Canora Courier

The Canora Ag Days, held on August 13 and 14 at the sports grounds, received “nothing but positive response,” said Kelly Ostafie, president of the Canora Agricultural Society.

The Pensioners’ Prom returned to Canora this summer with another successful get-together, said Darlene Senkow, one of the event organizers. Over 80 people attended the events spread over the weekend from August 5-7 at the Rainbow Hall in Canora.

A hairdresser is opening a new wedding rental business in Canora to give brides and their families help in decorating for a special day.

Let us dispense with the notion that rural Saskatchewan people are generally racist towards First Nations people. Right now, this seems to an all-too-common perception that is neither true nor helpful when it comes to finding solutions.

Whenever I hear of someone who has the ability to speak several languages, I am at once filled with admiration and envy.

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.