Local Arts

Each month a male and a female student is selected as the SHHS Saint of the Month. Saint of the Month students are nominated by staff and students of SHHS.

Despite the weather, it is officially summer. People will be spending more time outdoors relaxing, vacationing and of course doing yard work.

Canada Day activities in Yorkton took place Tuesday at the Yorkton branch of the Western Development Museum. The day attracted a good turn out of people to enjoy the sun and festivities.

The Canadian Red Cross and Saskatchewan credit unions have announced that cash donations to help Saskatchewan residents devastated by recent disasters will be accepted at participating Saskatchewan credit unions from July 4-25, 2014.

Darkstar is not my usual type of game. Maybe more correctly it's not my current gaming group's type of game.

The 18th annual Gala of The Health Foundation will take place on Saturday, November 1st, 2014 at St. Mary's Cultural Centre in Yorkton. This year's theme is "A Venetian Masquerade Gala".

The provincial government is providing $25 million in Adult Basic Education (ABE) funding for 2014-15, representing a 9.1 per cent increase in ABE funding over 2013-14 and supporting a total of 700 new training opportunities.

Winning a national championship did not mean a financial profit for the Yorkton Terriers. In fact the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League franchise went from a $112,424 profit at year-end 2013, to a $34,309 deficit for the year ending May 31, 2014.

Yorkton held its first rodeo in 1934. They contracted with John E. Hartwig of Helena, Montana to take charge of the whole rodeo, paying him $2,500.00, plus 10 percent of the grandstand receipts.

The Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport is proud to announce that SaskParks, Government House, the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and the T.rex Discovery Centre have joined the Institute for Canadian Citizenship's Cultural Access Pass (CAP) program.