Local Arts

With a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 5.0 per cent (well below the national average of 7.4 per cent), Saskatchewan has now had the lowest unemployment rate in Canada for three straight months.

The Saskatchewan government is committed to finding new ways to encourage healthy weights in children and youth through the creation of a Saskatchewan Healthy Weights Framework.

There will be no further cutbacks in the Sunrise Health Region's 2011/2012 operating budget.

With the next Saskatchewan election already set for Nov. 7 this year, Saskatchewan New Democrat leader Dwain Lingenfelter said the campaign has already started.

The Painted Hand Casino held their 11th annual Pow Wow this past weekend at the Gallagher Center.

Brett Kemp balances 11 nails on the head of a single nail at the MC Knoll Grade 5 Science Fair. Forty students formulated hypotheses, performed experiments, and shared their results at the fair on June 2.

The Boston Pizza Yorkton Regional High School Female Student of the Month for May is Emily Kohlert. Emily is a grade 12 student who has been involved in band, jazz band, choir, vocal jazz, the school musicals, guitar club, and marching band.

The Sunrise Health Region has reported a small surplus for the year ended March 31, 2011: its first in four years. The bottom line for the region is a surplus of $114,210, a razor-thin variance of 0.

Guest speaker at the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce's June luncheon was Les Anderson, purchasing manager of projects for Mosaic.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Yorkton hosted their 10th annual Show N Shine in the Walmart parking lot on Saturday. Automobiles were registered for an award ceremony voted upon by attendees and competitors.