Local Arts

A 42-year-old Yorkton woman has been fined $1,700 and given a one-year driver’s licence suspension for causing a head-on collision while driving drunk.

The Saskatchewan Party revealed the province’s 2015 budget last week, and Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbreit said the result was one he found particularly gratifying.

When Joelle Bohn, owner of Joey Childrens Apparel, decided to start an event for children three years ago, how big it has become was beyond her wildest imagination. “Actually, it just happened,” she said.

Last year for Volunteer Appreciation Week, the City of Yorkton invited citizens to express their thoughts on a special web page. This year the City commissioned Regina poet Shayna Stock to turn the comments into a “found poem.

A pamphlet of 1913 — Pre-war boom years From the Del Sveinsson Fonds.

Grade 7 students from Yorkdale Central School had an opportunity to see democracy in action last week with a trip to the provincial Legislature in Regina.

The Salvation Army Food Bank has moved. Formerly located in the Thrift Store on Betts Avenue, it now has its own location right across the street along with a new name.

National Volunteer Week will be recognized in Yorkton the week of April 12-18. “National Volunteer Week is all about taking time to recognize the incredible contributions of our volunteers and letting them know how much their effort is appreciated.

Yorkton Council unanimously endorsed Councillor Randy Goulden to stand for election to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Board of Directors for the 2015-2017 term.

There’s only one thing you’re supposed to be doing when you are driving. Driving. That was the focus of SGI’s traffic safety blitz for February. During February, police issued 245 tickets for distracted driving, 184 of which were for cell phone use.