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A town hall meeting was held July 20 at the Legion Hall to discuss the future of the Preeceville Hospital. The Preeceville and District Health Focus Group hosted the meeting which drew a crowd of roughly 200 people, said Stacey Strykowski.

The centennial of the Green Leaf Cemetery was celebrated with a special blessing of deceased family members’ graves on August 7. The cemetery is located 12 miles north and four miles east of Preeceville. Rev.

The Preeceville Trinity United Church was the location for the United Church Vacational Bible School that attracted 55 children from the Grace and Trinity United churches from July 25 to 29.

The Kelvington 4-H Beef Club hosted its annual achievement day on June 5 at the home of Richard and Mindy Niezgoda.

A highlight of the Canora in Bloom week, held throughout the town from July 18 to July 24, was the family street dance, according to the event organizer, Jo-Anne Sigurdson.

A painter recently tried to bring joy to patients in the Canora area by providing artwork to the Canora Mental Health and Wellness Centre.

The Second Annual Sandy Beach Disc Golf Tournament was held on July 30 with a great turnout of athletes of all ages. “If we had put in an order for the weather it couldn’t have been better,” said Kelly Butz, the Sandy Beach resort operator.

A Canora resident and baseball player with the Yorkton Cardinals has been named the Top Pitcher of the Year for 2016.

The members of the River Ridge Fish and Game Club had a troubling sight in July when they discovered a picnic table at the Bighorn site in Gorlitz had been vandalized.