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A request to close part of Seventh Avenue North, which was tabled at the Nov. 19 meeting of Yorkton Council, was discussed in length again Monday before being tabled again until Jan. 28, 2013.

The RCMP is investigating allegations of child abuse at Dr. Brass School.

Yorkton Council approved a small increase in its refuse collection fee at its regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.

The Yorkton Regional Health Centre and the Sunrise Health District have recently gone through its Accreditation Canada Survey process, and the preliminary results show significant improvement from the same process three years ago.

An Alberta counterfeit clothing ring is out of business following a sting by Yorkton police on November 29.

The Saskatchewan RCMP hosted a unique event last week that proved quite popular with the public. From 6 p.m. November 20 to 2 a.m. November 30 the force live-tweeted all of the calls it received at its 911 call centre in Regina.

After two years of running a highly successful basketball fundraiser, Mark Schendel, MC Knoll School's boys basketball coach, is thinking even bigger.

Yorkton Council approved the purchase of a new bus for its fleet at the regular meeting Monday. Gord Shaw, Director of Planning and Engineering noted, "2012 has not been very kind to our transit vehicles.

Post-breast cancer treatment just became much easier for Yorkton area patients. A common condition in breast cancer survivors is lymphedema.

Yorkton Council passed a new Snowmobile Bylaw giving it both second and third readings at its regular meeting Monday. "The Snowmobile Bylaw for the City of Yorkton was originally passed Sept 18, 1995 with amendments to the schedule over the years.