Local Arts

To reduce the risk of Dutch elm disease (DED), pruning of elm trees is prohibited throughout Saskatchewan each year from April 1 until August 31.

Visitors to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs website can check out revenue sharing totals for individual municipalities at www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/revenuesharing.

3 Yorkton Artists, 3 New Exhibitions! March 4 to April 13, 2012. Yorkton - The Godfrey Dean Art Gallery is pleased to announce three solo exhibitions featuring new works by three Yorkton artists.

With the recent local Yorkton interest in roller derby - the announcement that the Broadway Betties are in practice to begin a team in the city - it seems a natural to take a look at JammerUp: The Roller Derby Board Game.

The Western Development Museum (WDM) branch in Yorkton is among the organizations hit by reductions in last month's provincial budget.

Christ the Teacher Catholic Schools held its annual divisional chess tournament at St. Michael's School on March 20, with three schools participating. Winners in the three categories are printed below.

The Yorkton SaskTel Pioneer club, presented Mikala Whitehawk from St. Mary's School with a plaque as she is the provincial grand prize winner for the Pioneer "Giving Book" program.

Yorkton-Melville Member of Parliament Garry Breitkreuz believes the cost-cutting measures implemented in his government's federal budget last week will benefit this region in the long run.

The 2012 Region 4 Drama Festival for high schools was held March 30 and 31 at Sacred Heart High School, with groups from SHHS, Yorkton Regional High School, Langenburg High School, and Norquay School attending.

War Horse (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Steven Spielberg. Starring Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis. An epic masterpiece of nauseating melodrama.