Local Arts

The Government of Saskatchewan has declared the week of April 22-28, 2012, as Victims of Crime Awareness Week in Saskatchewan, to accompany National Victims of Crime Awareness Week. This year's theme is "Moving Forward".

On April 26 at approximately 12:10 pm, Moosomin RCMP and Fire Department responded to a bomb threat at McNaughton High School in Moosomin. A note was found by a student in the school saying there was a bomb that would go off in 24 hours.

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April 28 is the National Day of Mourning, a day to commemorate individuals who lost their lives due to work related injuries or illnesses and to remember those who have been injured on the job.

Seeding had been delayed at the Fred Oxenbury farm in May of 1948, because of a death in the family. The neighbours brought their machinery and seeded 6 quarter sections. The women arranged the cooking bee as seen here. Left to right: Mrs.

In 1981, the festival changed its name to the Yorkton International Short Film and Video Festival.

The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) announced the achievement of a tentative two-year SUN/SAHO collective agreement today.

The Sunrise Health Region is recruiting volunteer First Responders in the Foam Lake, Theodore and Esterhazy area.

For Early Childhood Intervention Week in Saskatchewan - April 30 through May 5 - the Parkland Early Childhood Intervention Program (PECIP) is promoting the services it and the province's other 12 ECIP programs provide to families in the province.

Saskatchewan's average weekly earnings rose by 5.0 per cent in February 2012, compared to February of last year, the highest increase among the provinces according to Statistics Canada. Average weekly earnings in the province were $905.