Local Arts

Parades are a big part of the annual Yorkton Exhibition Association Fair and as usual there were two this year. The Kiddies Day Parade was held Thursday The main parade which went down Smith Street and Broadway on Saturday morning.

Yorkton's summer children and youth program has started again at the Gloria Hayden Community Centre. The S-CAPE program (Summer Culture, Arts, and Physically Active Experiences) runs between July 4 and August 12, welcoming children ages 6 to 12.

Yorkton Council approved the City's 2011 sidewalk tender, but less work will be undertaken than initially planned. City Engineer Moshiur Rahman said tenders were issued in June for the 2011 Concrete Sidewalks Construction Program.

Hobo with a Shotgun (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Jason Eisener. Starring Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells. A hobo (Rutger Hauer) rides the rails into a city to pursue his dream of owning a lawnmower.

The tiny community of Springside is again coping with grisly news after the discovery of a deceased local couple whose dogs survived for at least a week on their remains.

The photo from Bill and Joyce Anaka's Collection show women modeling the latest fashions in swim suits at Gunn's Beach, circa 1920. The suits, which were "branded" with a capital "G" could be rented at Gunn's Beach Store on the south shore.

Saskatchewan families who are home hunting are seeing more options in their neighbourhoods as Saskatchewan home builders are leading the nation in new starts, according to a report released today by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

Three months of rotating strikes by health professionals in the province ended last week with the reaching of a tentative agreement between the Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) and the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organization

Job opportunities in Yorkton are up significantly compared to last summer, according to one of the province's measuring tools. The government-run SaskJobs.

Friends of Jimmy Ray Wiebe, the Shell gas station employee murdered on the job last month, are campaigning for a change in Saskatchewan's law that they believe will help avoid similar incidents in the future. "It hit home pretty close.