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Kamsack native Shanley Allard began her new position as Kamsack recreation director on May 13. Allard and her husband Jeremy have three children: Kaley, 8; Shayla, almost 10 and Cameron, 11.

“Mining: Supporting Local and Global Communities” is the focus of this year’s Saskatchewan Mining Week, which takes place May 26 to June 1.

The Preeceville Recreation board once again arranged for a field west of Preeceville to be used as fundraiser crop. The 70 acres was seeded to wheat, with the funds from the harvest going towards the bike and skate park committee.

If you needed a haircut, wanted it to go to a great cause, and happened to be at Parkland Mall this weekend, the annual Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer was there to oblige.

The Pride Parade kicked off this weekend with a huge turnout. The overcast and, at times, rainy weather couldn’t dampen the spirits of anyone in the parade or supportive onlookers. If anything, it made the rainbow colours all the more vivid.

Approval of the 2019 operation budget and a proposal to provide an action plan for the Town of Canora landfill were among the items of concern to town council at its regular meeting on May 7.

A humorous twist to the well-told story of Robin Hood was brought to life on stage at the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute (KCI) last week.

The Canora and Sturgis RCMP detachment invited the Sturgis community and surrounding area communities to a town-wide meeting held at the Sturgis Community Hall on May 16.

Cary Ciesielski, who grew up in and around Canora, has been nominated for an award at the Yorkton Film Festival, to be held May 23 to 26.

The 36-member strong Norquay Rosa Ukrainian Dance Club held its year end concert on May 4 at the Norquay Communiplex.