Local Arts

The cost of the first storm water collection pond on Dracup Avenue has exceeded its budget by a significant margin. "Tulik & Son Trenching & Excavating commenced the project in late July.

Annual write-offs by City of Yorkton Departments in 2011, were in par with the previous year.

Yorkton's bird enthusiasts have completed this year's tally of the species calling the area home. The 2011 Christmas Bird Count was held on December 17 by a group of volunteers organized by the Yorkton Natural History Society.

Each month a male and a female student is selected as the SHHS Saint of the Month. Saint of the Month students are nominated by staff and students of SHHS.

New exhibitions at the Godfrey Dean Gallery in Yorkton! "A Fading Light: 25 Years of Photography at SIAST" Jan. 10 to Feb. 12, 2012.

Sheldon Shore, of Gordon Sanitation 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.

Michael and Carol Yaholnitsky, of Good Spirit Air 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.

When Team Canada was in pursuit of the World Junior Hockey Championship at the tournament in Edmonton, a Yorkton Junior Terrier was in the stands cheering on his brother.

Tourism Yorkton president Neil Thom presented the organization's annual report to the regular meeting of City Council Monday. Thom said tourism remains important to the local economy.

The scale of Phase I of the York Colony housing development is being doubled. The first phase had previously been approved by Yorkton Council and was to consist of 10-lots. "The lots are to be smaller widths than those normally found in the city.