Local Arts

Today is Europe Day around the world and the Saskatchewan government is recognizing a special milestone that comes with that May 9 celebration.

Fins, Feathers & Fur celebrated its 5th anniversary Saturday. To help support the organizations that have supported Karen Dunlop’s business over the past five years, she involved them with the celebration.

Saskatchewan has a healthy bear population and it is not unusual to see bears in the wild at this time of year.

A fire ripped through the Parkland Greenhouse in the wee hours of May 6 almost completely claiming the business and damaging an adjacent home. Part of the building was also living quarters.

The recent installation of a new CT scanner unit at the Regional Health Centre in Yorkton was officially marked Friday.

Karen Dunlop realizes she has beaten the odds. Celebrating five years of her First Avenue shop Fins, Feathers and Fur puts her in the minority of entrepreneurs (approximately 45 per cent) whose businesses last that long.

After writing about Shogi (Japanese chess) the last four weeks it got me thinking about the influence the game has had in developing other games.

Abdominal cramping, diarrhea, vomiting, weight loss, fever, anemia, bleeding, and fatigue are some of the debilitating symptoms experienced by people living with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.