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Moments in Time: Elvis Presley's undershorts
On Sept. 8, 2012, a pair of Elvis Presley's undershorts, which had been framed under glass, failed to sell at a British auction…
Magic Maze: Rock
Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
Nancy Kelley to participate in Parkinson’s SuperWalk for her 20th year
Nancy Kelley is preparing for her twentieth year of participating in the Parkinson’s Canada SuperWalk in Saskatoon. The three km walk takes place annually…
Salome's Stars: August 21
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Some light begins to shine on professional and/or personal situations that have long eluded an explanation.
Co-op Kid's Korner, August 21
Hey kids, enjoy some puzzles and games! The young at heart can enjoy these too!
Fun Fact: Domino's Pizza
Globally, Domino's Pizza has more than 20,000 store locations. Over 6,000 of these are in the United States. India has the next-highest number of stores: over 1,900.
Flashback: Beatle album cover
Which Beatle was wearing all white on the "Abbey Road" album cover?
CryptoQuote: August 21
Have fun breaking the CryptoQuote! Each week the code letters are different.
The Garden Bug: Rain Gardens
Rain gardens are shallow depressions in your property that give rainfall a chance to collect and filter through your landscape instead of being funneled quickly away from the property…
Funny Business: Eat homework
Why did the student eat his homework? Because the teacher told him it was a piece of cake.
Magic Maze: Beginning and Ending with "K"
Find the listed words in the diagram. They run in all directions forward, backward, up, down and diagonally.
Celebrity Extra: Macaulay Culkin
Is Macaulay Culkin going to do any more movies or television in the near future? He started making a comeback a few years ago, but I haven't seen him in anything.
Uranium Production Resumes at McClean Lake
On Tuesday, Energy and Resources Minister Colleen Young, toured the McClean Lake uranium mine and mill, which is a joint venture between Orano Canada and Denison Mines…
Weird News: Fish Flambe
Fire investigators in British Columbia, Canada, discovered an unlikely culprit in a brush fire that knocked out power in the town of Ashcroft on July 30: a hungry osprey.
Moments in Time: Female telephone operator
On Sept. 1, 1878, Emma Nutt of Boston became the first female telephone operator. Until then, most telephone operators were teenage boys, whom customers weren't overly happy with…
Strange But True: Michelangelo's statue of David
The eyes on Michelangelo's statue of David look in different directions. Why is debatable, but some scholars believe the artist wanted to ensure the shepherd's gaze…
Facts about POUTINE
No one’s entirely sure where poutine originated. The traditional story is that poutine originated in the 1950s in Warwick, Quebec, at a restaurant called Le Lutin qui rit.