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It was a day of fun and activity for more than 100 Yorkton and area youth Sunday thanks to a Jumpstart event at the Nexera Flexihall.

More than 40 children participated in the 2014 ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) summer program which is put on by Children's Therapy depart of Sunrise Health Region.

Communities in southeast Saskatchewan that were devastated by the summer floods can now apply to receive help to recover through the Canadian Red Cross Community Projects Grant Program.

Weddings are supposed to be memorable, and there is no doubt the nuptials of Sabastian and Kristen Van Esch will be a lasting memory for them. The couple recently tied the knot at the annual Sask Expo, a comic convention in Saskatoon.

Richard Lesann is led from the Queen's Bench Court House into a waiting RCMP cruiser after Madam Justice C.L. Dawson delivered a verdict of criminally not responsible due to mental disorder for the March 2011 killing of Tammy Kulaway.

Health facilities in the Sunrise Health Region (SHR) do not rate well in terms of condition, a situation which mimics conditions across the province.

Based on the popularity of its summer film series, the Yorkton Film Festival is bringing back Open Cinema for the fall/winter. The festival will open up its vault and trot out some of the best in Canadian film Tuesday evenings starting October 7.

Eden Rohatensky, formerly of Yorkton, has launched a new solo album; 'Amateur'. Rohatensky, now living in Regina, said recording a solo album was something she sort of evolved to want to do.

Think Your Own Last Flight Was Unpleasant? (1) The May 28 US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia had to be diverted to Kansas City after a passenger's service dog did what dogs do, in the aisle, twice (an hour apart).

The Louis Dreyfus Commodities canola crushing plant celebrated a major achievement last week. Opening in 2009, the plant, which shipped its first 100-car unit of meal in April 2011, recently shipped its 100th 100-car trainload of canola meal.