What do you get when you combine an elephant with a fish?
Swimming trunks!
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WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?
Console yourself by considering the seeming impossibility of getting a straight answer to one of the simplest questions of all time.
SAFE AT SECOND!
The Kindersley Cubs battled the Rosetown Angels in the Fertile Valley semi-final Tuesday night at Berard Field. The Angels won by a score of 7-6.
Strange But True: First staplers
The first staplers were invented in the 18th century for King Louis XV of France, though the word "stapler" wasn't commonly used until 1901.
Co-op Kid's Korner, July 10
Hey kids, enjoy some puzzles and games! The young at heart can enjoy these too!
Lots of PUN: The Matrix
Keanu Reeves was offered the lead role in Wild Wild West, but turned it down to do The Matrix. He really dodged a bullet there.
Salome's Stars: July 10
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Good news! While a changing workplace environment can be daunting for some, it could be the challenge you've been hoping for.
Weird News: Don’t Mess with Nature
Well, it’s that time of year again, when people with less sense than animals head into the wild and carelessly approach large, dangerous wildlife.
Arizona Lithium all-in on Saskatchewan Prairie Lithium project as it sells its Arizona project
PERTH, AUSTRALIA – Arizona Lithium is selling its namesake property to go all-in on its Prairie Lithium project at Torquay, Saskatchewan.
Magic Maze: Contains a Number
Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
Celebrity Extra: Tom Hardy
What ever happened to the new "Cape Fear" movie with Tom Hardy? Wasn't it supposed to come out a couple years ago?
Snowflakes Puzzle: July 10
There are 13 black hexagons in the puzzle. Place the numbers 1 - 6 around each of them. No number can be repeated in any partial hexagon shape along the border of the puzzle.
Moments in Time: Johnny Cash
On July 26, 1972, singer Johnny Cash met with President Richard Nixon to lobby for prison reform. Cash was never an inmate himself, though he did spend a few nights in jail…
Top Ten Movies: F1: The Movie
F1: The Movie shifts into gear and passes How to Train Your Dragon to take the number one spot.
The Garden Bug: Summer Gardening
Remove dead flowers from your plants to encourage more blooming. Add both dead and green trimmings to your compost pile.
Funny Business: NO DOGS ALLOWED
Two men are walking their dogs (a doberman and a chihuahua) when they see a restaurant. They’re pretty hungry, so they decide to head in for a bite to eat.
Canadian Cutie, indeed!
Canada Day was enjoyed by many folks - young and old at the Kindersley & District Plains Museum.
Strange But True: Squirrels plant trees
Squirrels play a role in reforestation by forgetting some of the buried nuts and seeds they store, which then sprout into new trees.