Local Arts

The Yorkton Film Festival is proud to announce the winners of the 2018 Golden Sheaf Awards. The awards were presented on Saturday, May 26 at the Golden Sheaf Awards Gala that capped off this year’s festival.

Saskatchewan has launched a province-wide Victims and Survivors of Crime week, which coincides with the national event of the same tame.

Directors Kevin D.A. Kuryntik and Carol Beecher did not believe they had won the Golden Sheaf for Best in Festival.

A Yorkton man will be going to jail as a result of a 2016 sexual assault. Kenneth Hasper, 31, was found guilty of sexual assault after an incident on Jun. 23, 2016.

X-ray equipment in five rural community hospitals is being upgraded from film to digital images, supporting quicker diagnosis and improved care for patients.

The Royal Saskatchewan Museum’s (RSM) newest exhibit, ZOOM, officially opens today.

Minister Responsible for Innovation Saskatchewan Tina Beaudry-Mellor, recently introduced Bill 129, The Saskatchewan Technology Start-up Incentive Act, for first reading in the Saskatchewan Legislature.

A new tax deferral program has been created to help Saskatchewan seniors.

Saskatchewan residents continue to have improved health care access with nearly 900 more physicians providing service than in 2007, an increase of 51 per cent. In total, more than 2,600 physicians are licensed to practice in the province.

May has been proclaimed Early Childhood Education Month and is an opportunity to acknowledge the important role early childhood education plays in the growth and development of children.