure of reimagining a living space led him to pursue the field of interior painting and carpet cleaning, although the journey wasn’t always smooth. After witnessing the way some of his employers treated their clients, he became determined to provide something better, and Philly’s Painting & Carpet Cleaning was born. Whether brightening up drab walls or scrubbing down a well-trod footpath, the staff can spruce up commercial or residential dwellings and the occasional snow fort. Philly’s covers walls in premium Benjamin Moore paints, and lifts debris from carpets using environmentally safe products manufactured by the Ontario-based FabriZone company.

At Prairie Storm Paintball's staging area, racks of guns and gear stand ready for friendly battles across both indoor and outdoor paintball fields. Indoors, technicolor orbs splatter across wood walls as players hide behind shelter and try to covertly vacuum the drapes. Outdoor fields such as the Barnyard surround paint slingers in open fields and wooded terrain; abandoned vehicles and empty barrels sprinkle the ground at the aptly named Nuke Town field. To round out the battleground offerings, a speedball field offers solid cover instead of the more commonly seen inflatable air bunkers.

The staff equips players with Draxxus paint, which uses vegetable-based ingredients that are friendly to the environment. They also host parties and World War II reenactments.

Originally built in 1946, Broadway Theatre enjoyed an almost 50-year tenure of showing the popular films of the time and hosting live productions before it was sadly forced to close its doors in 1993. Dismayed by the loss of their theatre, members of the community came together, purchased the venue, and reopened it, and Broadway Theatre has remained under their watchful protection ever since. Now, the movie house screens independent films gathered from around the world and plays host to improv-comedy shows, concerts, and professional fire drills.