Local Arts

On Monday April 20, 2015 the Rotary Club of Yorkton presented Paul Harris Fellowships to long-time Rotary Club members: Harold Wilkinson – 8 time Paul Harris Fellow; Fred Phillips – 4 time Paul Harris Fellow.

Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer has proclaimed May as Speech and Hearing Awareness Month in Saskatchewan.

Canada has had a long, rich history of fiddle music, from coast to coast and everywhere in between. Scott Woods is set to explore all of them, and his new show “Fiddling in the Key of... Eh?” is a Canadian celebration of our fiddle music.

Saskatchewan credit unions are accepting cash donations on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross to help those in Nepal who were affected by the devastating earthquake.

Saskatchewan’s big game draw opened online May 1 and hunters have until midnight June 2 to submit their online application. Early applications are recommended.

Every year, we find, for reasons of time, that there are films that can’t be slotted into our screening schedule. These films are available through Mini-Cinema.

May will likely long remain a month where my mind turns to Friday nights at the Cornerstone Raceway in Yorkton watching standardbreds. The race season used to start in May, a sort of racing herald of the good times of spring, summer and fall ahead.

Recent disasters like the earthquake in Nepal serve as a stark reminder for the need to be ready.

A Saskatchewan company was recently fined for unlawfully establishing a waste disposal ground without a permit. The charge stemmed from a call to a Ministry of Environment office in July of 2013.

A 39-year-old Saltcoats man has been sentenced to time-served on a charge of invitation to sexual touching involving a 14-year-old girl.