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North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week is May 1 to 7, 2016.

Time is money, the old saying goes, so it is perhaps not surprising the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce managed to cram a meal, its Annual General Meeting and a guest speaker all into the lunch hour period April 27.

Paul Townsend, a 28-year-old Yorkton man accused of cocaine trafficking, will face trial.

The tenth annual GX94 and FOX FM Airwaves for Health Radiothon was a huge success raising $71,689. The annual radiothon was held April 25th and 26th, with both radio stations broadcasting live from the Regional Hospital in Yorkton.

It is very a simple thing, but one that can be the difference between life and death. Studies from around the world indicate more than half the people who die in car crashes were not wearing a seatbelt.

Yorkton Girl Guides turned Yorkdale School into a trade show Sunday as a fundraiser for the organization’s next biannual trip.

Yorkton This Week and the News Review have both won awards in the SWNA Better Newspaper Competition. Yorkton This Week took second in Best Overall Newspaper, circulation 2,000 to 3,499.

Families and community organizations together with RMHC-SK are kicking off the 2nd Annual Red Shoe Walk in your community to celebrate 31 years of assisting Saskatchewan families in critical times of medical need.

Kidney disease (Alport Syndrome) has been a part of Audrey Parisloff’s life for many years, affecting four generations of loved ones. The immediate family has been burdened with this disease for years.

A former Yorkton provincial election candidate has been charged with fraud. Chad Blenkin, who ran in the 2011 provincial election on the NDP ticket, had a first court appearance May 2 in Yorkton Provincial Court on four charges.