Character: Phil Kinistino, played by Mark Kieter. Owner/operator of local watering hole. Kieter left the show after a couple of years, and his bar was taken over by his cousin, Paul Kinistino.
Kinistino, Saskatchewan:
Named after a much-respected Chief Kinistin, whose band liked to hunt and fish in the Birch Hills. For everything you always wanted to know about Kinistino, visit:
The Prairie Fiddler 