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It's been called a "crisis." The rate of new HIV infections in Saskatchewan is now almost three times the national average. For the past several years, the number of people contracting the virus has neared 200-about 40 percent of them women.

The 2012 Operating Budget for the City was presented, and passed at the regular meeting of City Council Monday. "The budget before you doesn't have a tax increase associated with it," Lonnie Kaal, Director of Finance with the City told Council.

Yorkton Council unanimously passed the City's Animal Control Bylaw with a number of amendments. The Animal Control Bylaw has been reviewed with the Bylaw Control Officers, and through the Protective Services Committee.

On Thursday, September 29 almost 100 participants came together to start a movement of change, by moving their hips.

Bernd Christmas, Canada's first Mi'kmaw lawyer and a highly respected advisor to business and government, spoke directly on the subject that many attendees came to hear about at last week's TransACTIONs conference: economic growth on First Nations re

This is Week IV, the final week of questions. QUESTION: There is a huge municipal infrastructure deficit, with sidewalk, pavement and sewer and water replacement in Yorkton on a 50-to-100-year cycle.

Yorkton Council has adopted a strategic plan for the City. At Council's Committee-of-the-Whole meeting Monday four department heads presented business plans outlining how their departments will work to meet the goals of the strategic plan.

Orlando-area cosmetic surgeon Jeffrey Hartog inaugurated Liquid Gold, a storehouse for patients' frozen liposuctioned fat, charging $900 to safekeep a coffee-cup-sized portion and $200 per year storage (in case the fat is needed later, as for smoothi

The bill to end Canada's long-gun registry introduced to Parliament last week is likely to be a significant milestone in the political career of Yorkton-Melville MP Garry Breitkreuz.

Todd Skikewich, Crystal Clear Imprints owner, recently 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.