Local Arts

Hearing loss is something that affects millions of seniors, but for some it might be a challenge to actually do something about it.

On Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 the Sunrise Regional Health Authority met in the Board Room at Yorkton Regional Health Centre in Yorkton. The following is a summary of the highlights from the meeting; At the Jan.

Richardson Pioneer Limited continues to expand its retail crop inputs network across Western Canada with an agreement to acquire Crop First Agro, an independent retail crop inputs centre in Grenfell, SK.

Recently, SaskTel announced that they have launched High Speed Internet in the resort communities of Crystal Lake and York Lake.

Saskatchewan Express was at Yorkdale School, working with the students to teach a bit of music and a bit of choreography, before putting on a performance with the kids in the afternoon.

On World Wetlands Day, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) brought attention to the plight of Canada’s wetlands. Since settlement in Saskatchewan the province has lost 70 percent of its original wetlands in settled areas of the province.

Two school programs in Yorkton have received funding donations through DuPont Pioneer’s Full Belly! Full Mind! Initiative which supports nutrition and breakfast programs across Canada.

In the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, RCMP Canora members responded to a complaint of an erratic driver in the community of Canora. The incident has resulted in charges being laid against a serving member of Kamsack detachment. Sgt.

DuPont Pioneer has announced that as part of its Full Belly! Full Mind! initiative that supports nutrition and breakfast programs across Canada, $2,000 has been donated to Victoria School in Kamsack.

With a focus on Heart and Stroke Month, the Yorkton Film Festival is looking at the life giving organ as a part of their OPEN Cinema series.