Local Arts

A major housing project will proceed as Yorkton Council gave it the green light by unanimous vote at its regular meeting Monday.

Jackie Guy is making a dream come true as she released her first solo album of her country-inspired music. All 10-songs on the disk are Guy's own compositions. One of the songs was previously recorded, but went through changes for the solo effort.

X-Men: First Class (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Matthew Vaughn. Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence. X-Men prequel film that's consistent with the quality of the first two movies (the good ones).

September has been declared Big Brothers Big Sisters Month in Yorkton following a unanimous decision of Council at its regular meeting Monday. The designation corresponds with a national designation of the month.

A Planned Unit Development can now proceed after receiving unanimous approval by Yorkton Council at its regular meeting Monday.

Yorkton Council gave an amendment to its Zoning Bylaw unanimous first reading support to allow for smaller parking areas under certain multi-unit development circumstances.

On September 9, 2011 at approximately 5:30 pm, RCMP attended a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident in the Melville area on Highway 9 near Yorkton approximately 5 km north of Highway 15.

Dr. Brass School in Yorkton held an event Thursday to kick off a school year dedicated to Fun, Fitness and Fabulous Fun. The morning of events included a presentation to the assembled students by Canadian Olympic athlete Kelsie Hendry.

The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) recently announced that members of the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) have voted in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement.

Over the course of the next few weeks, enumerators will be going door-to-door throughout the Province for the purpose of obtaining the necessary information to prepare the Voters' List which will be used for the Provincial General Election.