Local Arts

The first Dominion Express Agency Office opened in Yorkton in 1912 in the west end of the Canadian Pacific station. The name of the first agent was Dan McAuley at the right, at his left is George Gilbert, porter, and on the delivery sleigh is C.

Three weeks of artistic immersion at Yorkton Regional High School ended on January 26 with a special performance in the Anne Portnuff Theatre.

The Calder Yalenka Dance Club went out Ukraine Christmas Caroling. This is one of the clubs fundraisers for the year. The Club would like to thank everyone who welcomed us into their homes.

PROVIDER Bry Webb Indie 10-out-of-10 What does it mean to provide? To give selflessly without end, or to give only what is needed at a certain time? Bry Webb deeply explores this concept in his first solo recording "Provider".

At the Godfrey Dean Gallery in Yorkton! "A Fading Light: 25 Years of Photography at SIAST" Jan. 10 to Feb. 12, 2012. 25 Saskatchewan photographers commemorate the SIAST program with portraiture, documentary, commercial and fine art work.

The Yorkton Ramada restaurant's "9:30 Coffee Group" is a lot like any other group of retired coffee-drinking regulars in the province. "We know everything about politics," says George Yaremko.

Ray Dierker and Darryl Wilson 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.

Just over 100 nominations have been received for the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce Celebrate Success Business Awards. Amie Zamonsky, Chair of the Celebrate Success Committee is pleased with the number of nominations.

As the first month of 2012 comes to an end, the positive economic news rolled in as job numbers and wholesale trade hit monthly records. Saskatchewan led the nation in growth in wholesale trade, retail sales and non-residential construction.

A regional development commission in Michigan, purchasing equipment for 13 counties in May using homeland security grants, bought 13 machines that make snow cones, at a total cost of $11,700 (after rejecting one county's request for a popcorn machine