Local Arts

The Calder Annual Fall Supper was a great turn out this year. The Calder Rec. Board would like to thank everyone who came out to our supper. A huge Thank You to everyone who helped out with the supper.

Parkland College donors, potential sponsors, board of directors, politicians and members of the community got a look at improvements to the school's Emergency Services Training site near Melville on November 6.

When it comes to marketing farm produce Jean-Philippe Gervais, Chief Agricultural Economist, with Farm Credit Canada said farmers need to "think globally and act locally.

Former Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco has been named Chief Executive Officer of Tourism Saskatchewan, effective November 13, 2012. Fiacco retired recently from civic politics after 12 years in office.

Treasures from the Vault Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Sept. 30 to Dec. 14, 2012. A special exhibition drawn from the Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection to celebrate Yorkton arts and culture.

It's a debate that has raged, on and off, since before Saskatchewan was a province. Now the Saskatchewan Party has decided it wants to revisit Saskatchewan's legal drinking age.

The government of Canada has given Parkland College $10,000 to help Yorkton youth find jobs.

Student education was a big part of last week's Grain Millers Harvest Showdown.

For Winnipeg musician J. Riley Hill the pursuit of music has been something he has long aspired too. "When I was kid I always used to get my friend to bring his dads tape recorder over so we could record 'albums'," he told Yorkton This Week.

According to recent polling by the Canadian Red Cross, 67 per cent of Prairie residents say they have not taken steps to prepare for the occurrence of a major disaster, like Sandy.