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The Farming for Health committee presented the proceeds of the 2016 crop year to The Health Foundation. The proceeds go into the fund for a new Regional Hospital.

When it comes to robotics, there appears to be no stopping the Yorkton Regional High School.

SaskTel and employees from Yorkton and district participating in TelCare, the Crown Corporation’s Employee Donation Benevolent Fund, are donating $8,550 to two organizations in 2016.

When naming Yorkton This Week’s Citizen of the Year, we looked for someone who has made life in the city of Yorkton better. We decided to go with someone who has been working hard to help people who need a place to call home.

10. Improved imaging In health technology, a decade can seem like an eternity. Computer Tomography (CT) scanning has advanced in leaps and bounds since Yorkton got its first CT scanner in 2006.

The Yorkton Film Festival is launching a new program aimed primarily at introducing them to film. Canada 150 – With Open Arms is a youth film project that will solicit submissions from across Canada.

This is the Christmas issue of Yorkton This Week, so it’s only natural to try to find something that fits as a Christmas film.

You would think as an avid gamer my wish list to the ‘Jolly Ole Elf’ would be heavy with games. And that has been the case in the past. But this year games are not exactly on my wish list. There was hope Tak would arrive to be played over the season.

Santa Claus is a very busy elf, but between appearances at the Yorkton Christmas Parade and taking pictures with kids at the Parkland Mall, Yorkton This Week’s Thom Barker caught up with the jolly old elf for an exclusive interview.