Canora Courier

( see Photo Gallery below ) The Assiniboine River Archery Club’s annual 3-D shoot during the weekend continues to attract participants from across the province, as well as a few from Alberta and Manitoba.

Still in the testing phase, the Farmers’ Market in front of the Visitor Centre/CN Museum is drawing fairly large crowds each Thursday. An initiative of Jo-Anne Sigurdson, the community development officer, the first market was held on July 23.

On July 30, Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart re-iterated the importance of the U.S. Senate’s outright repeal of Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) for beef and pork. “Frankly, this issue has been dragging on for far too long,” Stewart said.

On July 26, while playing a Sunday morning round of golf, Peter Steranko recorded a hole-in-one at the Canora golf course.

Admittedly, it’s not quite as crass as the last time Saskatchewan voters saw a summer campaign.

The editor: In 2011, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall stated it was the government’s “vision and goal to make our province the very best place in Canada to live for those with disabilities.

“Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is all the time. We are in it now” – Charlotte Parkins Gilman. Eternity is for a long time. Why not make it the best.

When it comes to world trade the idea of free movement of goods is held up as an idea the world should aspire to.

Just recently a former student of mine posted on her FB page that she had checked something off her bucket list – she had sung at a wedding (and done a fantastic job, I might add).

By Lyndon Hicks Regional crops specialist, Yorkton Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture This time of year there are many questions about harvest management and the use of pre-harvest chemicals in crops.