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It’s been a number of years since the students and staff of the Canora Composite School organized a Terry Fox Run, but there was one this year, said Principal Kim Eiteneier.

Next week, the Canora Medical Clinic and therapies staff will transition into the re-pur-posed space created in the Canora Hospital for the Canora Health and Wellness Centre.

Several post-secondary students from the area were among the 36 to be awarded a record $118,673 worth of entrance scholarships to Parkland College this fall.

Things are sort of wrapping up on the golf course at Good Spirit Acres. We held our annual Toilet Seat Tournament, which is a fun scramble of golf. The happy winners this year are: Bruce Johnston, Myrna Litzenberger, Barry Bradshaw and Don Thompson.

A former Melville resident who is a Greystone Scholar at the University of Saskatchewan and who because of her community involvement and academic excellence was accepted into the University of Oxford in England, is the Liberal candidate for the Yorkt

Staff at the Preeceville and District health Centre, LTC centre joined residents for a coffee break in support of the Alzheimer Society’s coffee break in the facility’s dining room at the Centre on September 21.

Reappointments of members to the housing authorities in Kamsack, Norquay and Hyas were recently made by the provincial department of Social Services.

World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) in Canada is October 1-7, with this year’s theme being “Breastfeeding and Work - Let’s Make it Work,” states a release from the Sunrise Health Region.

The Preeceville School Biology 30 class has been learning about scientific classification of living beings in Biology 30 so that they can classify some of the insects in and around the Preeceville area through a School Malaise Trap Program.

Preeceville School students and staff members held their annual Terry Fox Run on September 25. They were accompanied by a few parents who enjoyed a walk in the summer temperatures.