Canora Courier

Teachers and staff hired the previous school year will now begin employment with the Good Spirit School Division. August 29 begins the 2016-2017 school year for staff members, with students returning to school on September 1.

‘Re-’ can be a prefix meaning ‘again’ or ‘back to.’ There is also one municipality and a small village in Norway named Re, so therefore if you have already visited either one of the villages of Re and you are going back, then you will reRe.

I would say one of my main qualities, and honestly one of the main qualities of my family, is creativity. My dad, as much as he claims he has a science-oriented mind, dabbles in building model cars and ships.

Rama held its fifth annual Draft Horse Field Days on August 20 and 21, and the event brought in participants both young and old to take part in old-fashioned farm activities. “It was a very good field day with a good turn-out and good weather.

The Canora Golf and Country Club was proud to host 21 women and 50 men at the Ladies’ Open and Men’s Open golf tournaments on August 20 and 21.

Since so many citizens of Canora are of Ukrainian descent, it is important that this town take a moment to recognize the independence of Ukraine every August 24, said Dorothy Korol of the flag-raising ceremony held at the Ukrainian Heritage Museum.

There is a rich rural heritage to the Canadian Prairies, one that I worry will increasingly be lost and forgotten.

I find it interesting that even though we now live in an era where security cameras and cellphones can monitor every public move, bad behaviour and criminal activity have seemingly not been deterred.

The Canora Ag Days, held on August 13 and 14 at the sports grounds, received “nothing but positive response,” said Kelly Ostafie, president of the Canora Agricultural Society.