Local Arts

Numbers released today show that this year's 20th McHappy Day event raised more than $130,000 for Ronald McDonald House® Saskatchewan. The national fundraising event, held May 8th, was a resounding success.

A film about a vampire, shot in Dundurn, SK., has a tie to the Yorkton Film Festival.

It was a warm and humid summer evening with relatively mild wind. Recent rain had left the fields of Rama district muddy and swathing hay was slow business.

June has been proclaimed Parks & Recreation Month by Yorkton Council at its regular meeting Monday.

How's That Sound? The Blue Stones 7-out-of-10 How's That Sound? is the sophomore release from Windsor, ON based blues outfit The Blue Stones.

This photo is from albums of pictorial history of Yorkton and vicinity that were compiled by Howard Jackson, retired city clerk in the early 1960s. In the albums, there are also photos of a few communities in the region.

Gourmet Hot Dog Sale. Toppings include chili, sauerkraut, cheese sauce, onions, mustard, relish, ketchup. Fri., May 31, Cornerstone Credit Union Courtyard, 64 Broadway St. E., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Introducing recent immigrants to nature can be an effective way of helping connect them to their news country. That is clearly the message in the film 'Nature's Invitation' which was screened Friday as part of this year's Yorkton Film Festival.

According to the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) released last week by Statistics Canada, Yorkton is following some national trends, but not others in terms of Aboriginal peoples and immigration.

The 2013 Big Game Draw is open until June 17 for Saskatchewan hunters. "Our province is blessed with abundant sporting opportunities," Environment Minister Ken Cheveldayoff said.