Canora Courier

“It is pretty cool when an 85-year-old senior is able to use technology to help him or her read,” said Jennifer Bisschop, the Canora Composite School librarian.

Canora archers in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) wore their traditional Red NASP colours and because of the size of group, became known as the “Sea of Red” at the South Provincials in Weyburn on April 30.

Beth Machnee and Tina Slowski were photographed receiving autographs from Amanda Falk, a Juno Award winner, who was on the “BUG Tour” across Saskatchewan. BUG is an acronym for “Beautiful and Unique Girls.

It was an announcement made with limited fanfare, even in the ag sector it seemed, yet it could open the door to an intriguing new niche market. In January a release by the Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan (CDCS) at www.canaryseed.

(Editor’s note: Rev. Jeffrey Stephaniuk lived in Norquay from 1996 to 1999 and was known throughout a much larger area for playing the bandura at various functions.

During the last week of April, Sawyer Landscaping of Saskatoon was hired by the town to remove what had to have been one of the oldest trees in the community.

Joy Stusek gave the report from the Canora Station House Museum at the annual Seneca Root meeting of museums which was held in Preeceville on April 27.

About 100 persons attended the Canora Hospital Auxiliary’s annual spring tea on Saturday. The winners of the raffle prizes are as follows: Betty Lamount, First prize $200; Louie Zaislak, second prize of $100; and Derek Senkow, third prize of $75.

Baseball is alive and well in Canora as the Supers make ready to play a 14-game regular season schedule in the Southeast Senior Baseball League (SESBL) for 2016.

The first day of the new soccer season began on Thursday with 79 youngsters registered, the largest group in the club’s history, said Tricia Bedore, the club president.