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If you have been doing any family tree research, you might wonder how a lot of information gets documented.

Saddam Hussein Back in the News: (1) Mohamed Bishr, an Egyptian man bearing a remarkable resemblance to the late Iraqi dictator, claimed in October that he had been briefly kidnapped after spurning an offer to portray Saddam in a porn video.

In the late evening hours of Nov. 28, RCMP in Yorkton were called to an armed robbery at a business on the 100 block of Broadway Street West in Yorkton.

Four Saskatchewan musicians are coming together for an eight community tour leading up to Christmas, and 5th Avenue Cup & Saucer in Yorkton will be one of the stops.

The Boston Pizza Yorkton Regional High School Female Student of the Month for September is Raquel Morales. Raquel is a grade 11 student who is originally from Guatemala.

Water rates in Yorkton are climbing for the seventh year in-a-row, but by the lowest rate in those years. This year the rate, which Yorkton Council unanimously approved at its regular meeting Monday, will be 2.75 per cent.

Stan Stephenson presented a cheque for $5,000 to Ross Fisher, Executive Director of The Health Foundation, to help fund the building of a new regional hospital. Stephenson made the contribution on behalf of himself and his late wife Lena.

Yorkton Council gave third and final reading to its revised Property Standards Bylaw at the regular meeting of Council Monday.

Refuse collection fees are rising in Yorkton following a unanimous decision made by City Council at its regular meeting Monday. With the 2012 city budget, residential refuse collection and the landfill are to operate on a self-sufficient basis.

With the season of holiday festivities upon us, CAA Saskatchewan is again supporting SADD's (Students Against Drinking & Driving) Red Ribbon Campaign as part of its efforts to help prevent impaired driving.