Local Arts

Students from Dr. Brass and St. Paul's Schools took part in the fall half of a 'Pizza Farm' project.

Tourism Saskatchewan reminds amateur and professional photographers that September 30 is the final day to enter the 12th annual Snap It! The Great Saskatchewan Photo Contest.

Growth in Saskatchewan's manufacturing sector led the nation in July of this year, with sales jumping 6.3 per cent over last year. Manufacturing sales totalled $1.3 billion, a record for the month of July. On a year-over-year basis, sales dropped 0.

Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local held a barbecue last week to call attention to what they say is a disturbing trend in Saskatchewan health care.

Yorkton Community Unity (YCU), a coalition of human service agencies working toward building a safer community through collaboration, had an opportunity to learn more about the provincial government's Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime (BPRC) init

A Yorkton Provincial Court judge heard sentencing submissions yesterday from the Crown and defence in the sexual assault of a 12-year-old Yorkton girl by a former Sturgis Elementary School teacher.

Brett Franklin, Manager at RBC Yorkton Branch presented Ross Fisher, the Executive Director of The Health Foundation, with a donation of $1,000 from RBC. The donation comes from RBC's Day of Service program, which celebrates National Volunteer Week.

In 1887, pioneer John (Jack) Hole filed on a homestead in York Colony that had first been first entered by E.W. Bull.

Operation School Safety, SGI's monthly traffic enforcement blitz, netted 352 motorists for speeding in school zones September 10 and 11. A media release from the provincial insurer characterized that number as "shocking.

Farm Credit Canada has a new District Director based in Yorkton. While born and raised in Saskatchewan, Toby Frisk is experiencing agriculture on a different scale than he has been used too having been with FCC out of Surrey, B.C.