Canora Courier

Column by Sonja Herter

Column by Gail Krawetz

With between 200 and 300 customers making the Legion Dugout feel overcrowded at times, the Christmas Mini Market on Sunday was very successful, exceeding all expectations, said Candace Doogan, the organizer.

It was an evening of song, dance and a few laughs when the grades 5 and 6 students presented “Santa’s Holiday Hoedown” at the Canora Composite School on December 16.

Following a tradition of supporting community causes, on Friday the Canora Flames recreational hockey club donated $1,000 to the Canora & District Health Care Foundation.

After Sophia Hvidston, 4, had led such a wonderful “pay it forward” project to bring more toys and joy to Ronald McDonald House in Saskatoon, that a group of Canora quilters decided that they wanted to do something special for Sophia.

Giving children the opportunity to go “shopping” by themselves for gifts for immediate family members, gets to the root of learning the joy of giving, said Betty Tomilin, who was the main organizer for the Canora Junior Elementary School (CJES) Recyc

Coming to the decision to close the Canora Key Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC Ltd. dealership in March was likely one of the hardest business decisions he ever had to make, said Evan Ortynsky.

The number of antlers brought in for scoring on December 6 at the annual antler measuring day of the Canora branch of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation was down considerably and the executive is trying to answer the question, “Why,” said Mike Zbee

Nineteen sets of antlers were measured at the annual antler measuring day for the River Ridge branch of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation on December 8 at the Activity Centre.