Local Arts

Dream Rides was well represented in Yorkton this past weekend with Friday's cruise night followed by Saturday's Show & Shine in the Parkland Mall parking lot.

There's going to be one more prehistoric creature in town, as the Royal Saskatchewan Museum's (RSM) tylosaur, known as Omaciw, surfaces in Eastend on July 13.

For the fourth consecutive month, Saskatchewan has the lowest unemployment rate in Canada. Saskatchewan's June unemployment rate of 4.9 per cent (seasonally adjusted) was well below the national average of 7.4 per cent.

Mervin Clark, who is currently residing in Cochrane, AB with his daughter, Tammy and her family, spent a few days staying with Lanny Topliss while visiting with everyone back home in Dubuc.

Christian radio station CJJC-FM "The Rock" will massively expand its broadcast range this fall. On July 14, the CRTC approved an application for an upgrade to The Rock's broadcasting power from less than 50 watts to 50,000 watts.

Saskatchewan's manufacturing sales increased by a dramatic 16 per cent over the past year, according to Statistics Canada. Canada's national average increase was 4 per cent.

Limitless (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Neil Burger. Starring Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro. Mediocre thriller that spends most of its time playing in the superpowers sandbox.

The draft horse is an integral element of the history of our province, and Merlin Ford hopes to chronicle that role in a new book. "It's an interest I've had for quite a while," said Ford who lives in the Kuroki area.

With some areas of the province facing the impact of severe flooding, SaskPower is warning customers of the dangers associated with operating electrical and gas appliances and equipment that have been exposed to flood waters.

TO BEHOLD Monkey Junk Stony Plain 9-out-of-10 Experience me has taught me to expect to love most CDs coming out of Stony Plain Records. And really you have to be intrigued by a blues band with the name Monkey Junk.