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The $100,000 Grand Prize winners of the 2011 Health Foundation Cash Lottery were mother and daughter Alice and Diane Hood of Yorkton. Alice Hood heard the news on June 24 and accepted the cheque last week. "I just couldn't believe it.

This photo from the John Miller Collection features John Miller (left) and Pete Petersen, Agricultural Representative. It was taken at the Yorkton Exhibition in July 1974.

The Yorkton Exhibition Summer Fair is happening this week from Wednesday to Saturday.

The Yorkton Airport Authority has set out the work to be carried out this year under the Community Airport Partnership.

Yorkton Council has unanimously approved acceptance of a tendered contract for the City's 2011 Asphalt Paving Program. The tender closed on June 17, 2011. There was one bid from Fedorowich Construction Ltd.

The contributions of Harry Bronfman to the history of Yorkton is being marked by naming a park after the man.

On the last day of June, Yorkton's Dr. Ivan E. Daunt stepped down from the Broadway Street clinic where he has practiced for the last 45 years.

Saskatchewan's annual Free Fishing Weekend will be July 9 and 10. One weekend each year is designated where residents and visitors may fish in Saskatchewan without having to purchase a licence.

The City of Yorkton is continuing to partner with the Ministry of Social Services to provide a Discounted Bus Pass Program in the city.

Just short of one year from Yorkton's 2010 flood, the last disaster victims still housed at SIGN on Broadway have left the building.