Canora Courier

Visitors to the Canora Live & Play Street Festival had the opportunity to get up close and personal with a variety of appealing animals from the Good Spirit Petting Zoo.

Members of the Cobras, along with a number of well-known local characters volunteered to take their chances in the dunk tank.

Out of town exhibitors raved about the show and the excellent job of organizing by members of the Canora Cruisers Car Club.

Attendance was high, with a wide variety of vendor displays and services to choose from, including everything from crafts to face painting, as well as a psychic medium and, of course, large numbers of different types of food.

Fr. Ivan Simko, previously of Saskatoon, has joined the Ukrainian Catholic Church, replacing Fr. Joakim Rac who recently retired.

Residents of Ukraine were saluted for their "heroic efforts" to maintain their freedom and independence.

Producers are busy desiccating and combining mature crops, while others are hauling feed and water for livestock.

Police responded to a report of a male sleeping on Highway 5 by Mikado. Police attended and arrested the male for breaching his 24-hour curfew and for an outstanding robbery warrant. .

Michael Woollard, who's a teacher in Kamsack, will be the NDP's standard bearer in the next provincial election in Canora-Pelly.

Harvest of fall cereals is nearing completion for the region, 90 per cent of fall rye and 72 per cent of winter wheat are now harvested.