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Nominations for PMO awards

Nominations for PMO awards

Have you met a volunteer whose work in the past year had a profound impact on your community? Once again, you have the opportunity to nominate them for a Prime Minister’s Volunteer Award as a way of bringing them wider recognition for their service a

Gaming skills put to the test

Blokus is a game which I am actually a bit surprised hasn’t found its way to the review table here before this. The game, by designer Bernard Tavitian was first released in 2000.
Walk for organ donation awareness

Walk for organ donation awareness

Kidney disease (Alport Syndrome) has been a part of Audrey Parisloff’s life for many years, affecting four generations of loved ones. The immediate family has been burdened with this disease for years.
Pollination essential

Pollination essential

Did you know that about one-third of the world’s food crop production relies on pollination? Perhaps due to this connection, the plight of pollinators (bees in particular) has recently become highly publicized worldwide.
Fort Qu’Appelle Parkland College Graduates ready for mining jobs

Fort Qu’Appelle Parkland College Graduates ready for mining jobs

A group of Parkland College students was celebrated in Fort Qu’Appelle on Thursday as their mining readiness course winds down.
Sex assault fugitive arrested

Sex assault fugitive arrested

The RCMP has arrested a fugitive who has eluded them for almost a year. Vincent Alex Desjarlais, 49, was taken into custody May 10 outside a residence on the Fishing Lake First Nation.
Yorkton preparing for war on pigeons

Yorkton preparing for war on pigeons

It starts out as a soft hum from blocks away, steadily rising to a gutteral drone like radio static. As you get closer, it articulates into hundreds of individual, but still unidentifiable sounds.
Proceeds for Yorkton SPCA

Proceeds for Yorkton SPCA

Haley Schrader, Kaybrie Lutz and Nyla Dierker held a Hot Dog Sale at the Yorkton Coop, May 9, to help raise for the Yorkton SPCA. The girls raised $705.00 through hot dog sales and donations.
Major highway project approved for city of Yorkton

Major highway project approved for city of Yorkton

“In agreement with terms outlined in the Province’s Urban Connector program, the City of Yorkton is responsible for the remaining 25 per cent of the project cost.
Next step for Maple development

Next step for Maple development

A development permit which is another step toward the development of a new building to house Maple Farm Equipment in the city was unanimously green lit at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.
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