Local Arts

As the end of door-to-door mail delivery draws ever closer, at least one homeowner in Yorkton is incensed by Canada Post’s handling of the process of selecting locations for new community mailboxes.

It was a dominant week for British Columbia golfers last week at Deer Park Golf Course in Yorkton. At the end of four rounds in the Canadian Junior Girls Championship, Michelle Kim of Surrey, B.C.

Police are seeking the public’s help in tracking down an alleged drug dealer. Philip Wayne Langan, 47, is wanted on hydromorphone trafficking charges.

The Town of Theodore could not have asked for a better day Saturday to play in the muck.

It was evening September 15th 1951 when Mayor Clarence G. Langrill pulled a switch at the Power House that put into operation Yorkton’s new streamlined street lighting system. J.R. Sarsfield , Business Manager and J.W.

Saskatchewan’s unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent (seasonally adjusted) in July 2015 according to Statistics Canada. This was the lowest rate among the provinces and well below the 6.8 per cent recorded nationally.

The City of Yorkton is trying to recruit a contractor to deal with nuisance wildlife. A request for proposals (RFP) is currently open until 2 p.m. August 26.

The Government of Saskatchewan recently announced the federal government has approved creation of a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) at the Global Transportation Hub (GTH).

Rediscover Downtown, an organization made up of downtown merchants, hosted the Rolling Thunder Car Club Saturday on Second Avenue North between Broadway and Smith Streets in its Second Annual Car Show as a way to add to the attraction of the downtown

Yorkton’s Paper Bag Players held a Renaissance Fair July 8 at Rodney Ridge. It included a play, Willabella Witch’s Last Spell (above) fortune tellers, sword fighting, craft vendors, music and food in the natural amphitheatre of the park.