Local Arts

Yes music fans it is true, The Trews are headed to Yorkton March 14. The well-known Canadian band from Antigonish, NS, are making a tour across Canada, their first major swing across the country since the release of Hope & Ruin back in April.

BEASTS OF SEASON Laura Gibson Indie 8-out-of-10 A good rope, as we all know, is made of many tiny strands of very strong material, individually fragile but extremely strong when woven together.

The Heart Truth is heart disease and stroke is the # 1 killer of women in Canada, but most don't know it. Heart disease is not a "man's disease": women are more likely than men to die of a heart attack or stroke.

Obsessions: (1) Don Aslett, 76, recently opened the Museum of Clean in Pocatello, Idaho, as the culmination of a lifelong devotion to tidying up.

Bill Clinton was President when Chicago native Michael Flatley created and launched Lord of the Dance (www.lordofthedance.com).

From settlement days until the mid twentieth century, if you lived in the country in most of North America, children attended a one room school in their district.

Yorkton Council has unanimously supported a new banner policy at its regular meeting Monday.

A lower-than-expected population count for Yorkton in the 2011 Census of Canada is going to cost local taxpayers money.

The Rum Diary (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Bruce Robinson. Starring Johnny Depp, Michael Rispoli, Giovanni Ribisi. Funny, clever, and hopelessly muddled adaptation of an early Hunter S. Thompson novel.

Saskatchewan's building permit increases led Canada in 2011 with a 25 per cent increase over 2010, according to Statistics Canada. Saskatchewan's growth outpaced the 1.7 per cent national rise. Building permits totalled $2.