Canora Courier

The Good Spirit Beef Club wrapped up its season’s activities with an annual achievement day, which was held on July 5 at the Yorkton Exhibition Grounds.

To the credit of this Saskatchewan Party government, it has generally stayed out of the way of small business.

Apparently the village of Invermay has some free-range chickens on the run and they are causing quite the stir.

After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin.

When the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation held its annual conference in February, one issue which was plainly put forward was that feral wild boar are a growing problem in the province, and across Canada.

I get the Saturday edition of The Globe and Mail . Some articles catch my interest and attention, whereas others are scanned over.

Despite the difficulties of flash flooding in areas such as Estevan and Yorkton, Canora farmers are giving the recent rainfall a warm welcome. This farming season has been rather dry, Dan Owen, agronomy manager of Prairie Soil Services Ltd.

For some time now, we have been keeping an eye on a crows’ nest in one of the fir trees by the garage. We knew they had hatched some chicks, as we could hear them calling back and forth. Then just a couple of days ago, we found one chick dead.

A recent single-car accident involving a pickup truck crashing into a moose is a reminder that motorists must pay attention to their surroundings. The truck collided with a moose around 11 p.m. on July 5.

Maureen Stefaniuk, current worker at the Canora Ukrainian Heritage Museum, has a great amount of knowledge and love for the “rushnyk,” or ritual cloth, featured at the museum.