Canora Courier

November has arrived and there are still thousands of acres of crop still in the field not harvested. Simply put, that is a financial catastrophe for farmers across the Canadian Prairies. The 2016 crop had looked so promising only a few months ago.

I haven’t been sleeping very well lately. About a week ago, I was at a doctor’s office to discuss a medication I was taking, and it was eventually decided I would come off this medication and start on a different one.

I was in what I thought was a serious discussion with a person somewhat (well, actually a lot) younger than me.

A recent Marketplace documentary on TV drew attention to the amount of food waste there is in our country, a total of 31 billon dollars. In the United States it is 70 billion.

Most Canadians are aware of our country’s involvement in the Second World War and are familiar with names such as Dieppe, Normandy and Juno Beach.

When Joy Stusek, curator of the CN Museum and Visitor Information Centre in Canora, examined the guestbook after the end of the summer season, she was surprised to find signatures from visitors across not only Canada, but the rest of the world.

Two Manitoba men recently pleaded guilty to unlawful hunting charges from a hunt on Canora land.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Lindsey Leko has been a conservation officer with the Ministry of Environment for more than 25 years in Saskatchewan.

Canora Composite School Cougars have another success to their name, with the school’s senior girls volleyball team placing second in a tournament it hosted on October 28 and 29.

The Canora Courier has always made it a priority to bring coverage of local veterans during the time leading up to Remembrance Day, but that priority is one that is becoming more difficult to accomplish.