Local Arts

Minister responsible for Innovation Rob Norris has signed a multi-year agreement for Innovation Saskatchewan to provide funding for the new $30 million Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation (CCNI), a world-class research centre housed at the Univers

After-school computer animation clubs - extracurricular groups founded by an industrious student or an interested teacher - have sprung up at high schools across Canada, providing participants a few hours a week in which to learn the techniques of on

Since September, a volunteer from the Rotary Club of Yorkton has visited Dr. Brass School each Wednesday to fit in some one-on-one reading time with Grade 1 and 2 kids who need a little extra help.

Significant progress has been made in the Boreal Watershed Initiative, which was established in 2011-12 to assess and maintain the ecological integrity of Saskatchewan's northern watersheds.

Dennis Elaschuk, the Reeve of the R.M. of Calder presented a cheque for $1,000 to Ross Fisher, Executive Director of The Health Foundation, to help fund the conceptual plan for a new regional hospital.

It is time again for residents to order their daffodils from the Southeast Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. The daffodil is the Canadian Cancer Society's symbol of hope in the fight against cancer.

SGI is joining Students Against Drinking and Driving (SADD) Saskatchewan in supporting Impaired Driving Awareness Week, proclaimed by the provincial government for March 5-9, 2012 in Saskatchewan.

The much talked about local webisode series Gunderson is about to debut its first Internet-cast in April.

What is an "archive"? The Oxford dictionary defines an archive as a "place in which public records are kept." But for anyone who has worked on genealogy research, an archive is so much more.

Highways and Infrastructure Minister Jim Reiter has designated the week of March 4 to March 10, 2012, as Engineering and Geoscience Week in Saskatchewan, recognizing the significant contributions these professional men and women continue to play in d