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Perhaps we were due for a bit of a cold snap after a mild end to 2016, but locals still weren’t impressed with the biting temperatures that hit much of the province last week.

Town council made appointments to various boards and committees during its first meeting of the new year. A meeting of town council was held on January 3 and began with the approval of the minutes for December 20.

The Sunrise Regional Health Authority celebrated the grand opening of Kamsack’s Family Resource Centre while thinking of ways to prevent youth depression during the final board meeting of 2016.

A Canora resident was unharmed by an accident involving a semi that left his car unusable. Rev. Joakim Rac was involved in an accident taking place on Highway No. 5 between Canora and Buchanan on January 12.

After the prior reeve was forced to step down from his position, a new reeve for the RM of Keys was elected last week A total of 213 votes were submitted in the RM of Keys’ election for reeve on January 18.

The Canora Wheatland Lioness Club will be organizing an event to welcome the Prairie Women on Snowmobiles.

Now that we have some colder weather, the idea of getting out on the ice to do some ice fishing seems a bit more popular. Every year officers get asked many questions related to ice fishing.

Nadia Mori, PAg, Regional Forage Specialist, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture During the 2016 growing season, many cereal growers had a brush with fusarium.

All seven members of town council will be attending the 112 th annual convention of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) February 5 to 8 at TCU Place in Saskatoon.

Christian church members were to begin a week-long celebration of Canora’s churches meant to encourage unity between all people on Monday. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being held on January 23 to 27 in Canora, according to Rev.