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Barbecue safety advice

Barbecue safety advice

As you head out to the grill, it’s important to remember that eating undercooked meat, or foods that have come into contact with raw or undercooked meat, can cause food poisoning (also known as foodborne illness).
Bike safety contest winners

Bike safety contest winners

Winners of the 2015 RCMP Bicycle Safety Week colouring contest for Yorkton grade three students were announced Saturday May 9, 2015, at the Canadian Tire store at Parkland Mall. There were two winners, Kylee Horsman of M.C.
Dining experience raising awareness

Dining experience raising awareness

The dining experience is something people do daily, not thinking about how they use their senses while enjoying their meal.
Nominations for PMO awards

Nominations for PMO awards

Have you met a volunteer whose work in the past year had a profound impact on your community? Once again, you have the opportunity to nominate them for a Prime Minister’s Volunteer Award as a way of bringing them wider recognition for their service a

Gaming skills put to the test

Blokus is a game which I am actually a bit surprised hasn’t found its way to the review table here before this. The game, by designer Bernard Tavitian was first released in 2000.
Walk for organ donation awareness

Walk for organ donation awareness

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.
Pollination essential

Pollination essential

Did you know that about one-third of the world’s food crop production relies on pollination? Perhaps due to this connection, the plight of pollinators (bees in particular) has recently become highly publicized worldwide.
Fort Qu’Appelle Parkland College Graduates ready for mining jobs

Fort Qu’Appelle Parkland College Graduates ready for mining jobs

A group of Parkland College students was celebrated in Fort Qu’Appelle on Thursday as their mining readiness course winds down.
Sex assault fugitive arrested

Sex assault fugitive arrested

The RCMP has arrested a fugitive who has eluded them for almost a year. Vincent Alex Desjarlais, 49, was taken into custody May 10 outside a residence on the Fishing Lake First Nation.
Yorkton preparing for war on pigeons

Yorkton preparing for war on pigeons

It starts out as a soft hum from blocks away, steadily rising to a gutteral drone like radio static. As you get closer, it articulates into hundreds of individual, but still unidentifiable sounds.
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