Local Arts

The Yorkton Exhibition Grandstand is usually full of people at least once per week during the summer for standardbred racing. Over the weekend, it saw a crowd gathered for the first time on a winter day.

The Ministry of Government Services announced that the old Provincial Laboratory located at 3211 Albert Street will be deconstructed beginning in February, which will assist government in reducing its footprint and costs.

Saskatchewan leads the country in the growth of its registered nurse (RN) workforce, according to a report released yesterday by the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI).

Heart disease and stroke take 1 in 3 Canadians before their time. And it is the #1 killer of women in Canada, taking more female lives than all cancers combined. While those numbers are shocking, there is good news for Canadians.

Dale Gelowitz, Manager of Windsor Plywood, 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.

In the story on Page B1 of Yorkton This Week Jan. 21, a photograph of two men should have been credited to Charles Melnick, and a picture of an old wondow to Carolyn Pihach. Pihach was identified as being a Yorkton resident.

On the afternoon of January 12, 48-year-old Yorkton resident Keith St. Paul was working on a roof in Yorkton when he fell to the ground as a result of his ladder slipping and was injured. St.

Garth Tillman and Shelly Tranberg, of Prairie Paint Centre 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.

(NC)-A recent survey by ING Direct finds many Canadians don't understand the basic rules of the tax-free savings account.

The week of Feb. 19-25 was unanimously declared Guide/Scout Week in Yorkton by City Council at its regular meeting Monday. "February 22 is fast approaching, and is a significant date within the Girl Guides and Boy Scout organizations.