Local Arts

Nomination deadlines are fast approaching for both the Saskatchewan Order of Merit and the Volunteer Medal.

The Government of Saskatchewan has accepted five new communities into its Main Street Saskatchewan Program, a program designed to revitalize historic downtowns through a combination of government and private investment.

There is a tendency among board game fans to gravitate to the next new game every few weeks. That is not surprising.

A Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) board member has been recognized by her employer for her volunteer contributions to the festival. Rogers Communications presented Joanne McDonald with its Community Involvement Award last week.

California inventor Matt McMullen, who makes the world’s most realistic life-sized female doll, the RealDoll (with exquisite skin texture and facial and body architecture, and which sells for $5,000 to $10,000, depending on customization), is working

An abuse complaint against the Yorkton RCMP by a 42-year-old Cote First Nation woman has been settled out-of -court.

The City of Yorkton is looking for a new director of planning and engineering. City manager Lonnie Kaal confirmed yesterday Gord Shaw, who has been at the helm of the planning department for six years is moving on.

As speculation grew last week about an early federal election call, government departments were busy rolling out funding promises galore.

Kamsack author G. D. (Gerald) Benneke brings local history to life again in his second book, Promised Land: Home and Family.

The 17 carriers look like happy entrepreneurs and the dog looks perfectly at ease with the group.