Canora Courier

A man goes to the doctor and says, “Doctor, you’ve got to help me. If I touch my arm, I feel a terrible pain. If I touch my leg, same thing. If I touch my head, fierce pain. What can I do?” “I think I can help you,” the doctor says.

Recently I have spent some free time flipping through livestock pages on the Internet. It is for me something of a reflective process. I grew up on a farm with a primary focus on livestock.

I have a problem. I know it’s a problem because it’s been labelled a problem in this world. Absolutely everyone has heard the saying, ‘Talking to yourself is a sign of insanity.’ My mother used to tease me about it all the time.

This last while, there have been many things which occupy our attention. The kind of weather we have been having is one of them. Then there is the Olympics filling in the good portion of the days in August.

Dana Antonovich, general manager of the Gateway Co-op announced the beginning of construction for a new gas station and convenience store by holding a groundbreaking ceremony on August 19.

Though much has changed in the past 75 years, what hasn’t changed is the huge number of pilgrims who travel to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Rama for the annual pilgrimage, said Mary Kowalyshen, an event organizer.

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.