Local Arts

Summer is a time to relax, or at least we like to think it is. A board game is a great option, and most well-planned trips to the lake have a game, or two, as part of the paraphernalia that must be packed in the car.

The ‘Cruise the Spirit Car Show’ was held at Good Spirit Provincial Park on the weekend. It was a chance to shine up favoured rides and put them on display for the pleasure of those relaxing at the lake for the day.

Premier Brad Wall recently announced that Alanna Koch will be the new Deputy Minister to the Premier, replacing Doug Moen who is leaving that position at the end of June. Koch has served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture since 2007.

A popular feature at this year’s Yorkton Exhibition was the West Coast Lumberjacks (WCLJ). It has been about a dozen years since the show has been to Yorkton, but owner Darren Dean says they love coming to Saskatchewan.

The carriers would pick up their newspapers at the Leader Post office located upstairs at the back of the building on the southeast corner of Broadway Street and Third Avenue South.

People lined Broadway Street in the city Saturday to take in the always popular Summer Fair Parade hosted by the Yorkton Exhibition Association.

On October 1, 2016, Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will increase from $10.50 to $10.72 per hour. This will be the eighth increase to the minimum wage since 2007. This increase will directly impact more than 23,000 minimum wage earners in Saskatchewan.

A short ceremony, which attracted about 30 people, was held Sunday as wreaths were laid at the Cenotaph in Yorkton to mark the Wounded Warrior Weekend.

Sri Chinmoy, a popular Indian meditation teacher who is credited to a large degree with bringing eastern spirituality to western traditions had a vision that peace was actually an achievable goal for humanity.

Participants in the City’s summer S-Cape program play tag in the gym at Gloria Hayden Community Centre July 8.