Canora Courier

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.

For the first time in Saskatchewan’s history, a rural Saskatchewan Senior team, the Assiniboine Aces, won a gold medal during the Saskatchewan Senior Fitness Association’s provincial tournament.

As of July 8, the standings for the Canora Slo-Pitch are as follows: Dirty Dancers, eight wins zero losses; Assiniboine Golden Aces, three wins one loss; Diamond Rookies, three wins three losses; Chive, two wins three losses; Crazy 88's, two wins fou

Canora resident Kody Rock, pitcher with the Yorkton Cardinals, was named Player of the Week for July 11 by the Western Major Baseball League.