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Crop damage, car crashes, inspection impostors, and the threat of smallpox kept everyone on their toes in Yorkton as the dog days of summer came to a close 55 years ago.

The Yorkton Exhibition Association, together with Yorkton Auction Centre, announces today that nominations are now open for the Farmer Recognition Award.

Dogs bobbed and weaved their way through an obstacle course at Wiggly Field as part of an adoption event and a celebration of Canada 150.

A man has died after a collision with an agricultural sprayer on August 20 near Sturgis. The man was driving north on an ATV on a grid road when he collided with an eastbound agricultural sprayer.

The Yorkton courthouse is getting a facelift. The Darlington Street property will be receiving touch-ups to its walls and roof in the coming months.

Two Yorkton businesses are finalists for ABEX awards, which celebrate success across Saskatchewan. YPH Mechanical and N.L. Construction Inc. are competing in categories at the ABEX awards.

Dave Link is the new Chief Executive Officer for EMW Industrial. The Saltcoats-based company announced Link’s ascension to the position on August 9. Link will be succeeding Ewen Morrison, who has led the company since 1971.

Jordan Bonaparte is several thousand miles and five provinces removed from Yorkton, but he makes sure to keep up with the local news. The Nova Scotian keeps tabs on developments and press releases about the Mekayla Bali investigation.

Monarch butterflies are a spectacular creature.

Today, Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield announced nominations will be accepted until November 1, 2017 for the next round of potential recipients for the province’s highest honour – the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.