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Delivering milk directly to Regina doorsteps has been a way of life for Kevin Ramstead for more than two decades, but COVID-19 has brought the services of the city’s last milkman to more people’s attention.

When he first started in the business 25 years ago, Ramstead said he was one of 17 milkmen delivering for Dairyland in the Queen City.

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As a young twenty-something, Ramstead was interested in running his own business. He stopped a milkman on the street one day, curious what the dairy delivery life was like. That milkman knew another milkman looking to get out of the business.

Shortly after that conversation, Ramstead bought the truck and route from the driver who wanted out, taking over delivery for the Walsh Acres and Glencairn neighbourhoods.

As the years passed, Regina’s 17 milkmen slowly dwindled to one.

“Now I’m the last home delivery guy still in Regina,” Ramstead said in a recent phone interview.