Since 2007, in celebration of 125 years of Yorkton settlement, and to show readers the importance of archival records in the life of a community and surrounding area, the City of Yorkton Archives presented a column History Corner in this newspaper. It was to be a one year project. But, after we were told by a few readers, that our column was one of the first things they read — after they checked out the obituaries, it was decided to continue writing the column! This year, being 150 years since Confederation, we have strayed beyond local and regional themes to show the impact of Confederation on the special development of Canada beyond its eastern borders. We also wanted to be a vehicle to help increase interest in our country’s history. We hope that over the past year, the reader revisited stories that were familiar and learned of new ones. We tried to show the favorable decisions that were made by governments, and an appreciation for those who took up causes to improve citizens’ lives then, that still favour us today. One of my favorite groups are the few women who fought for women’s right to vote in provincial elections in Saskatchewan, and the one man who stands out for making it happen in 1916, Premier Thomas Walter Scott. We also wanted to point out some of the injustices of the past, and to mention those persons or groups who opposed these injustices at the time of their occurrences.
Happy New Year to our readers.
Contact Terri Lefebvre Prince, Heritage Researcher,
City of Yorkton Archives
Box 400, 37 Third Avenue North, Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2W3
306-786-1722 [email protected]
