Local Arts

This National School Safety Week, from October 17 to 23, the Canada Safety Council recognizes that schools are communities of children.

A 2013 Dutch elm disease (DED) survey conducted by the Ministry of Environment and participating communities shows the elm tree-killing fungus remains established in its traditional area - southeast Saskatchewan - but has not spread to any new areas

Time was, in North America, you couldn't turn sideways without running into a boy scout. At its height in the mid-1960s, the venerable organization boasted approximately 350,000 members in Canada.

Yorkton Council proclaimed Veteran's Week for Nov. 5-11. The request had come from the Royal Canadian Legion, General Alexander Ross Branch #77 in Yorkton, when Poppy Chair Peter Wyatt appeared before the regular meeting of Council Monday.

Saskatchewan's population has surpassed the 1.1 million mark for the first time ever after growing by more than 100,000 people since 2007.

Agriculture Week has been unanimously declared by Yorkton Council for Oct. 29 - Nov. 3. Juanita Polegi, Executive Director of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce made the request at the regular meeting of City Council Monday.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) recently announced the protection of 136 acres (55 hectares) of forest habitat along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River.

Brad Curtis and The SOME x 6 Band The Devil's In My Pocket Bandcamp 6.5-out-of-10 For the most part, there are very few genres of music that I don't like.

Fire Prevention Week is under way with this year's theme of "Have Two Ways Out." Yorkton Fire Protective Services participates in the national event annually with various fire awareness activities.

Sunrise Health Region was given a glimpse of a list of 12 health spending priorities for the Saskatchewan government, and new hospitals for this area were not included. "Yorkton is not on the list of 12.