01/22/2026
It was a blast! We want to send a huge thank you to all our amazing sponsors and everyone who came to join us. Ronnie’s food was, of course, a highlight as well but Connor and Joel really knocked it out of the park. See you next year.
Comedy Night big hit for Health Committee
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By BEVRA FEE
Spiritwood Herald Reporter
The Northern Lakes Health Committee Inc. (NLHC) put together its second annual Comedy Night event to raise funds for its current project.
Hosted at the Spiritwood Civic Centre on the evening of Jan. 17, the comedy night began with a catered supper provided by Sawatsky Catering, and the usual 50/50 draw with added raffle prizes. Then, once bellies were full, Saskatchewan-based comedians Joel Jeffrey and Connor Schram gave their receptive audience plenty to laugh about.
The NLHC is currently gearing up to renovate its practitioner rental home to accommodate a basement suite for added space. Having partnered with the Town of Spiritwood and the Northern Lakes Health Foundation to purchase a rental home in a tight rental market in 2022, the committee will be replacing basement windows for egress, adding a separate entry, and equipping the basement to be fully functional as a separate living quarters.
On the heels of last year’s successful comedy night, the committee made the decision to add a comedy night as their major fundraiser for 2026 as well. With a recommendation from Quick Dick McDick — last year’s special guest comedian — the committee booked Saskatchewan funny guy Joel Jeffrey. Jeffrey, in turn, suggested bringing along Connor Schram, who is also a home-grown talent.
Opening up the evening’s entertainment, Schram had the audience laughing from the get-go with his good-natured ribbing of neighbouring communities (sorry, Prince Albert and North Battleford) and his high-level observations of Spiritwood itself.
”You have a park named SAD SAAC — no offence to the citizens in charge of naming the parks, but why couldn’t you have called it JOYCE WILLICK Park?”
With a highly successful gig as the opener, one audience member questioned how the headliner was going to be as funny.
For his part, Joel Jeffrey did not let anyone down in the hilarity department. Largely relying on self-deprecating humour, wife jokes, jokes about his kids, jokes about his youth, and even a comical re-telling of his recovery week after a vasectomy, Jeffrey entertained the audience at length before retreating to the wings to meet with fans and autograph his best-selling book, The Great Saskatchewan Joke Book.
When the 50/50 draw was made, and the pot worth half of $1,235 was awarded to Sherri Muir, she generously donated her winnings back to the committee. Emcee for the evening, Tammy Wingerter (NLHC president), then presented the raffle winnings to fellow committee member and spouse, Bryan Wingerter.
Once the cans are recycled, the bar tab is paid and the caterer’s cheque clears the NLHC is looking to realize a profit in the neighbourhood of $15,000.
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