Local Arts

A Heavy Equipment Operator course is underway at Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation. It’s part of a three-year agreement between Parkland College, CP Rail, and several First Nations bands in the Parkland region.

The annual ceremonial review of the #17 Yorkton Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron took place on June 6, celebrating the accomplishments of Yorkton’s Air Cadets over the past year. The squadron was reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Denis Letellier.

The Saskatchewan RCMP have provided an update on the ongoing investigation into the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy. Two months after the fatal bus crash claimed 16 lives, people still have questions about the accident.

Morning commuters had to take alternative routes to work on Monday morning. Resurfacing of Broadway Street West began on June 11. The old roadway will be replaced with a new asphalt overlay. The project is expected to be finished by Jun. 24.

The city has its first ‘Little Free Library’, (LFL), thanks to the efforts of the Social Activism Club, (SAC), at the Yorkton Regional High School. “The first Little Free Library was built in 2009 by Todd Bol in Hudson, Wisconsin.

A Moosomin, SK man was found guilty in Yorkton Court of Queen’s Bench of fraud over $5,000 and forging cheques after a trial centering around his time as an employee of Prairie Livestock Joint Venture.

Amber-Joy Boyd doesn’t want to see a single Yorkton Regional High School student during her day job. She is a specialist in career and employment services for Vision Loss Rehabilitation Saskatchewan, part of the CNIB.

Gary Gott didn’t always understand the importance of the Treaty 4 flag. As a younger man, Gott, a member of Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, didn’t fully appreciate the flag. Now he sees its value.

Grandma Knox recalled that after her father ploughed up seven acres of virgin prairie, he seeded his entire 1933 crop to oats. “He just seeded it by hand,” she wrote. “Beautiful crop. Grew up about six feet high, and froze right down in August.

The General Alexander Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in Yorkton held its annual Decoration Day Service Wednesday, June 6, at the Yorkton Cemetery.