What do you get when you combine an elephant with a fish?
Swimming trunks!
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Growing Through Grief: Another Milestone
Today is the 26th of October. This is the day two years ago that I lost my husband, Blaine, to colon cancer. It was the saddest day of my entire life.
Salome's Stars: Oct 26
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Travel and kinship are strong in the Bovine's aspect this week.
Can solar power essentially flatline for a whole day? It did in Alberta on Monday
Just because the sun comes up in the morning, it does not mean its going to produce much in the way of usable solar power.
The Garden Bug: The ghost plant
Monotropa uniflora lacks chlorophyll pigments and appears white. It grows in the decaying debris of dark, dense-growth forests across the Northern hemisphere.
Trudeau just blinked on his premier climate change initiative, the carbon tax
Late in the afternoon of Oct. 26, the staunch federal Liberal policy of climate change priorities conquers all just cracked.
Co-op Kid's Korner, Oct 26
Hey kids, enjoy some puzzles and our junior whirl! The young at heart can enjoy these too!
Trivia Test: Pillars of Creation
ASTRONOMY: In which constellation are the gas and dust clouds called the Pillars of Creation located?
Sports Quiz: Bramall Lane
Bramall Lane is the home stadium of what English Premier League football team?
Strange But True: Oreo cookie eaters
In a survey of hundreds of Oreo cookie eaters, Kraft Foods came to the conclusion that biters were easygoing and self-confident…
Divas on a Dime: Spiced Dark Chocolate Brownie
Are you ready for a ghoulishly delightful and creatively creepy dessert? This recipe may be a little unorthodox, but the results are sure to impress your Halloween party guests.
Flashback: Simon & Garfunkel
What did duo Simon & Garfunkel call themselves when they started in 1957?
Top Ten Countries with the Longest Life Expectancy
I guess in Canada we live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse, since we didn't even make the top ten.
Top Ten Movies: Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift fans knock The Exorcist down to number two, while PAW Patrol hangs in at number three.
Go Figure! Oct 26
The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram.
Halloween party at Heritage Manor
The Kindersley Heritage Manor invited children and their parents to a Halloween party on Wednesday, October 25.
Kindersley RCMP Offer Winter Driving Tips
With a very early start to winter the Kindersley RCMP would like to offer the following reminders for driving during the winter season…
Passing on the love of curling to the next generation
The Kindersley Curling Club is endeavouring to keep the love of curling alive and well by teaching the next generation of curlers.
100-Year-Old Veteran Remembers the Fallen
I lost my right arm on October 18, 1944, while serving with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment in Italy. I was staked at a farmhouse that had a children’s treehouse located nearby.