Local Arts

A 50-year-old gas station employee was the victim of a homicide in Yorkton during the early morning hours of June 20.

Canadian Red Cross is greatly saddened by recent water related deaths in Saskatchewan. Red Cross urges Canadians to get trained and be careful when enjoying water activities, especially since water levels are high.

SELF-TITLED Portage & Main Indie 8-out-of-10 Portage & Main sounds like a band which might call Winnipeg, but they actually travel Canada out of British Columbia sharing their folkie-influenced brand of music.

A young artist would like to turn a small bridge of Yorkton Creek in the Riverside Terrace area of the city into a work of art.

Brenda Walsh has been appointed to the Yorkton Housing Authority Board of Directors. Other members of the board of directors are Glenn Wiseman, Loreen Poier, Kenneth Atkinson, Erin Clifford, Jeannette Wheeler and Vern Brown. Brown is chairperson.

Yorkton's snowmobile enthusiasts have begun a campaign urging ATV riders to stay off of the region's snowmobile trails during the summer.

As young people in Saskatchewan begin to look for summer employment, they need to make completing the Young Worker Readiness Certificate Course (YWRCC) part of their job hunt.

Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Landscape & Memory 2011 on now until June 24. This year's local and regional art exhibition features 25 of your favourite and newly discovered artists.

Shelly Grunert has been appointed to the Springside Housing Authority Board of Directors. Other members of the board of directors are Wayne Laube, Annette Gogal, Douglas Goltz and Viola Rodgerson. Rodgerson is chairperson.

A group of volunteers spent Saturday morning planting potatoes at the city's new community garden next to Yorkton Alliance Church.