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Ken Lavigne charmed his way into the hearts of a packed audience with his soulful, classical voice when he and his accompanying musicians entertained in Preeceville on November 7.

A new paintball course appears likely for the city, but it will not be open to the general public.

Gary and Barb Burman were in Regina to attend the convocation ceremony from Nursing of their daughter Allison Burman. It was held in the Centre of Arts in Regina. Congratulations Allison. Allison is presently working at the Yorkton Hospital.

Jean-Paul Sartre was sitting in a cafe when a waitress approached him: "Can I get you something to drink?" Sartre replied, "Yes, I'd like a cup of coffee with sugar, but no cream.

Members of the Canora Arts Council were pleasantly surprised on the evening of November 3 as the audience kept growing for the first concert of the season.

Both with strong ties to Canora, Ken Mazur and the late Helen Danylchuk were recognized for their promotion and preservation of Ukrainian culture at the Ukrainian Canadian Congress’s Nation Builders and Community Recognitions Awards program in Saskat

Although Canada is a peaceful nation, our history tells us that sometimes as a peace-loving country we have had to stand up and fight for it to remain that way. Such was the case with the Second World War.

At my ripe old age I guess I can truly say that “I’ve been there – done that!” Perhaps I should do a kind of Q & A column. I tried it out on my wife, who at the moment is busy renovating our house.

When Dragon’s Den is televised this season each Wednesday on CBC, many Canora area residents are taking note of one of the new Dragons – Michele Romanow. She is the daughter of Marvin and Dagmar Romanow of Calgary.

Parkland Regional Library recently offered an adult colouring contest for which there were 140 entries. Ashana Hewitt (left) of Canora, who was chosen as one of the winners, received a prize package from Deb Leson, the Canora public librarian.