Local Arts

A major paving project has wrapped up on Highway 9 near Dubuc in the Melville area, providing drivers with a smoother, wider driving surface. Work included 14.5 kilometres of paving from five kilometres north of Dubuc to the Bangor Access Road.

A Cruise Night was held at A&W on the west side of the city last Thursday evening. The event, providing car fans with a chance to show off their rides to the public will be repeated over the summer with upcoming Cruise Nights July 23, Aug. 6, Aug.

Silicon Valley code-writers and engineers work long hours — with apparently little time for “food” as we know it.

On March 7, 2009, Erin Gregory stumbled into the worst nightmare imaginable. The previous night, a Friday, her mother Gwenda had been babysitting Erin’s 18 month-old.

A 24-year-old Yorkton man will serve an 18-month sentence in the community for forcible confinement followed by two years of probation. Dalin Davidson pleaded guilty to the charge in provincial court June 18.

RCMP Constable Kyle Kifferling is living the dream. “Growing up on a farm near Southey I was always around RCMP members,” he said. “I always knew I wanted to be a police officer ever since I was small.

While the new Yorkton town site was being built in July of 1890, the colonists held a picnic on Section 3 Township 26 Range 4 West of the 2nd Meridian. There were 200 people in attendance.

SGI is expanding its business again, which should be good news for provincial coffers. This month SGI Canada starts selling commercial insurance products to customers in British Columbia. B.C.

Meeting the needs of seniors in the community is the challenge faced by the Yorkton New Horizons.

Every year, the Pinoy Fiesta celebrates the anniversary of the independence of the Philippines though music, dance and food. This year marks the eighth annual day of celebration in Yorkton.