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Separate school voters returned three incumbents and added one newcomer to represent Yorkton on the Christ the Teacher Catholic Schools (CTTCS) board.

Good Spirit School Division (GSSD) will have a mix of experienced trustees and new blood. In Yorkton, six candidates, one incumbent, two former trustees and three newcomers competed for three Yorkton-at-large seats.

The Yorkton branch of the Royal Canadian Legion has accepted a conditional offer for its building.

The students of Yorkton might not be old enough to make a trip to the polls, but they did get a chance to practice.

Yorkton voted for change in recent municipal elections, but the same cannot be said for the adjacent rural municipalities.

Yorkton’s Member of Parliament is disappointed her first private member’s bill has been defeated in the House of Commons and is upset the government whipped the vote.

The people of Yorkton have spoken, and they wanted a change. Five new faces are joining city council, and for most of the evening it appeared as though there would be a change in the mayor’s chair as well.

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for the last week of March and first week of April 2017 in a high profile Yorkton sexual assault case. Dr.

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN, formerly the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations) has passed a resolution demanding federal funding to create a youth suicide prevention conference and build a youth mental health facility.

Diwali (or Deepavali), also known as the “Festival of Lights” is the most important holiday in the Hindu calendar, as important as Christmas is to Christians.