Local Arts

Eastend is a town situated 222.3 kilometres west of Assiniboia, where the Northwest Mounted Police established a satellite detachment in the Chimney Coulee area in the late 1870s.

TheSalvation Army is set to begin its annual Christmas fundraising campaign. The kettle kick-off will be this Saturday (Nov. 20), with a series of COVID-19 precautions in place, said Captain Sam Tim. “We will have to adjust.

Legacy Co-op Board of Directors has announced the donation of $50,000 towards the Yorkton Exhibition Association’s “Save the Grandstand” project.

Between Nov. 14 and Nov. 17, culprits passed a number of counterfeit $100 bills at businesses within Yorkton. Once inspected the bills are clearly counterfeit and comprised of pieces of bills with lesser denomnations.

Today, at the regular Board meeting of the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce, the results of the recent Board election were approved. It was a most unusual election year as only six nominations were received for the eight positions available.

Steve Gibson is hoping for a little exposure Friday, and we’re not talking about COVID-19. Gibson, with special guest BriteCruise will be performing at the City Limits Inn in Yorkton, and the performance is being filmed for broadcast by SaskTel Max.

There is history behind the hangar building that Leading Edge Aviation and Yorkton Aircraft Service occupy in the Yorkton Regional Airport. The building is the original British Commonwealth Air Training Plan hangar from WWII, Flight School No. 11.

In the 2020 election, city council hasn’t changed very much, with four people returning to council seats - Darcy Zaharia, Ken Chyz, Quinn Haider and Randy Goulden - and one former councillor taking the mayor’s chair with Mitch Hippsley.

The Health Foundation received a generous donation of $15,000 from Legacy Co-op to assist the purchase of new surgical and lab equipment.

On Friday Nov. 13, 34 Chambers of Commerce, associations and economic development groups co-signed an Open Letter to the People of Saskatchewan. The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce was one of the signatories.