Canora Courier

The Canora Nursery School said goodbye to its students attending Kindergarten in the fall, but will be welcoming a new group of students with its August open house.

The town council meetings held on July 5 and August 2 approved of the operation of two new businesses, as well as new guidelines on waste management and water works policies.

The 23 rd 3-D archery shoot held by the Assiniboine River Archery Club on August 6 and 7 marked yet another exciting and entertaining event, bringing in 175 archers from across Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta.

Police are on the lookout for suspects who caused a string of incidents in the Sturgis community. Cst. Manuel Borges with the Canora detachment of the RCMP noted that several incidents of mischief occurred between August 6 and August 7 in Sturgis.

A former Canora resident and former owner of this newspaper is one of the two major winners in the Saskatchewan STARS Lottery.

Alcohol causes people to not think clearly… even when it comes to the retailing of the product. Take the ongoing battle of Premier Brad Wall’s government to privatize the retail aspect of alcohol sales in Saskatchewan.

I’m going to preface this by saying I’m still learning many things. We all have much to learn through our lives, but I haven’t even lived the 25 years that counts as a ‘generation.

Why was the chicken looking forward to heaven? Because he could finally cross the road without anyone questioning his motives.

The question of who should pay for farmers who maintain natural waterways and treed areas has been one asked for a number of years.

How many country folks have had their big-city, urban relatives or friends come out for a weekend visit? Or (gasp), even worse, an entire week? Now, I’m not referring to those folks who were raised in a rural setting and are looking to reconnect with