Local Arts

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.

Sunrise Health Region interim CEO Suann Laurent recently spoke with Yorkton This Week about some of the implications of the $203 million budget passed by the Regional Health Authority on June 1.

At its regular meeting Monday Yorkton Council learned about effort by the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan (HSFS) to help address youth health in the city.

This June, Yorkton was named the 2011 Provincial Launch Site for Recreation & Parks month by the the Saskatchewan Parks & Recreation Association.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have released Jordan Matechuk from the team after an arrest made on May 31 at the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan border for allegedly crossing in possession of steroids and marijuana.

Spring is here and its arrival means warmer weather, more hours of daylight and family travel. Making sure your headlights are in proper working order should be a top priority before hitting the road this spring, says Be Car Care Aware Canada.

Aerial spraying to control spruce budworm infestations in selected areas of the Provincial Forest is underway. The Ministry of Environment will treat approximately 20,000 hectares of forest land in the Hudson Bay area of northeastern Saskatchewan.

Gary Gorst and Shane Nolin race to the finish on day one of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association Yorkton Dodge Classic at the Cornerstone Raceway on Saturday.