What do you get when you combine an elephant with a fish?
Swimming trunks!
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Top Ten Movies: Beyoncé
Beyoncé takes the top spot this week, knocking The Hunger Games down to number two.
Strange But True: Expensive Perfume
The world's most expensive perfume, Clive Christian No. 1 Passant Guardant, will set you back a cool $143,000 for a 30 ml bottle.
Trivia Test: Will Rogers Highway
GEOGRAPHY: Which famous highway that stretches across the United States is sometimes known as the Will Rogers Highway?
Sports Quiz: Instant Replay
Name the Army quarterback who scored the first touchdown ever shown on instant replay during the CBS broadcast of the Army vs. Navy game in December 1963.
CryptoQuote: Dec 14
Have fun breaking the CryptoQuote! Each week the code letters are different.
Canadian NHL teams: Two distinct groups
Observations at the quarter pole of the 2023-24 National Hockey League season about the highs and lows of the seven Canadian teams…
Pop 89: Tis the Season of Noticing
A tall woman in a bright red dress was singing in the foyer as I stepped out of the elevator. The violinist accompanying her leaned into his instrument.
Check It Out: The best gift you can give your child
A grandparent watched her grandson’s nativity play. As the third wise man, he marched up to the manger with his gift of frankincense and bellowed: “Frank sent this!”
Editorial Cartoon: National Broadcaster
Ah, splendid! Salvation flings forth in these dreadfully choppy seas!
Santa and Mrs. Claus
You just never know who you’ll meet on the street in Kindersley during the holidays.
The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Anyone who has ever wondered when and where the story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer originated will enjoy reading about Bob May, who created this fictional story eighty-five years ago.
Kids and adults kick off the season at Kindersley’s Carol Festival
Once again, a long-standing tradition took place in Kindersley on Sunday evening, December 3rd. The date marked the night of the Christmas Carol Festival…
Caleb residents and guests celebrate together
Caleb Village had a full house on Thursday evening, December 7th, when residents and their guests enjoyed a holiday celebration.
Cram the Cruiser a Christmas tradition
The annual ‘Cram the Cruiser’ event has become a favoured Christmas tradition in Kindersley. Once again, the Kindersley RCMP get together with the staff of the Kindersley Co-op…
Kids and adults kick off the season at Kindersley’s Carol Festival
Once again a long-standing tradition took place in Kindersley on Sunday evening, December 3rd. The date marked the night of the Christmas Carol Festival…
Holiday Fare: Mains, starters, cocktails and more!
SPANAKOPITA BITES. With its unique blend of textures and flavours, this appetizer may just steal the show at your holiday party.
The Garden Bug: Selecting poinsettias
A healthy poinsettia will have attractive, intact bracts (the “petals”). Check the soil; it shouldn't be very wet or very dry.
Weird News: Deceased Opossum
Rudy Wilcox, 45, of Clearwater, Florida, was “observed defecating on a deceased opossum”…