Local Arts

The newly-crowned Miss Teen Yorkton World will be one of nine contestants representing Saskatchewan at the Miss Teen Canada World pageant in Toronto this July.

Saskatchewan's population has hit an all-time high of 1,052,050 as of January 1, 2011 according to the latest figures released today by Statistics Canada.

Last week's Youth Speak 2011 event brought together more than 250 local young people to discuss the problems facing Yorkton as the city's youth see them.

Each month a male and a female student is selected as the SHHS Saint of the Month. Saint of the Month students are nominated by staff and students of SHHS.

QUILTS! - March 6 to April 21, 2011. The Godfrey Dean Art Gallery is pleased to present Connections, an exhibition of art quilts by three Edmonton area quilters.

Often photographers need a break to be noticed, and that appears to be just what has happened for Ross Hannant. "The shoot I was invited to is for a campaign called 'Color the Industry'," said the former Yorkton resident now living in Britain.

The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure is taking extra measures this spring to prepare for potential highway and bridge damage caused by flooding.

For the fourth year in a row the Health Foundation is teaming with GX94 and FOX FM to hold a radiothon to raise funds for Foundation projects.