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An overwhelming majority of Canadian HR professionals (86 per cent) believe there will be an increase in the number of employees working remotely in the near future.

Children walked many miles to school in the pre-1950s before school buses took over. If you were lucky if you could get there on horseback. Country schools also had a barn. You brought your lunch and the feed for the horse.

On Saturday, Cote First Nation members voted more than 98 percent in favor of a settlement proposal that will make their reserve one of the wealthiest in Canada.

Yorkton Council has unanimously approved the naming of a private street in the city.

A new commercial subdivision is going to be developed in the City of Yorkton following unanimous approval of Yorkton Council at its regular meeting Monday.

The storm water holding pond along Brodie Street is progressing with Yorkton Council approving digging of the pond at a tendered cost of $311,800. Three tenders were received with the lowest coming from Curtis Construction Ltd. at $311,800.

Yorkton Council has unanimously supported adopting a new Transportation Master Plan for the City to act as a guideline over the next decade.

Yorkton Municipal RCMP responded to an armed robbery at Holly's Night Club at 7 pm on Sunday night. A lone suspect wearing a hooded jacked entered the business, threatened the employee on duty with a weapon, and demanded money.

The return of the National Hockey League to Winnipeg has made headlines across the country, being one of the biggest stories in hockey since the collapse of Vancouver in last spring's Stanley Cup final.

Yorkton native Darrell Pasloski secured his position as premier of the Yukon in a decisive territorial election on October 11.