Carlyle Observer

Students from grades 10-12 attended a career fair in Carnduff this week. There were more than 30 session options related to different colleges, universities, and career interest areas.

It is official. Election 2011 is over in Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Party is the majority government for the second time in a row. Having won by a landslide, the government will continue as the majority government for the next four years.

The party is over but the clean-up has just begun. And it really wasn't much of a party to begin with. The Saskatchewan Roughriders wrapped up their season Friday night with a 23-20 last-minute loss to the Eskimos in Edmonton.

The Manor school staff and students are hosting a benefit supper and auction this year in support of Shawna Englot, who has recently been diagnosed with cancer. The benefit aims to raise money to help with costs incurred during her treatments.

There was huge voter-turnout problem in last Monday's Saskatchewan election. We used to call it the NDP vote, but it has disappeared somewhere. And it wasn't just in rural Saskatchewan where NDP votes actually started to vanish decades ago.

In the world of Clydesdale horses the world's best was born on a farm near Canora. Donegal Dr. Pepper was recently named Supreme Champion Clydesdale of the world at the World Clydesdale Show held in Madison Wis. in late October.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce took the lead recently in trying to determine whether the Conservative government plan to end the single-desk selling monopoly of the Canadian Wheat Board was a good move, or whether the CWB is an institution which sho

By the time you read this, the Saskatchewan election campaign will be over, which is a problem for those of us who still practice the black art of writing political columns in advance.

During the minister's prayer one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from one of the back pews. Gary's mother was horrified.

On the weekend, the Senior Girls' Volleyball Team finished 3rd in a tournament in Midale. The Rookie Girls' Volleyball Team will be playing in the Division Playoffs in Lampman on Tuesday, November 8.